Sinister: Swearing with dignity

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This came from an old post of Honey's in the archives that came up when i did the profanathon search:
> I quite like the word "panties", partly because it rhymes with
> "Aunties" and "sea-shanties". In fact, New Year Sinister competition
> no. 1 is to send me a limerick with B&S content, which features these
> three words rhyming on lines 1, 2 and 5.
> Competition no. 2 is the one I forgot to send in over Christmas,
> because I had my head under a quilt: write a short Christmas carol,
> with B&S content, featuring the rhymes "Mary" and "hairy" and "Jesus"
> and "cheeses".

Why don't we have fun competitions like this anymore? Why did i ever think it was a good idea to take a list hiatus while all this frolicksome good timing was going on? And where is everyone these days, anyway?

In other news, Youn asked a few days ago:
> orange slices and a Fall lp...
> Can the person who told us about trochaic triameter (?) tell us about the
> rhythm of this line?  

I'm not sure what song is being referenced here, and as songsmiths sometimes addle the meter of a word or phrase to make it fit into their song correctly, i can't be 100% on the meter of it as it's sung. But if you chant it out loud like a drumbeat you get something like:
ORange SLICEs AND a FALL el PEE

which is more or less trochaic pentameter, but without the final syllable at the end. Though i suppose you could just as easily argue that it's iambic pentameter without the initial syllable at the beginning. Hmmm. Either way, i'm sure it isn't sung in nearly as annoying a manner as it sounds if you walk around saying ORange SLICEs AND a FALL el PEE.

This pesky poetry parrot has torturing my poor cat mercilessly for over a week now. Unfortunately, my cat seems to enjoy it and has been taking the parrot's side in household debates recently. I'm not sure what they're doing at home together while i'm off at work, but whatever it is, it has to be stopped. I will be sending something to the list shortly.

Jess.
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