tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post5182003266450668058..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: A little dose of MacGonigalljams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-36813783860300199402007-08-13T22:14:00.000+01:002007-08-13T22:14:00.000+01:00I will hide. perhaps Anna Planeta will not find me...I will hide. perhaps Anna Planeta will not find me!<BR/><BR/>Steve you have missed your calling!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-60604737764712089262007-08-13T22:12:00.000+01:002007-08-13T22:12:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-68869071492056583162007-08-13T21:53:00.000+01:002007-08-13T21:53:00.000+01:00EWBL, you'd love my stuff. It rhymes. It scans. It...EWBL, you'd love my stuff. It rhymes. It scans. It abuses good taste. It decries the GOP. Well, OK, you probably wouldn't like those last two characteristics...<BR/><BR/>Do it, jams. You're right: he's so bad he's worth reading to the children as a bad example!<BR/><BR/>And one for redwine...<BR/><I><BR/>A ship of Marx sails in the Thames,<BR/>His face held up with props and shames,<BR/>Encrusted with the rarest games...<BR/>For sanity, the prospect dames.<BR/></I><BR/>(Hey, it passes the spell checker, and it rhymes if one assumes "-ames" is pronounced consistently throughout...)Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-18706003173949790272007-08-13T21:25:00.000+01:002007-08-13T21:25:00.000+01:00Viva la evoluciĆ³n!Viva la evoluciĆ³n!Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427327588753930703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-83647842510602458982007-08-13T19:44:00.000+01:002007-08-13T19:44:00.000+01:00Very well, I will comply. I get the feeling there ...Very well, I will comply. I get the feeling there is a boat with the face of Marx sailing into the Thames Estuary, yes?jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-11513468887134303892007-08-13T18:37:00.000+01:002007-08-13T18:37:00.000+01:00Your punishment: next time when you go out with fr...Your punishment: next time when you go out with friends to a pub, you'll have to recite a long MC F. Gonigall poem. In public. If you don't...Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427327588753930703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-70022378359195012032007-08-13T16:05:00.000+01:002007-08-13T16:05:00.000+01:00I stand corrected Red! To be honest McGonigall is ...I stand corrected Red! To be honest McGonigall is fun in a so bad he's brilliant way, Dermot Hudson and the the juche groupies are fun becasue they are utterly deluded idiots.<BR/><BR/>To have to live in a world of Morozov and Stakhanovs (or their Romanian counterparts) is a different prospect.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-19106508216351376002007-08-13T14:46:00.000+01:002007-08-13T14:46:00.000+01:00"Our ancient country,Proud and legendary land,Led ..."Our ancient country,<BR/>Proud and legendary land,<BR/>Led to new heights<BR/>By the hero among heroes,<BR/>Nicolae Ceausescu.<BR/>Strength and soul of fire,<BR/>Best among the men of state<BR/>Who ever ruled over<BR/>The Carpathian Range.<BR/><BR/>Comrade Elena Ceausescu,<BR/>You, the stateswoman<BR/>And scientist of great renown<BR/>who brought<BR/>New prestige to Romanian science in the<BR/>world,<BR/><BR/>To you we bring a youthful thought<BR/>And express our gratitude<BR/>From the bottom of our hearts.<BR/>"A Happy New Year" to you, good health<BR/>For the sake of our country's progress,<BR/>For peace and prosperity . . "<BR/><BR/><BR/>We were the country of McGonigalescus. perfect rhymes in Romanian.Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427327588753930703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-59035926084698334212007-08-13T13:45:00.000+01:002007-08-13T13:45:00.000+01:00I love them when they rhyme and have lousy scansio...I love them when they rhyme and have lousy scansion.. MacGonigall was terrible!<BR/><BR/>Ach Red, your rhyme scans. YOU will NEVER be an heir to MacGonigall! <BR/><BR/>Pervert??? IRTR was fun in that it reminded me that there were far more idiotic people than me!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-35126244182770376092007-08-13T12:52:00.000+01:002007-08-13T12:52:00.000+01:00EWL: khe. I doubt your children would be too happy...EWL: khe. I doubt your children would be too happy if you read them McGonnigall poems. You can give it a try but what if they are not SO simple and demand decent bedtime stories and decent poetry instead?<BR/><BR/>says redwine the ever virtuous nun<BR/>drinking red wine in the blazing sun<BR/><BR/>(a.s.o)<BR/><BR/>Jams, you old pervert. You feel so lonely since the IRRT is gone.Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427327588753930703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-25007016750238340762007-08-13T12:35:00.000+01:002007-08-13T12:35:00.000+01:00I like poems that rhyme. I'm simple like that.I like poems that rhyme. I'm simple like that.elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-62483585306155507492007-08-13T08:22:00.000+01:002007-08-13T08:22:00.000+01:00I know what you mean Skuds definitely so bad he wa...I know what you mean Skuds definitely so bad he was brilliant!. If only Ed Wood made a film of his life. Hat would have been fitting somehow!<BR/><BR/>You know you love it Steve! Jusat for that I will make the MacGonigall poems a regular feature!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-50745642620079793852007-08-13T03:31:00.000+01:002007-08-13T03:31:00.000+01:00Aaaaach! There you go again, jams, giving doggerel...Aaaaach! There you go again, jams, giving doggerel a bad name! :)<BR/><BR/>I believe I prefer Professor MacGonigall in the Harry Potter series, though I'm not sure if her name is spelled the same. She had many virtues, not least among them the fact that she did not write bad poetry.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-80181711577382109552007-08-13T00:41:00.000+01:002007-08-13T00:41:00.000+01:00McGonagall was a genius and epitome of the idea of...McGonagall was a genius and epitome of the idea of being so bad you are good! I actually have a whole book of his poems...<BR/><BR/><EM>Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!<BR/>Alas! I am very sorry to say<BR/>That ninety lives have been taken away<BR/>On the last Sabbath day of 1879,<BR/>Which will be remember'd for a very long time</EM><BR/><BR/>I still find it hard to believe he was for real and not invented by Spike Milligan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-74408359108460130722007-08-12T22:19:00.000+01:002007-08-12T22:19:00.000+01:00LOL Roger. On the other hand he could have done wi...LOL Roger. On the other hand he could have done with an editor!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-53162391309505169562007-08-12T21:15:00.000+01:002007-08-12T21:15:00.000+01:00Are you sure he didn't work for the tourist board?...Are you sure he didn't work for the tourist board?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com