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Post 11101

Icy North

It's crying out for a limerick, you know...


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Post 11102

Recumbentman

Well I was right to cry off. I can state with utter confidence that I would never have discovered that solution.

'Australian marine fears' means the jellyfish; our nation is presumably UK, then -and- , and J is Japan. What remains is iris, a kind of flag.

Spare me these ones smiley - wah


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Post 11103

Recumbentman

What a horrible creature! I'll bear it in mind for a limerick. We aren't near to I yet in OEDILF (just started on G) but if something formulates itself I can store it up.

First (non-limerick) response:

I think that I shall never see
Australia, lovely though it be;
With things like that one in the sea
I'll stay at home and watch TV.


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Post 11104

Icy North

I had a go earlier:

The stings of the box irukandji
Make Aussies exclaim “Jesus! Man! Gee!”
Six times they have tried
To use jellifishcide
But it thwarts them, so now they need plan G.


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Post 11105

Recumbentman

smiley - ok


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Post 11106

Icy North

I did take a quick look at the OEDILF site, but I couldn't make head or tail of the forums. Is it a worthwhile community to join or dip into?


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Post 11107

Recumbentman

Definitely. Here is my showcase: http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?ShowcaseAction=Author&ShowcaseAuthor=787


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Post 11108

Icy North

Thatnks for that - one of the most enjoyable 10 minutes I've spent for a while smiley - ok


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Post 11109

Recumbentman

Fancy submitting a few? Doesn't cost anything to join up.


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Post 11110

Icy North

Is there a list of words they have no limericks for? I couldn't find it.


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Post 11111

Recumbentman

Oh yes, on the home page http://www.oedilf.com there is a button marked "Words" which when you hovero over it shows a sub-button marked "Random Words" which will give you a random list of ten undefined words. Hitting "Words" itself will give you thousands of undefined words, a hundred at a time.

Happy hunting! smiley - biggrin


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Post 11112

Recumbentman

Came to me in my half-waking state:

A divine poet following a short car produced operas.


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Post 11113

Recumbentman

Here's another

In a state of inertia I hear Barbie's bongos (8)


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Post 11114

Recumbentman

The divine poet one is (10)


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Post 11115

Icy North

Doldrums is the latest one. Still thinking about the other. Divine poets and operas aren't really my specialist subject, but I'm sure it will come to me eventually.


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Post 11116

Fathom

An item is a detail. If you de-tail a dog (or sheep) you dock its tail.

F.


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Post 11117

Icy North

Hi Fathom (long time no see!)

You've just responded to post 20, haven't you? smiley - smiley


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Post 11118

Recumbentman

Congratulations on a classic "Post 21", Fathom.
Can you name my opera composer (Post 11112 above)


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