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Toerag
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0 posted 1999-09-13 10:56 AM


Balladeer loved to write
It gave him pleasure and delight,
As in a fever he was gripped,
Writin' down poetic script.

He wrote while standing on one foot,
Then wrote about it in a book,
And when the book was finally over,
He'd change his foot and write another.

His writing was so microscopic,
That he could write on any topic
On the smallest little suckers,
Like postage stamps and his pecker.
While on his finger nails well bitten,
Were silly rhymes that he had written.

He hardly had an inch of skin,
Where something wasn't written in.
To see him standing in the nude
You'd think perhaps he'd been tattoo'd
And you could read him like a book,
If he'd let ya take a look.

Some areas of his annotations
I'll leave to your imaginations,
But I have seen a poetry line,
Running up and down his spine,
Around his neck, down to his heart,
Ends with an exclamation mark!
And there were poems around his calves,
'Bout fruit and cuttin' down Toerag.
While every little squirm or wriggle,
Exposed a tiny poem or scribble.
In his armpit where 'hair'd been there,
He wrote one 'bout LongJohn the Sailor.

Sky writing was a later fad,
His memory then was getting bad,
He stopped the plane to dot an "i"
And tumbled from the word filled sky.

Well after all, he'd had his time,
Chastising Toe across the sky
His friends were sad and wore black cloth,
But finally, they wrote him off.


[This message has been edited by Toerag (edited 09-13-99).]

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JTF
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1 posted 1999-09-13 11:32 AM


ROFLMAO ... and what a piece of work !! ... Toe, you're like some wine ... the older, the better ! ...

and if you have the opportunity you should watch "The Pillow Book" from Peter Greenaway ... it will give a new meaning to "read him like a book"

suthern
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2 posted 1999-09-13 11:35 AM


ROFLMAO!!! Great job, Toe!!!

[This message has been edited by suthern (edited 09-13-99).]

LngJhnAg
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3 posted 1999-09-13 11:46 AM


nice job, old Toe - I think you've got him on the run now! lol
Toerag
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Ala bam a
4 posted 1999-09-13 11:49 AM


Hi ya LongJohn....good to see ya....But, I doubt I could ever have this guy on the run yanno.....but it is fun trying!!!!
Balladeer
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5 posted 1999-09-13 12:30 PM


Well, all I can say is the angels in Heaven are also gonna be falling from the sky if they read this poem....laughing their halos off!! You really did it this time, really got in with a goodie. I hate Mondays 'cause I know you've had the whole weekend to come up with something. Now I gotta go around all day explaining to my customers why I'm giggling under my breath. ROTFLMAO! That last line should be a hall of fame somewheres. As soon as I get done laughing, I'm coming after you, ya know that. I've already begun writing it down on a body part appropriate for the receipient....and it's a LONG poem. But, for now, enjoy your moment. You deserve it.
~one voice~
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6 posted 1999-09-13 02:52 PM


Ya know... You two are quite the entertainment lately!!! Thanks for giving me so many great laughs!

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~onevoice~

"Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior."


Andrew Scott
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7 posted 1999-09-13 03:11 PM


Thanks for the laugh Toe. Always a joy to read.
WhtDove
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8 posted 1999-09-13 03:52 PM


ROFLMAO!!!! This was really good Toe!
I'm still rollin, can't wait! Good laugh!!!!

passing shadows
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9 posted 2004-12-24 11:15 AM


lol
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10 posted 2004-12-24 07:22 PM


This made me grin!

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

latearrival
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11 posted 2005-01-20 04:22 AM


Ah, This is the old toerag. love it, marty
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12 posted 2005-01-20 11:13 PM


Marty!! Don't encourage him....he becomes insufferable!
latearrival
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13 posted 2005-01-21 01:13 AM


Ah, But I think I know the secret side of Toe!. marty
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