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04 Feb 12 - 08:13 AM (#3301970) Subject: Folklore: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: bradfordian Voicemail Shipping Forecast Cosmo, the fairly accurate knife thrower Any news of the Iceberg? Hard Cheese of Old England Amnesia The Lonely Little Lemming Custard Creams Sparky's Magic Contraceptive Sloop John A Guide Cats For The Blind Breaking Wind Suddenly Cutty Wren Dashunds with erections......... Alright, I'd better stop there.......... so what's your 5 favourite Les Barker Poems |
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04 Feb 12 - 09:15 AM (#3301987) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Charley Noble So hard to narrow it down! How about adding the "Three Bears"? Charley Noble |
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04 Feb 12 - 11:30 AM (#3302064) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Acorn4 The Church of the (W)holly Undecided. Mark the Herald Angel Desiderata The Law of Unclear Physics Amnesia |
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04 Feb 12 - 11:41 AM (#3302071) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Pete Jennings I like the one about him not being able to find his invisibility cloak... For US 'catters, Les Barker performs in folk clubs and his act is standing there reciting incredibly his funny poems. Absolutely hilarious. |
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04 Feb 12 - 11:59 AM (#3302077) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Charley Noble There's also "History Man" for a more sober one. Charley Noble |
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04 Feb 12 - 01:06 PM (#3302119) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: The Sandman "For US 'catters, Les Barker performs in folk clubs and his act is standing there reciting incredibly his funny poems. Absolutely hilarious." I do not find his parodies very funny and find his poems variable, some are quite funny and others mildly amusing, but then humour is a very subjective matter,I do not find them hilarious at all. now John Foreman is someone I find a spontaneous quick witted hilarious entertainer. |
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04 Feb 12 - 01:59 PM (#3302164) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: GUEST Invisibility cloak... that must be a more recent one. I only remember him not being able to find his camoflage net... |
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04 Feb 12 - 02:44 PM (#3302189) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Herga Kitty I think a few US Catters have heard Les, because he's toured there (though he's had some visa problems on account of having criticised some of the Government's policies and actions...). I can't narrow the choice down to 5 - I agree with all of Bradfordian's choices, to start with! Kitty |
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04 Feb 12 - 03:34 PM (#3302213) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: vectis Have you got any news of the iceberg. Guide cats Oh! to Hell with it! Most of them |
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04 Feb 12 - 04:18 PM (#3302233) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: bradfordian An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables Desiderata Ben Kenobi Heavy Plant Crossing The Weakest Link Les has a couple of his poems on his website. Here And if you want some reminders, there are also some Audio samples |
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05 Feb 12 - 12:16 AM (#3302372) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: GUEST,Tinker from Chicago Doesn't anyone but me like the one about the homing phoenix? |
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05 Feb 12 - 10:17 AM (#3302498) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: GUEST,AEOLA I love them all, my main problem is that when I read them out they don't sound half as funny!! Maybe that's ''the good soldier's'' problem?? |
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05 Feb 12 - 10:46 AM (#3302509) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Crowhugger What vectis said. I'm probably not the only Canadian who discovered him thanks to CBC radio. I don't qite recall which show, maybe Definitely Not the Opera or Richardson's Roundup. Or could've back in the days of Eclectic Circus. |
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05 Feb 12 - 01:19 PM (#3302593) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: bradfordian There is indeed a poem called "I can't find my invisibility cloak" as well as "I can't find my camoflarge net" OK, 5 more (last Time!) The Lost Elephants of Denbigh Send In The Cones Je Ne Sais Quoi My husband has no porridge in him The Ballad of Cosmo McGrew Timing, intonation, innocence? and a sprinkling of good old SoH. Of course Les' material won't appeal to everyone. For them as does, enjoy! |
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06 Feb 12 - 01:17 AM (#3302884) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Roughyed Spot the Zebra There is a Rose in Lower Crumpsall The Altrincham Line Time Travel Self Assessment |
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06 Feb 12 - 06:13 AM (#3302973) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: Big Al Whittle Spot of the Antarctic |
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06 Feb 12 - 01:33 PM (#3303168) Subject: RE: 5 favorite Les Barker poems From: G-Force I particularly like the book titles: The Hound of Music, The Twa Corgis, The Extraterrierestrial ... the list goes on. |