Apparently it's true
The wombat's poo
Is a regular hexahedron.
Making it the one
And only animal that
Has cubical skat.
An expression which avoids
Mentioning cuboids.
In homage to Ogden Nash (1902 – May 19, 1971)
Personal Blogs
Nature Notes from Down Under
Sunday 18 September 2016 at 23:06
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Green Investments
Saturday 17 September 2016 at 22:51
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Where should I put my money?
- Hedge fund
- Privet equity
- Flower pot
Alla Barnen*
Thursday 15 September 2016 at 23:08
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All the kids liked being tested with vegetarian food. Except Trig.
He said he felt like a guinea pig.
So he ate one.
A Love SI
Thursday 15 September 2016 at 22:59
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If I could meet her
In a reverse low-key sort of way
Just for a second
Maybe we could become a unit.
The Elsinore Sewing Club
Sunday 11 September 2016 at 21:03
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Edited by Richard Walker, Monday 12 September 2016 at 23:06
Perhaps you've not heard of the Elsinore Sewing Club.
It was Denmark 1943. Although the country was under Nazi occupation, Denmark's 8,000 strong Jewish population had yet come under attack.
However orders arrived for deportation. I don't think the full implications were widely understood but they were evidently seen as ominous.
People from all walks of Danish society joined in a rescue mission. Jews were warned to go into immediate hiding. Volunteers even worked painstakingly through telephone directories for names that looked Jewish to warn the people concerned.
The "Sewing Club" was a code-named resistance group. Elsinore in Denmark is only about 3 km across the sea from Sweden - Hamlet would have been able to see Sweden from the castle walls.
In small boats, the Sewing Club carried over 90% of the Jewish community of Denmark to safety on the Swedish shore.
Old Haiku
Sunday 11 September 2016 at 20:36
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Who cares about my old stories?
You've got your own.
Soon they'll be forgotten too.
Tongue Twister
Saturday 10 September 2016 at 23:57
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In the spirit of "What noise annoys an oyster?" and "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?" here is my own modest offering.
As an aside, if I decided to make a single of "Oh I do like to be beside the sea side", what would the B-side of "I do like to be beside the sea side" be?
Tom Swifty in Love
Saturday 10 September 2016 at 23:40
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"Can I come in?" asked Tom adoringly.
"I have something" he said presently.
"Tonight I won this coconut for you", he said shyly.
"Oh gosh, I bet your balls hit it as hard as possible", she replied bashfully.
"May I slip this gold band on your finger", he said admiringly.
"Oh yes, yes!" she replied engagingly.
Clerihew
Friday 9 September 2016 at 22:23
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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday 9 September 2016 at 22:24
Alexander Fleming
Called his mother a lemming.
In spite of this villainy
His career was very penicilliny.
Multiple Birthday Matches
Wednesday 7 September 2016 at 23:55
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If 23 people get together, it's odds-on that some two share the same birthday. This is not intuitive, so it's a surprise.
One of the OU modules I work on has about 1200 students. With that number of people, it's odds-on that 10 of them have the same birthday.
Who would have guessed that? If we checked through all their birthdays (probably we can't because of Data Protection) and compared them, then found 10 the same, it might be regarded as an amazing coincidence. But it's not.
The Message of the Leaves
Wednesday 7 September 2016 at 22:26
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The leaves whisper quietly
Its
Autumn
Soon
About a Smell
Sunday 4 September 2016 at 22:13
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Yesterday I remembered a wet cobbled street I only visited once. Amsterdam, 45 years ago.
I saw at once the restaurants lining each side.
Lights. Smells. Menus. Cobbles. Walking. Choosing.
This startling (and for me unusual) synesthesia occurred in an instant. Opening a can of lentil and bacon soup, some tiny thing about how it smelt triggered these sudden recollections. I wasn't prepared for it at all.
I saw at once the restaurants lining each side.
Lights. Smells. Menus. Cobbles. Walking. Choosing.
This startling (and for me unusual) synesthesia occurred in an instant. Opening a can of lentil and bacon soup, some tiny thing about how it smelt triggered these sudden recollections. I wasn't prepared for it at all.
One Liner
Saturday 3 September 2016 at 21:54
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Dat Lucrezia Borgia. What an awful poison.
A Kōan for programmers of which I am one
Thursday 1 September 2016 at 23:29
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Kōan
The pupil asked "What assistance should I use to debug my programs?"
The master replied "Yourself".
Walking Sticks For Windy Weather
Wednesday 31 August 2016 at 22:36
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"Caught in a storm but need to get home quickly?"
Our patented "Hurry Cane" is designed to help.
Call now for a free quotation.
Going Feral - A Parable
Wednesday 31 August 2016 at 01:02
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Edited by Richard Walker, Wednesday 31 August 2016 at 01:54
Today I am reading on the front of Times 2 that I should go feral.
As all guys and dolls know the Times is greatly respected from all quarters whatsoever, so naturally I am following this tip.
But
regrettably the word about this is all over Broadway in hardly any
time, and it transpires Al is not pleased about being gone for, and
whilst I am doing nothing but quietly munching a chop down at Mindy's,
who should come in but two gorillas who demand not a little aggressively
what I mean by going for Al.
I explain that I just mean I
will vote for him anytime soon and the gorillas back off, and leave in a
very handsome manner, I must say.
Just while I am getting
properly back to the chop, in comes in another pair of guys, who are all
steamed up that I am a supporter of Al. Again I have to explain that I
have been misunderstood and in fact Al will never be top of my
popularity list but a person I will attack on account of the fact I hate
and despise him.
So eventually these also depart, although
one of them scowls somewhat, but I am left to finish the chop, although of course
it is cold by now.
As I am explaining later to Little Pete, all this interruption is not a little anxiety provoking and can lead to dyspepsia, especially when the gorillas are somewhat large and morose also, and do not seem well educated; and it does not seem as though a wise person in this town should read misleading newspapers.
Moral:
Honesty is one thing. Policy's another.
With tribute to Damion Runyon.
Times 2, 30 August 2016
One Liner
Tuesday 30 August 2016 at 17:19
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I've lived my whole life next to a meadow and I expect I'll die there too. He who lives by the sward shall die by the sward.
Tongue Twister
Monday 29 August 2016 at 23:00
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I love spontaneous tongue twisters. Tonight someone said
"The blue bin men haven't been."
One Liner
Monday 29 August 2016 at 22:33
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My bungalow designs are never perfect. Sadly they always have a floor in them.
Bon Mot
Sunday 28 August 2016 at 22:06
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Some drunken peasants swore they'd sell me a vineyard. I saw at once it was a windup.
One Liner
Sunday 28 August 2016 at 21:24
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Edited by Richard Walker, Sunday 28 August 2016 at 21:53
How many jokes do I make about hot weather? A few to start with.
One Liner
Sunday 28 August 2016 at 21:17
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People don't take to the streets over just a couple of grievances. Two wrongs don't make a riot.
For Your Eyes
Sunday 28 August 2016 at 20:39
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I opened my eyes and saw your eyes.
It was like the first taste of pineapple.
It was like the first taste of pineapple.
One Liner
Sunday 28 August 2016 at 00:12
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I felt I was being stitched up. I went through a really bad patch.
One Liner
Saturday 27 August 2016 at 00:28
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Did you know most coal is around 300 million years old? There's no fuel like an old fuel.
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