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wayoutwalt
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TEXAS (it's all big)

0 posted 2002-06-09 01:45 AM


Our encyclopediatrics
of the trade that we use
take bigger words for smaller ones
in case we might confuse

so try snifflufflitis
it means a runny nose
it seems its more important
than saying “leaky hose”

tonsillitis means those tonsils
just can't have their stay
we took that word and changed it up
it’s “ice cream for a day”

when growing pains are getting bad
our kids are getting tall
we cannot help the pain but say
“let’s get new clothes at the mall”

some ailments have no silly words
sometimes theirs no repair
but all along the smallest cough
is lifted with our prayers


[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (06-09-2002 01:59 AM).]

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1 posted 2002-06-09 02:01 AM


"so try snifflufflitis
it means a runny nose
it seems its more important
than saying “leaky hose”"
LOL, I had a hard time pronouncing that snifflufflitis without sneezing.
Well done, Walt!


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