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Postby Bombadil » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:16 pm

They're all cock and bull
unless they're sackless steers then
they're flaccid flank steaks.
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Postby twoleftfeet » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:57 am

Their flaccid flank steaks
made it a limp barbecue
for all the vegans
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Postby Bombadil » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:09 pm

For all the vegans
were spun round on spits: main course
in Cannibal town.
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Postby twoleftfeet » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:16 pm

In Cannibal Town
two chiefs were eating a Clown
- he tasted funny


(There's no joke like an old joke!!)
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Postby Bombadil » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:17 pm

"He tasted funny,
I spit him out. Some things I
won't do for money."
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Postby barrie » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:45 pm

won't do for money,
not these cowry shell thingies.
I'll take the silver!
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Postby Bombadil » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:17 pm

I'll take the silver
in her purse, you take the gold
out of her fillings.
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Postby barrie » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:38 pm

out of her fillings
came the total emptiness
leaving her nothing.
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Postby Minstrel » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:17 pm

Leaving her nothing
but a treatment guarantee
Cost: Ten pound per month.
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Postby Bombadil » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:13 pm

Cost: ten pound per month,
eating chocolate all day
long that is to say.
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Postby Minstrel » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:46 pm

long that is to say
like a pig, pink and fat,
ready for the pot.
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Postby barrie » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:21 am

ready for the pot
sprinkle it in evenly
roll it up firmly
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Postby cameron » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:05 pm

Roll it up firmly;
Insert up right nostril - snort
Like rabid piggy.
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Postby twoleftfeet » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:26 pm

Like rabid piggy
who smashed his own bank to buy
chocolate truffles
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Postby cameron » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:33 pm

Chocolate truffles
Are not as nice as Mars Bars
Battered and deep fried.
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Postby David » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:55 pm

Battered and deep-fried:
a speciality of
the House of Pelops.
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Postby barrie » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:45 pm

the House of Pelops
cursed by dying Myrtilus
haunted forever.
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Postby Bombadil » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:49 pm

Haunted forever
by images of Grandma
nude. Should've knocked.
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Postby barrie » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:30 pm

nude. Should've knocked.
Fully dressed - shouldn't have to.
Half-dressed and confused.
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Postby Bombadil » Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:10 pm

Half dressed and confused,
she wasn't that kind of girl,
no really meant no.
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Postby barrie » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:35 am

no really meant no -
yes never really meant yes -
insecurity.
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Postby twoleftfeet » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:48 pm

Insecurity
means a Security Guard
Inside your wallet
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Postby barrie » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:37 pm

Inside your wallet.
He who steals my purse steals trash,
Iago once said.
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Postby Minstrel » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:49 pm

Iago once said
Hell and death, Hamlet once said
The rest is silence
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Postby twoleftfeet » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:11 am

The rest is silence
Pavarotti is Largo
Mine's a pint of Best
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