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Old 12-01-2014, 21:29
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A charismatic teacher indeed...........the trouble is, whenever I see him I can only think of Mrs Doubtfire.
Oh gawd I don't get that problem, as Mrs Doubtfire looked nothing like Robin Williams
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Old 13-01-2014, 17:32
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Oh gawd I don't get that problem, as Mrs Doubtfire looked nothing like Robin Williams
Aahhh but who was she? I bet she didn't encourage kids to rip pages out of text books.
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Old 13-01-2014, 17:42
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Magpies

'Good day my lord' if you should cross
Its path, the words to say,
On fine dark wings
The magpie brings
A myth that seems to stay.

Pure black and white the feathers shine,
All fly with much to tell;
From every beak
Sweet voices speak,
Communicating well.

Some say that magpies plunder jewels
Then craftily depart,
But those I've seen
Glide down to preen
And only steal my heart.


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Old 13-01-2014, 17:43
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I bet she didn't encourage kids to rip pages out of text books.
No way Biz Mrs Doubtfire was a traditionalist
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Old 13-01-2014, 20:49
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I haven't heard that saying before, only the "One for sorrow, two for joy etc." They are beautiful birds.
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Old 14-01-2014, 17:46
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I haven't heard that saying before, only the "One for sorrow, two for joy etc." They are beautiful birds.
I think there are regional variations on what to say Biz, 'Hello Mr Magpie' is another. Every time 'One for sorrow' crops up I hear the theme tune of Magpie, the old rival of Blue Peter back in the day
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Old 14-01-2014, 19:46
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When F was S

In days of old when knights were bold
And wore metallic sections
The English language dripped with gold
And needed few corrections.

But later problems did arise,
Most writers would confess
The flaw, to no one’s great surprise
Concerned the letter 'S'.

The squiggle writing it at haste
Required a certain skill,
The swivel as the hand moved placed
More pressure on the quill.

So parchment tore and poets swore
Till S was put to death;
A charming letter was no more,
Replaced somehow by F.

It took a while to work it out
Yet with the transfer made
And F parading all about,
Poor S waf in the fhade.

Nobody kicked up too much fuff,
Though many couldn’t read
A different method fuited uf
And managed to f*cceed.

Then Famuel Pepyf wrote down and moved
The earth with much to trumpet;
Hif faffinating diary proved
He fancied every ftrumpet.

John Milton churned out one more rhyme,
The quill loft to the pen
And language altered one more time
Till S waf S again.

In truth I’m rather grateful too
Or we'd write Frank Finatra,
And that French thinker known to you
Would now be Jean Paul Fartre.


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Old 14-01-2014, 20:02
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Fafcinating and funny Mufty.

I think "Magpie" muft have been a fouthern programme, becaufe I can't remember it.
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Old 14-01-2014, 20:06
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I think "Magpie" muft have been a fouthern programme, becaufe I can't remember it.


Thankf Biz
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Old 14-01-2014, 22:15
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Goodnight Mufty, fweet dreamf.
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Old 15-01-2014, 04:34
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Goodnight Mufty, fweet dreamf.
Now listen Biz, we don't want to get stuck like thif

It's been a bit quiet here of late, but the thread goes ever on - as Bilbo Baggins almost said. There's good news on the American poetry site that folded, it's risen again in a new format. Thankfully, I was invited back The poems are flowing in the mind again, so my mojo is likely to keep the place bumped up Biz, here's the opening of Magpie. Blue Peter was nice and staid, so ITV tried to challenge it with something more 'hip'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP99ekWfSxQ
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Old 15-01-2014, 11:58
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Now listen Biz, we don't want to get stuck like thif

It's been a bit quiet here of late, but the thread goes ever on - as Bilbo Baggins almost said. There's good news on the American poetry site that folded, it's risen again in a new format. Thankfully, I was invited back The poems are flowing in the mind again, so my mojo is likely to keep the place bumped up Biz, here's the opening of Magpie. Blue Peter was nice and staid, so ITV tried to challenge it with something more 'hip'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP99ekWfSxQ
Okay, if you fay fo Mufty.

Pleased to hear about the resurgence of the American poetry site.

No I haven't heard that Magpie introduction before, so obviously we were glued to Blue Peter.
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Old 15-01-2014, 15:17
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Okay, if you fay fo Mufty.
Yef I do Telly was more regional then, a point you made earlier Biz. There's a chance Magpie was only shown in certain areas. I have a poem up my sleeve but a dodgy internet connection keeps blotting me out. If I disappear, you'll know why
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Old 15-01-2014, 18:09
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I have a poem up my sleeve but a dodgy internet connection keeps blotting me out. If I disappear, you'll know why
Technology is a wonderful thing..........when it works. I must confess I'd be bereft without it.
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Old 15-01-2014, 19:13
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When F was S


Nobody kicked up too much fuff,
Though many couldn’t read
A different method fuited uf
And managed to f*cceed.

Then Famuel Pepyf wrote down and moved
The earth with much to trumpet;
Hif faffinating diary proved
He fancied every ftrumpet.

John Milton churned out one more rhyme,
The quill loft to the pen
And language altered one more time
Till S waf S again.

In truth I’m rather grateful too
Or we'd write Frank Finatra,
And that French thinker known to you
Would now be Jean Paul Fartre.


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Well handled Mufty. I love how the anti-ftrong language doingf
afterifked your clever word. Srank.
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Old 15-01-2014, 21:33
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Princes of Pop

Phil and Don Everly

Harmonised vinylly

So cleverly, warbled

Lightly never heavily

Duo glue will ever be

As if a one eternally

Bonded in fraternity.

Spin on pop siblings

You are still the top

You tube's dribblings

Of you two won't stop.

(Frank)
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Old 15-01-2014, 22:17
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Princes of Pop

Phil and Don Everly
Modern technology ensures that our favourites live on almost for eternity Frank.

I'm sure Musty will be along soon.
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Old 15-01-2014, 22:21
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If you convert text to binary then it dead easy to make it rhythm because it always ends in a 1 or 0.
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Old 16-01-2014, 13:57
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If you convert text to binary then it dead easy to make it rhythm because it always ends in a 1 or 0.
Show us.
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Old 16-01-2014, 15:21
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Well handled Mufty. I love how the anti-ftrong language doingf
afterifked your clever word. Srank.
Ta Frank - the asterisk was mine, I didn't want to get into trouble

Prines of pop
Phil and Don Everly
Frank, it's great to know your high standard continues I was saddened by Don's death and how those great harmonies veiled a rift that lasted years. What a fine tribute to a massive influence - I love the siblings/dribblings rhyme too

I'm sure Musty will be along soon.
Indeed Biz, my poem's in the bag and I shall post it later

If you convert text to binary then it dead easy to make it rhythm because it always ends in a 1 or 0.
Hi BrokenArrow - I failed at maths
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Old 16-01-2014, 18:02
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What crashed at Roswell?

At Roswell cynics always scoff,
Believers deem it murky,
The nearest town is five miles off
By car, that’s Alburquerque.
The aura seemed like heaven then,
A searing hot July
In nineteen forty-seven when
Bits fell out of the sky.

All day the sun baked desert rock,
By evening breezes came
Yet Roswell in the pending shock
Would never be the same;
We’re told an Air Force radar sensed
A landing (they all mattered),
So routine checks and drills commenced,
For debris had been scattered.

A team drove to interrogate
On Highway 285,
One crash site to investigate,
Was anyone alive?
Approaching torches shone around,
Their eerie glow uncovered
A night scene where a craft was found
And bodies were discovered.

Dead aliens lay cold and if
A detour led from space,
Those creatures soon turned into myth
When hidden back at base.
As with each poem signed ‘anon’
The sources are denied,
False trail or strange phenomenon?
I’ll leave you to decide.


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Old 16-01-2014, 20:43
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What crashed at Roswell?

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America, here we come.
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Old 16-01-2014, 21:09
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Actually it is now, 21.15.

















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Old 17-01-2014, 00:21
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What crashed at Roswell?
'Twas merely a scout ship Musty. I fondly remember your poem about one who survived.


Star.

My species are travellers
here from afar.
To get any farther
we need your star.

By all simulations
you're going nowhere.
So no protestations,
we just don't care.

It will be quite painless.
You won't feel a thing.
You're pointless and aimless.

Death will soon bring
the absolute nothing
you always craved for.

While you were knocking
on Heaven's door,
sadly neglecting
to feed the poor,
Ship sensed the misery
in your wake
and here we are
your star to take.
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Old 17-01-2014, 01:29
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Bit morbid tonight, so Spoiler tags to protect the happy from dark questions.

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