No, my dear Challenge!rs, I haven't scarpered off again ;-) -- My computer went belly up on Saturday, and Dear Hubby (with Pene Azul's wonderful help) has restored (kinda) my C drive, so I'm now able to get on the Net. The bad news is that the newly reloaded Windows refuses to see my other drives -- yep, where your wonderful songs, stories and Challenge!s are stored, as well as my html editing program. Dear Hubby will be out to the computer store today to obtain a program that might fix things. If not, then we'll have to pull the hard disc and take to a 'real geek' to lay hands upon it . . . Now, don't anyone freak out -- the data is still there, I just can't get to it as of yet. Hold a good thought for my config files, please. ;-)

Now, my lengthy tale of woe off my chest, here are the Silver B.L.O.B.s for the two wonderful submissions above:

To derrymacash for his Sheila-na-Gig worthy (snif, snif):

All you who've bet your rent
And never won a cent
I pity all the grief that you endure
For every race I start
Leaves me with a broken heart
The shame and guilt I don't know how to cure


And to Clifton53 for these picturesque lines:

Well I put a pile on Zippy
I'm thinkin' it's a breeze
But when the gates flew open Zippy fell right to his knees
I tell 'ya
Don't bet on Zippy Chippy
Don't bet on 'ol Zippy
He'll burn your money in your face


-- Áine

(P.S. Our dear Amos has been diagnosed with pneumonia, so he'll be sitting this Challenge! (and maybe more) out. Everyone hold a good thought for him, one of the Mudcat Masters of Music and Mayhem, and wish him a speedy recovery, OK?)