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Sue Sanders wrote:I did that with the one I've written on the Spoilers thread!
I wouldn't mind having a look. Any chance of a link?
Alec! The poem I posted you've already read;
You posted a comment
Were you dropped on the head
as a baby or something
that loosened your brain?
Now, run along quickly,
I won't tell you again.
Alec Rivers wrote:I recently found the Apterous site
Where people play Countdown for pleasure
Some are competitive, playing all night
Others just play at their leisure
The robots are useful if you're a bit shy
Or just want to practise the game
With confidence high, you'll then want to try
Against a real fellow or dame
You might be amazing, you might be alright
And that's what the rating will measure
You might think it's brill, or you might think it's shite
But I'll always think it's a treasure.
With wonderful people to chat to and meet
I've never heard anyone diss it
So if letters and numbers are right up your street
You'd be a right charlie to miss it!
Great poem and sentiment, Alec!
"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." Benjamin Disraeli
Alec Rivers wrote:Yes, it would, if you considered my celebration of Apterous analogous to genocide.
It was a joke Alec. In poor taste, yes, but then a lot of them are.
Sue Sanders wrote:[another poem]
Never mind the Duff - seems we have our own poet laureate right here!
So, in her honour:
Sue Sanders.
All the "S"s.
Sexual Sauciness
in Stockings and Suspenders?
But not the Schutzstaffel.
Though hail! SS Nude Arse.
That's her anagram.
Anagrams. We Stand for them.
Silly, Sensible.
Sassy sentience
In Solid Sentences.
Single Sayings
or Soppy Sentiment.
They're why we're all here.
Anagrams on the show.
Actively making words grow.
But it's Countdown.
Not Sountdown.
No "S"s there.
But it will suffice.
Our Sue
She will survive.
Alec Rivers wrote:Yes, it would, if you considered my celebration of Apterous analogous to genocide.
It was a joke Alec. In poor taste, yes, but then a lot of them are.
I dunno, you might be onto something. What if we're all being subliminally trained into becoming killers of some set of people Charlie finds distasteful?
Derek Hazell wrote:desPONDent
Alec Rivers
Swam onto Ricki Lake
Drank in the Estuary English of Jenny Seagrove
But then was cheered by the music of Billy Ocean
Derek Hazell wrote:desPONDent
Alec Rivers
Swam onto Ricki Lake
Drank in the Estuary English of Jenny Seagrove
But then was cheered by the music of Billy Ocean
Derek Hazell, Marc Meakin, and Alec Rivers wrote:[DH]
desPONDent
Alec Rivers
Swam onto Ricki Lake
Drank in the Estuary English of Jenny Seagrove
But then was cheered by the music of Billy Ocean
Derek Hazell, Marc Meakin, and Alec Rivers wrote:[DH]
desPONDent
Alec Rivers
Swam onto Ricki Lake
Drank in the Estuary English of Jenny Seagrove
But then was cheered by the music of Billy Ocean
Hey Sue, its true, you're no spring chicken.
2 legs, 2 breasts, all finger lickin'
Hot wings of bingo, and eyes of Panda's
You're more than nuts, you're a kernel, Sanders.