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Bagpuss Posted Jan 7, 2001
Peanut butter is
a hideous concoction:
as bad as marmite
nt: Yorkshire
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Ormondroyd Posted Jan 7, 2001
Yorkshire is my home
Many people slag it off
Bloody southerners. 
NT: Cricket
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Lux Rothchop (wouldn't it be great if people were nice to each other for a change?) Posted Jan 7, 2001
Cricket:
A game designed to
Give the English a concept
Of eternity.
(no marks for originality for that one, sadly)
Next: Baseball
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Bagpuss Posted Jan 8, 2001
I can't take a game
seriously if it has
less than three days play
(again, not terribly original)
nt: the south
Oh, and yes, Buttercup, please add me to the official list thingy. I keep forgetting to say.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jan 8, 2001
The south is dif'rent
In England and the U.S.
Can't say which is best...
NT: Needing to use the bathroom but wanting to get JUST ONE MORE POST IN on H2G2!!!
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Bagpuss Posted Jan 8, 2001
I know the perfect
comeback to that post, hang on
while I cross my legs
nt: weathermen (and/or weatherwomen)
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MarkTheMeS (PackRat & Keeper of All Things, period) Posted Jan 8, 2001
Forecast the future
Though it's out of their control
Whether rain or shine
NT: Cartography
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Montana Redhead (now with letters) Posted Jan 8, 2001
A map is a thing
Given to distorting space,
leaving us to wander
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Montana Redhead (now with letters) Posted Jan 8, 2001
good great goddess. I messed it up. let me try that again, PLEASE?!
A map is a thing
Given to distorting space,
leave us to wander
A thousand pardons.
Oh, yes. A new thing. Crayons.
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Livzy Posted Jan 8, 2001
Red, green, black, blue, pink,
but what the hell is that "flesh"?
Who is that colour?!?
Go for; paper clips
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Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. Posted Jan 8, 2001
What is this mess of
tangled wire in the keyhole?
Have I been burgled?
I've no idea if that's possible... 
next: toothpaste
, 
or 
Bagpuss and Montana Redhead... am working on your links as I type...
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Livzy Posted Jan 8, 2001
Brush every day
and choose your toothpaste with care
"Immac" is for hairs!
Try; Wooden spoons
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Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. Posted Jan 8, 2001
Stir stir, stir the cake
gently in the bowl! Now pour
it out, and cook it!
Hm, that lost something somewhere....
How about... orangutans
, or
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jan 8, 2001
I came last in the
"Win a Wooden Spoon" contest.
Booby prize: a car.
NT: toffee.
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Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. Posted Jan 8, 2001
Awwwww, I'm still glad you're here, EV! 
Toffee is not good
for Orangutan's teeth, or
for my teeth either.
Next: the emergency room
(In your honour)
, or
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jan 8, 2001
I'm glad to be here.
Emergency room,
*The* place to go if you need
An emergency.
Next: clouds.
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Livzy Posted Jan 8, 2001
Fluffy, dark or wet
full of rain full of snow
Wait and see. Surprise!
howzabout prosthetic limbs
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jan 8, 2001
In the street I saw
A man with two wooden legs,
But real feet. How strange.
Next: alcohol.
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Livzy Posted Jan 8, 2001
Drink till you're sick, mate!
Vodka, tequila or rum
all at once - with coke!
what about handcuffs?
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- 281: Bagpuss (Jan 7, 2001)
- 282: Ormondroyd (Jan 7, 2001)
- 283: Lux Rothchop (wouldn't it be great if people were nice to each other for a change?) (Jan 7, 2001)
- 284: Bagpuss (Jan 8, 2001)
- 285: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jan 8, 2001)
- 286: Bagpuss (Jan 8, 2001)
- 287: MarkTheMeS (PackRat & Keeper of All Things, period) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 288: Montana Redhead (now with letters) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 289: Montana Redhead (now with letters) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 290: Livzy (Jan 8, 2001)
- 291: Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. (Jan 8, 2001)
- 292: Livzy (Jan 8, 2001)
- 293: Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. (Jan 8, 2001)
- 294: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 295: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 296: Sad, Mad or Bad? - I always wanted to be a dino, but alas, I'm just old. (Jan 8, 2001)
- 297: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 298: Livzy (Jan 8, 2001)
- 299: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jan 8, 2001)
- 300: Livzy (Jan 8, 2001)
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