The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128311   Message #2871493
Posted By: George Papavgeris
25-Mar-10 - 09:59 AM
Thread Name: Tom Lehrer?
Subject: RE: Tom Lehrer?
He is my God of Rhymes.
Anyone who pairs off "quickening" with "strychnine"
or "Plaza del Toros" with "morose",
"Manolete" with "eighty",
"benzendrine" with "dean"

and creates magic like this
"That I missed her depressed her young sister named Esther,
This mister to pester she tried.
Now her pestering sister's a festering blister,
You're best to resist her, say I
"

stands way above mere mortals.