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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Aug 22, 2000
And an oran-utang dressed in blue
Samson Agonistes
I test my bath before I sit,
And I'm always moved to wonderment
That what chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.
Delilah had beautiful scissors
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 22, 2000
?
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Bluebottle Posted Aug 23, 2000
When observing the bears at the zoo,
I was ravaged by a savage gnu.
?
?
And an urang-utan dressed in blue.
Okay - looks like we've got to fill in the missing two lines...
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The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Aug 24, 2000
When observing the bears at the zoo,
I was ravaged by a savage gnu.
A warm-hearted hippo,
A cat with a Zippo
And an urang-utan dressed in blue.
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JOTD: A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation
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Bluebottle Posted Aug 24, 2000
And continmuing Loony's suggestion:
Delilah had beautiful scissors
Hand-crafted by Egyptian wizzards
(Couldn't think of anything better, sorry 
)
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Gonzo Posted Aug 24, 2000
(Nice one Jester - that had stumped me
)
*ahem*
She had coiffured Venus
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 24, 2000
With incredible Freeness
(Phew! Avoided the obvious rhyme..... (e.g. Slipped and cut Apollo's ....finger)
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 24, 2000
then fluffed up her hair with the frizzers.
(I've heard hairdressers use that word, so there's a slim chance it's real!
)
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When politely discussing the gonads
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Gonzo Posted Aug 24, 2000
Oh dear, this seemed like such a refined forum...
It's rude to grab hold of the next lad's
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The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Aug 25, 2000
Or he may get all wet
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JOTD: A computer scientist is someone who fixes things that aren't broken.
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 25, 2000
From the Explosion of wriggling Monads
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Zaphods Unbearable Ego
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 25, 2000
Que?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 25, 2000
Hey, Merkin!! Good to see you back!
You may gather by where your post ended up, they've changed the navigation system since the last time you posted... We're actually looking for a rhyme for "Ego"... 
Oh, and there's a new emoticon too... 
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Bluebottle Posted Aug 26, 2000
Zaphod's Unbearable ego
Would go where-ever he'd go
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 26, 2000
In fact t'was so punctual
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The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 Posted Aug 28, 2000
His aunt and his uncle
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JOTD: If you knew what to say next, would you say it?
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Aug 30, 2000
were shocked upon its no-show
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Lim'ricks (I'm guessing this is XXVI )
- 101: Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here (Aug 22, 2000)
- 102: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 22, 2000)
- 103: Bluebottle (Aug 23, 2000)
- 104: The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 (Aug 24, 2000)
- 105: Bluebottle (Aug 24, 2000)
- 106: Gonzo (Aug 24, 2000)
- 107: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 24, 2000)
- 108: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 24, 2000)
- 109: Gonzo (Aug 24, 2000)
- 110: Thistle (Aug 24, 2000)
- 111: The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 (Aug 25, 2000)
- 112: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 25, 2000)
- 113: Merkin (Aug 25, 2000)
- 114: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 25, 2000)
- 115: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 25, 2000)
- 116: Bluebottle (Aug 26, 2000)
- 117: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Aug 26, 2000)
- 118: The Jester (P. S. of Village Idiots, Muse of Comedians, Keeper of Jokes, Chef and Seraph of Bad Jokes) LUG @ A458228 (Aug 28, 2000)
- 119: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Aug 30, 2000)
- 120: Bluebottle (Aug 30, 2000)
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