tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post4398147932952869188..comments2024-01-31T13:17:39.976-08:00Comments on Various: A Poem which attempts to dissuade you from bringing your Badger to AbrakedabraNiamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-51225925109764566522010-07-22T12:14:01.222-07:002010-07-22T12:14:01.222-07:00Oh Acorn, you really seem to have very little luck...Oh Acorn, you really seem to have very little luck with the animals<br /><br />Kat, <br />Have started an archive putting them all together, will only update it every so often, but twill be handy, as a reference I suppose, a comprehensive guide to those who need help with deciding what animal to bring where... tis on <br /><br />http://poemstodissuade.blogspot.comNiamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-75452723186172217882010-07-22T08:58:23.549-07:002010-07-22T08:58:23.549-07:00Sorry, it's taken so long for me to get round ...Sorry, it's taken so long for me to get round here; I've been super busy. Do you have a link in your sidebar to all the poems in this series? I would dearly love to read them all - they appeal to my fantastic funnybone. The last two lines are my absolutel favourite: " a kebab he would try to cadger No abrakedra for your badger today" - I love the poetic license with "cadge". Absolutely love it!<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-63421291736579841292010-07-22T08:28:13.275-07:002010-07-22T08:28:13.275-07:00I did try it once, but never again
We sat in the c...I did try it once, but never again<br />We sat in the corner, and to my chagrin<br />He ordered his meal, but said nothing more<br />My badger, it seems, is simply a boar.The Dead Acornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181757029391161049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-34508782817571805642010-07-21T23:53:38.702-07:002010-07-21T23:53:38.702-07:00Oub, I'm so glad you've asked that questi...Oub, I'm so glad you've asked that question, and I really feel it deserves a thorough answer, please keep Paddy in for now, just to be on the safe side.<br />TFE - Thus the Trichonosis! (they eat badgers in Russia you know, so my friend "wickedpeedyeah" tells me)<br />and thanks :-)<br />I don't know about putting all these poems together though, they're so powerful in single weekly doses, a full book of em might totally overwhelm!!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-25767326001034362602010-07-21T16:29:49.356-07:002010-07-21T16:29:49.356-07:00The main reason ye couldn't bring a badger to ...The main reason ye couldn't bring a badger to Abrakebabra is because they'd fuckin cook it.<br /><br /><br /><br />These are becoming honed jewels of poems, specialist collectors items.A mad zoology instead of anthology.There's a book in these I'm sure.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-9793856449864727312010-07-21T13:12:31.441-07:002010-07-21T13:12:31.441-07:00You know, I was just about to head out the door wi...You know, I was just about to head out the door with Paddy, my duck billed platypus, but now I'm concerned, do I have all the facts???Domestic Oubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-46584417358112380132010-07-21T12:19:14.290-07:002010-07-21T12:19:14.290-07:00To protect and to serve Matt, that's my motto,...To protect and to serve Matt, that's my motto, will put the oxen in the queue behind Dave's Leveret and hedgehog.<br />Goodie good Dave! see ya on the bus then!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-13607979150816012572010-07-21T11:34:12.693-07:002010-07-21T11:34:12.693-07:00Ok I'll try the bus - though I better check to...Ok I'll try the bus - though I better check to see what challenge is before I agree to that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-16575280263044997052010-07-21T10:30:31.853-07:002010-07-21T10:30:31.853-07:00that is perfect, he was blagging me head off. I sa...that is perfect, he was blagging me head off. I said to him, I said "but you dislike Jedward and said that they epitomised everything that is worst about humanity and they advertise the place" well, Bernard wouldnt believe me. And now I have proof. So thanks, you have saved me a lot of hassle. Now what about my pet Oxen, Bernard?Matt Boltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921596600713853126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-21277877264677354952010-07-21T09:32:22.637-07:002010-07-21T09:32:22.637-07:00Thanks ET, glad you enjoyed, come back next wednes...Thanks ET, glad you enjoyed, come back next wednesday for more of the same, but different.<br />Thanks NanU - you know it's always good to hear consensus on these things.<br />Thanks Dave - we must be reading the same poetry books then... I will expect your presence on the bus this monday by the way, library-love-ins notwithstanding (see last monday's post everyone else!)Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-67948575982904297802010-07-21T08:07:16.158-07:002010-07-21T08:07:16.158-07:00I think you can easily claim a first in rhyming &#...I think you can easily claim a first in rhyming 'trichinosis' and 'oh no, sis' (except I did happen upon that rhyme last Tuesday). <br /><br />I love the wind in the willows line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-36953412826273228452010-07-21T07:18:03.652-07:002010-07-21T07:18:03.652-07:00I must agree that a badger is probably the compani...I must agree that a badger is probably the companion animal you want to leave at home, guarding the fort, when you go off to a place like that.NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6862054200092259163.post-19672981489998230812010-07-21T07:16:55.687-07:002010-07-21T07:16:55.687-07:00Ha..You fascinate me a lot...
That's a wierd t...Ha..You fascinate me a lot...<br />That's a wierd topic but I like it all the same...<br />Abrakedabra huh!Too good...<br />~CheersErratic Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852558150033296079noreply@blogger.com