The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 08:56 PM

WHAT?

Well just bugger me........yeah, drop my pants and nail me................yafockinsumvabitch.............

Christ on a crutch Hawk.....Ya' gotta' lotta' damn gall comin' round here and bitchin', pissin', and moanin', about how we drag this thread out fuckin' around with WavyFunkyWhiteBoyRacist and then YOU bag the hundred dozen???? You really are a broke-dick mamalucca of the first order!

And I admire you for it you asshole.................

Spaw

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 01:00 AM

Years of practice and dedication, man. That's all I can say.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Don Firth
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 01:04 AM

I am surrounded by GIANTS!!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Gervase
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:08 AM

Pah! 1200 is just SO predictable.
I bag 1204.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:21 AM

Mmm... just read the thread count in the index. Gervase's post was actually 1203, so this one must be 1204...so, counting back and by my calculation, 1200 was really Spaw's. I will now exit stage left...

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:22 AM

Wron! WRONG! I bury my head in shame. (Thinks...what's wrong with my browser...?

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 07:57 AM

Don Firth, perhaps trying to be funny : "Enrish frute" and "didgeridon't".
Last night a school steel band, on their way to the Albert Hall, made our local news, but at least the presenter was enough of a realist to mention that they are not traditionl instruments of NE England; I would have added that, probably for a similar cost, they could have formed a Northumbrian pipe band...

213 of 230: MORE AMOR PATRIAE

There is Tai Chi AND there is tennis,
    Line is fine BUT so is Morris,
There is curry AND there is the roast,
    And, when England is playing host,
It is the rest-of-the-world's good wish
    To sense culture that is English.

From walkaboutsverse.741.com

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: mandotim
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 08:22 AM

WAV...shhhh; people are talking here, don't interrupt...

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 08:42 AM

Where do you stand on 'mango-flinger'?

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: mandotim
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 09:04 AM

'Mango-flinger' seems ok as a descriptive term, but could have abusive overtones. I draw the line, however at 'mando-flinger'.
Tim

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Stu
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 09:28 AM

Just thought I'd pop onto this version of take-a-pop-at-a-sitting-duck to see how it's all going and a conversation appears to have broken out.

"mamalucca"

Er, what's one of them then Spaw?

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 09:47 AM

Stigweard, you're not paying attention. Spaw has elucidated on this colourful Italian-American expression in the past - by continuing to use it, he is practicing his Own Good (immigrant) Culture.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 10:59 AM

Nice to see you back, WAV.

Mango-flinger? Hmmm. Well, I think that would be acceptable in most quarters, again depending on context, tone, and delivery.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 11:14 AM

I did a Google search on Mango-Flinger and I'm still none the wiser.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 12:24 PM

" Spaw has elucidated on this colourful Italian-American expression in the past - by continuing to use it, he is practicing his Own Good (immigrant) Culture."

LMAO.....I rarely get a good belly laugh Ruth, but that was just priceless.

See WavyFunkyWhiteBoyRacist, I'm both glad my grandpa caught the boat and happy to be an American with Italian and German and English and Welsh and Native American roots. My grandfather was happy too and although he loved both countries, he was smart enough to recognize each for what it was and how they made him. He never tried to remake his new home into what he thought it should be. He was happy about what it was (as long as the Cleveland Indians were having a good year).   

He was married to a German and lived in a small community where he was surrounded by many Italians.....and Germans......and Irish......and a few Welsh......and a large Amish contingent just up the road........and Czechs.....and a number of English origin who often had Scots and Native American blood mixed in with their own.........and African-Americans who were still sadly second or third class citizens.......and a few Greeks plus one family from Albania. All of these folks gave of their own and made up a whole. In hundreds and hundreds of other small towns, these same plus additional nationalities met and mixed and made something new.

And when they went to church they went to churches that were Methodist, Presbyterian, Moravian, Nazarene, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Baptist, Episcopal, and a few others. They were all there in that small east Ohio town. They played baseball and football and went bowling but they also played Bocci and Darts and soccer and basketball. When I was a young boy there were kids named Pittis and Terakedis and Pickenstein and Neel and Washington and Clark and Smith and Jones and Gardena and Geannakopoulos, andWinzenreid and Pirilla................We didn't know from cultures......we just were.

Unlike yourself, they longed to be a part of what the country could be and they helped to form by looking to the future and not trying to live in an artificial past. As time passed, some felt they didn't get their fair share or were unhappy because they had expected more than they were willing to give and began taking it out on those who had. Like yourself, they were and are racists and bigots. Almost every nationality has come under their wrath but later they are absorbed as the new group replaces them.

I was about to go on and on but why? WavyFunkyWhiteBoyRacist is the kind of pissant jadrool who watches "Blazing Sadlles" and misses all of the jokes........"Okay, we'll take the niggers, but we NO IRISH!!!"..........Franks needs to walkabout sans pen and with open eyes and an open mind (which would probably require a lobotomy in his case).

Its very sad to create a "Life's Work" where the end product is the likes of David Franks.


Spaw

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 12:31 PM

Ah, another offering from WAV (Wearisomely Abject Versifier) to dissect. Now, where shall we start...

213 of 230: MORE AMOR PATRIAE

There is Tai Chi AND there is tennis,
    Line is fine BUT so is Morris,
There is curry AND there is the roast,
    And, when England is playing host,
It is the rest-of-the-world's good wish
    To sense culture that is English.

...ah yes - the rhyming scheme. Well, what's it to be - is the thing to rhyme or not to rhyme? We have "roast" & "host", and "wish" & "English" (I'll deal with THAT particular pair in a minute), but what about "tennis" and "Morris"? Doesn't fit somehow, does it? I suppose you could have written "Line is fine BUT so is Dennis"...

On to scansion and metre. The line "And, when England is playing host" is just clumsy and would flow better, for example, by being re-cast as "And, when England plays the host". Understand?

In the line "It is the rest-of-the-world's good wish", the final emphasis is on the word WISH. Followed by "To sense culture that is English - where the natural emphasis is on the first syllable of ENGlish. So the whole couplet ends with a leaden clunk.

Now - why the bloody hyphens in "rest-of-the-world"? It's just unnecessary and thoughtless. Any why their "good" wish - and why use the word "sense" as a transitive verb with "culture" as its object? Why not use "see"? Much plainer and straightforward.

As to the sentiment, it's as puerile as ever. Tai Chi and curry and line dancing are just as much part of modern England as anything else. I personally don't care for line dancing, for example - but Tai Chi is, for me, much more preferable to tennis. Most popular English dish? Chicken Tikka Masala. Whether you like it or not. The point is, old cock, that there's just as much room in this country for curry as there is for roast dinners - and for hundreds of other things.

Final point: the language that you mangle with your crap so-called verse is a wonderful mixture of Brythonic, Roman, Saxon, Norman French, German, Scandinavian, Indian, Arabic, etc. - and it's called ENGLISH. The English language changes more than any other language and is able to assimilate words of foreign origin more than any other language and still remain ENGLISH. Got it? Got the metaphor?

I somehow doubt it.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 12:36 PM

Erm, what's a "jadrool" then? Is it like a mamalucca?

Crikey, I do wish you yankees would cut using the vernacular and speak bloody English.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 12:36 PM

A stunning analysis, Will Fly. But think of the gifts required to turn out that sort of verse on a daily basis...reams and reams of it. Does it not strike you with awe? After all, most people can't do it. Or they don't. Or they wouldn't think of it. Or they're too busy earning a living. Or whatever... ;-)

We must nurture and encourage these sort of literary efforts for the benefit of future generations, I say! What would the world be without its William MacGonagalls and Julia Moores?

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 12:38 PM

A jadrool is a worthless, witless, numbnuts jackoff. Yes, it's very similar to a mamalucca.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 12:51 PM

Little Hawk:
We must nurture and encourage these sort of literary efforts for the benefit of future generations, I say!

I suppose so (sigh). D'you know, I'm almost looking forward to when the next offering drops on to this thread - it's so much fun to rip into it. Mind you, I wish WAV was even 1% as enthralling as MacGonagall...

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: The Sandman
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 01:08 PM

ubject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: WalkaboutsVerse - PM
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 07:57 AM

Don Firth, perhaps trying to be funny : "Enrish frute" and "didgeridon't".
Last night a school steel band, on their way to the Albert Hall, made our local news, but at least the presenter was enough of a realist to mention that they are not traditionl instruments of NE England; I would have added that, probably for a similar cost, they could have formed a Northumbrian pipe band...

213 of 230: MORE AMOR PATRIAE

There is Tai Chi AND there is tennis,
    Line is fine BUT so is Morris,
There is curry AND there is the roast,
    And, when England is playing host,
It is the rest-of-the-world's good wish
    To sense culture that is English.

From walkaboutsverse.741.com
so lets have facts,how much did the steel bands instruments cost,and how much would have ben the cost of a northumbrian pipe band,FACTS Please WAV.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 01:30 PM

Yeah, Will. ;-) Well, it's pretty hard to match the Master of the craft.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 01:54 PM

Captain Birdseye:
so lets have facts,how much did the steel bands instruments cost,and how much would have ben the cost of a northumbrian pipe band,FACTS Please WAV.

Spot on, Captain. Last time I looked, the cheapest set of small pipes was getting on for £1,000. How many kids in a steel band, do you think? Say 12, for the sake of it: £12,000 for a school pipe band.

Set of oil drums, cut, heated and tuned: £1,000 each? I somehow doubt it. In any case, the kids would get to grips with steel band playing very much quicker than the small pipes. I love the Northumbrian pipes - my Billy Pigg vinyl album is one of the most cherished in my collection - but my buddy Derrick Hughes, who's been playing his pipes for 20 years, tells me that he's still learning...

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Don Firth
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:13 PM

Yeah, I was struck by the end-rhymes, "good wish" and "Eng-LISH" also and was going to comment, but Mr. Fly beat me to it. Well spotted.

David, you seem to be fixated on my "Engrish frute" bit of whimsy, undoubtedly hoping to brand this as some sort of racial slur on my part so you can divert attention from yourself. Sorry, Charlie! No joy there. You've mouthed off with your racist ideas much too much to get away with anything like that.

And as to "Enrish," yes, it was pretty funny (and in no way a racial slur), but you misspelled it. For someone with a BA in Humanities, I would have though you could, at the very least, spell better than that. You missed the "g."

Did it ever occur to you (since you seem to set great store by where people are from, especially if they—like you, I might add—came from somewhere other than England) that "Engrish" might refer to child born of one parent from England and the other from Ireland?

Keep your mind flexible, David—    Oh! Sorry! Obviously atrophy has already set it.

On another bon mot of yours (that's French, by the way), so you would prefer to deny the opportunity of attendees to Albert Hall the pleasure of hearing a steel band—the music of another culture—and offer them a Northumbrian pipe band instead (worthy in and of itself, of course), because it hews closer to your ideas of what does or does not constitute "good English culture." That smacks of cultural censorship, and that's the kind of thing that tyrants like to pull.   You more than amply demonstrate that your turn of mind is such that were you (God forbid!) ever to gain any kind of political power and begin to implement you ideas, that there is good reason for the comment, "When I hear the world 'culture,' I reach for my pistol."

I am also in awe of the way you blew off Eliza Carthy on the other thread, lecturing her on what is and isn't "E-trad."

David, you are a real piece of work!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:32 PM

I would really like to hear someone try to make that poem rhyme and scan. A million zillion bonus points for making it rhyme and scan and emphasising the WORDS in CAPITALS.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:49 PM

We have Tai Chi, and tennis too
Whilst lines are fine for saying "adieu"
We have good curry, jam, and toast
Whenever England plays the host
'Tis true that all the world admires
The tenors of the English choirs
But not so much as to refrain
When taking England's name in vain!

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:54 PM

Thanks, LH. I meant "make it rhyme and scan as written" (hence what would otherwise be a rather reckless wager on my personal stash of bonus points), but that's good to read - after reading WAV's outpourings for a while you start to forget that it's possible to write poetry that not only tries to rhyme and scan but succeeds.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 02:57 PM

It's bloody well impossible to make the original rhyme and scan as written! I would not even attempt it.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Don Firth
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:09 PM

"make it rhyme and scan as written."

They don't make that big a hammer!

Don Firth

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:38 PM

After a quick google, I have determined that a steel drum costs about £100. A beginners' set of Northumbrian small pipes will start at £500. Not to mention the cost of maintaining the instruments, which is far more complex than with steel drums - the expense of maintaining large numbers of instruments is what actually makes ensemble music cost-prohibitive for many schools.

Not to mention the difficulty of playing the pipes, which requires a level of musical ability not really required for the steel drums. in other words, if you are going to learn to play in an ensemble at school (ie, without your parents forking out for lessons and committing to making sure you practice at home) you need an instrument which is relatively easy to learn. Things like steel or African drums, through their very accessibility, offer an opportunity to make music for many kids who have not been fortunate enough to receive private musical tuition (and all instrumental tuition is private these days, in that parents have to pay).

So there are your reasons, Wavey. And please don't start arguing with me - this is my specialist subject.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 05:49 PM

Nice to have you back WaV, hope you managed to find a job yesterday. I see you managed to plant another link to your website and get everyone going again. By the way, you still owe me an apology, but I'll not hold my breath.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: The Sandman
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 07:03 PM

hilarious, WAV,criticises me for leaving England,forsaking poor old blighty.
I left Blighty never to come back
forsook poor Albion and the union jack

deserted albion fair,to the emerald isle I did repair.
one frosty day on the 15 january,I shed a tear.
said good bye to the red white and blue,
Christopher Robin and Winnie the pooh.
A traitor consumed with remorse
my music is tainted of course.
oh woe is me ,the muse has been stolen from me.
I must visit Buxton,and drink some tea.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 08:01 PM

Sorry mate, you can't come back 'ere unless it's by means of 'eco-travel'. Er, whatever that is.. (cadging a lift from someone else, probably.)

Actually, it should be said that in general the Irish make splendid tea, with a devotion to hospitality to rival any in Derbyshire. And that's saying summat.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 10:23 PM

Ya' know Smoke, I've been wondering the same thing about Eco-travel. At first I thought he meant things like flying "Economy" class or something. That couldn't be it though as Economy has become so bad they never sell it out anymore.

Did you ever fly Economy? Last time I did that I got a seat behind the crappers and it was nothing but a folding chair with a rope for a seat belt. Even worse, the rope wasn't attached to anything but the folding chair itself. I could barely hear the Flight Attendant going over the safety instructions and when I looked up for the trap cover of the oxygen mask, there was just a note written on it in Magic Marker saying, "Hold Your Breath."

The Safety Card in the side pocket wasn't too encouraging either. There was a picture of my "Emergency Exit" which showed a crashed and burning airliner, broken into pieces, and the arrows directing me out where the breaks were. It also said, "After making emergency exit, Stop, Drop, and Roll."

The other side of the card covered crash preparation and was more succinct. It read, "When the Pilot flashes the Fasten Seatbelt Sign a Flight Attendant will shout 'ASSUME CRASH POSITION'--- Please lean forward, grab your ankles, put your head between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye."

Fortunately nothing happened along those lines but the service wasn't any great shakes. The magazine selection consisted mainly of a couple of dozen copies of Disease Detection which had been donated by a hospital where they had been the single source of reading in the Emergency Room for the past 17 years. I leafed through one but when I realized they were so old that the main feature was on bloodletting I tossed it.

A guy asked what the movie was and he was shown a deck of cards which showed a stick figure running as the attendant riffled through them. Kinda' chintzy to say the least but then the meal came and it was actually tasty. Well at least it wasn't bland. The Economy meal was a gas station bean burrito and a double shot of tequila. About a half hour later though things really got to kickin' in the digestive tract and when I unroped and stepped forward I found the crapper doors all locked. It turns out that flying economy requires you to pay a $5.00 fee for each restroom usage. I ponied up just in time and blew a major load in their head. The woman sitting across the aisle didn't have the money and shit herself pretty badly. Then again, is there a good way to shit yourself?

It was a bad trip. I figure Eco travel of any sort just ain't for me. Or at least I ain't gonna' try any form of it again too soon, although I can see its the kind of thing that WavyFunkyWhiteBoyRacist would actually enjoy.....perhaps even wallow in, so to speak.


Spaw

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 12:10 AM

Heh heh.. no, I think WavyFunkyWhiteBoyRacistTwat's idea of eco-travel involves making as little impact as possible on the culture and ecology of the places visited. Sort of like the 'prime directive'. Oh dear, I've just wet myself.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 01:21 AM

Enrish Frute.
The real inventor of the horseless cheese grater, and a proper gentleman.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 03:48 AM

A gas station burrito would be preferable to the shite they fed me on Air Canada last week. AND I had to change planes in Montreal on the way to NY, collecting my bags and going through security and everything all over again (what, security at Heathrow isn't secure enough?) with barely an hour between flights. They were ever so helpful in the airport - no signs to tell you where to go, check-in staff who tell you that you "might" make your connecting flight, and security staff telling you not to get stressed when you're in danger of missing a connection on a journey that's already over 9 hours long.

I guess it serves me right for emigrating.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 03:55 AM

Ruth - I much prefer travelling by car ferry to flying. You drive on, leave your car tucked up safely, and then just drive off the other side. Passport control and customs are a doddle. You can walk around, shop, eat and drink what you want and, if it's a little rough, there are plenty of convenient places to throw up in.

It's the only way to travel. Just don't let a ferry journey of several weeks put you off...

By the way, was your emigration economic/social, or was it just eco?

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 09:40 AM

Social to begin with, but I work in the UK, robbing re-patriates of their Own Good Employment, so I guess I'm part of the blight on English society.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 11:52 AM

I work in the UK, robbing re-patriates of their Own Good Employment

Yes - and contributing to their Own Good Unemployment Benefit as well...

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 12:19 PM

Y'know, I never thought I'd see it happen, but I believe this thread is rapidly mutating into an alternative version of the Mother of All BS Threads. I see the same forces at work here, only a different cast of characters, that's all. Can the forum really handle two such repositories of digital effluent and complete blathertwaddle?

Well, yeah, I think it can... ;-)

But it's gonna take a long time for this one to catch up.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 01:31 PM

Will Fly - ever heard of "near rhyme"? And as for your "see" instead of my "sense" - it's common sense...there's also tastes, sounds, etc.

Pip - on my site, for what it's worth, poem 213 has italics (lost in copy/pasting) rather than capitals for emphasis - unlike laidback LH!

Ruth, etc. - it looked quite a sophisticated steel band set and I believe quite a lot of work goes into tuning suchlike but, okay, on average, they may be less expensive than our traditional Northumbrian pipes...chromatic polymer English flutes, of course, are considerably less expensive than both.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: s&r
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 01:49 PM

In your dreadful non-poetry non-rhyme non-scan non-sense are all used to telling effect as stylistic artifacts. Within the bewilderment that I as an English speaking non repat find is the query 'Why the word "good", sprinkled like currants therough the bun of your mind?' There are as many goods in your posts with as much value as the local junk shop.

Stu

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 01:58 PM

"chromatic polymer English flutes, of course, are considerably less expensive than both."

Recorder bands in schools? There's a groundbreaking idea if ever I heard one.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 02:06 PM

Well, I've heard of "nowhere near rhyme"...

chromatic polymer English flutes, of course, are considerably less expensive than both.

Really? I've never seen an English flute advertised anywhere. Where can I buy this fine folk instrument?

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 02:21 PM

Will Fly - ever heard of "near rhyme"? And as for your "see" instead of my "sense" - it's common sense...there's also tastes, sounds, etc.

Near rhyme, eh? How near - about 13,000 miles perhaps? You just don't get it, do you, ignorant twat that you are. As for "sense", in the context of what you have written, you're writing about England "playing the host". It's just a stupid juxtaposition, which you can't sense because you have no verse sense. See?

Your "verse" is just non-verse - so much worse than verse. You haven't the faintest idea how to construct even the simplest of poems, whether free verse or conventional. You seem to write the first Good-phrase that comes from your Good-mouth and think it's a Good-poem, and I think you should give it a Good-rest FROM NOW ON.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: GUEST,Smokey
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 02:37 PM

How come he just wrote 230 'poems' and then stopped? That's what I want to know.. It seems very odd to me, given the evident level of self-belief.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 02:49 PM

I think what you need to do is read all 230 poems carefully, then cross reference them for hidden clues. Eventually you will find the answer.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Stu
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 03:12 PM

Read all 230?

Fuck-ing-hell.

Subject: RE: The Weekly Walkabout (part 2.)
From: Will Fly
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 03:12 PM

Aah - the WA Vinci Code! It's all coming clearer now...