Diogenes made his home in a barrel
And dispensed with all apparel.
But he was soon under arrest
For being undressed.
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Clerihew
Sunday, 27 May 2018, 01:04
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Philosophical One Liner
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 23:35
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I don't think Nietzsche was very original really. All he did was reinvent the Will.
Meeting
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 23:46
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Bless you and remember you and I
Are but two travellers passing by.
The Demise of X
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 23:29
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What we told the World:
X is temporarily indisposed.
What we told the Nation:
X has retired from active political life.
What we told the Party:
X has been neutralised.
What actually happpened:
X was shot.
Only A Rose
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 22:19
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One rose in a vase
Wraps the whole universe
And everything within it.
Haiku
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 21:43
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Tonight I saw
Bird fly in and out
Of a happy person's roof.
Allium Minion
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 20:42
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Do you know your onions?
Would you jive with a chive,
Or trot with a shallot?
Do you think a leek is chic?
Would you write a ballet on a scallion,
Or compose a guitar lick on garlic?
Riddle
Sunday, 20 May 2018, 20:13
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Gods call me 'Fierce Rival'
Men call me 'Go away Rain'
Dark Elves call me 'Bane of Elf Kind"
Bright Elves call me 'A Blessing on Elves'
Giants call me 'The Being more Skyward'.
What am I?
The Star-Case
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 01:35
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As I climbed up the star-case
I met you coming down
Though you were straight from Heaven's gate
I saw you wore a frown.
Sheep Joke
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 00:20
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I say, I say! I heard some sheep singing today.
Really, what were they singing?
Amazing graze!
Being
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 00:14
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How came we here? By love & fear.
How shall we cope? By heart & hope.
How shall we live? By work & strive.
Where shall we go? We do not know.
And when we die, away shall fly.
Elgar*
Friday, 18 May 2018, 22:26
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Edited by Richard Walker, Friday, 18 May 2018, 22:27
Elgar is supposed to have said "Music is in the air" and I think I have a slight idea what he meant.
All of us are continuallly processing a whole stream of creative thoughts. If you don't believe me set a random timer on your phone and when it goes off write down
*straightaway*
*exactly* what you were thinking of at that
*precise moment*.
You might find you were having a creative thought. There is even an app for this.
So about 10 minutes back I saw 'Facebook' and thought 'Fusebox' and so wrote it down on the back of my hand, before it went the way of all those millions and millions of fugitive thoughts that flit through our brains every day, mostly bound on a journey to nowhere.
* Who I was reminded of by listening to Salud d'Amour.
One Liner
Friday, 18 May 2018, 22:09
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There's a social networking site for electricians. It's called Fusebox.
Night Out
Friday, 18 May 2018, 22:03
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Went to a cocktail bar with good old Zeus. We were on Thunderbolts, wow! His own recipe.
Night Out
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 22:33
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Met up with Hercules last night. As usual we went clubbing.
Night Out
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 22:29
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Drinking with Thor last night. Got hammered of course.
Market Niche
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 22:09
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My latest website lets people provide ratings for haircutting establishments. I’m calling it 'Snip Advisor'.
Epitaph
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 23:17
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I was here & did my best
& hope I passed that universal test.
Got a Witty Idea?
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 21:38
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In a way all ideas should be witty, because originally these were the same word.
'Witty' is related to Latin videre = to see. We often say 'see' to mean 'understand' and these concepts have been related since early times.
What about idea? The word is Greek ἰδέα, in ancient and modern Greek. You can get the modern pronounciation fairly well by saying 'idthaya'.
This is also connected with seeing, and comes from the same root. In extremely ancient Greek it started with a a 'w', widea. Lots of Greek words seem more similar to their equivalents in other European languages, as soon as you put a 'w' or 'v' in front of them. For example 'ergonomic', to do with work, would be 'wergonomic'.
More examples here
https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=194397
Taster*
Friday, 11 May 2018, 21:01
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I went to a pottery taster at the local college. Disgusting, I'll never eat that again.
* As heard in my local, the Moon Under Water.
Epitaph for an Optimist
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 02:49
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Empty glass
At last
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