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eridani

(51,907 posts) Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:48 PM Dec 2011

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,

Thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits
On a lurgid bee
That mordiously hath bitled out
Its earted jurtles
Into a rancid ?????????????
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts
And living glupules frart and slipulate
Like jowling meated liverslime
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
And hooptiously drangle me
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon
See if I don't.

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Oh freddled gruntbuggly, (Original Post) eridani Dec 2011 OP

I like it. flying rabbit Dec 2011 #1

Tell it to the Vogons! n/t eridani Dec 2011 #3

I have them on ignore. nt flying rabbit Dec 2011 #8

You LIKE it?!? Aristus Dec 2011 #2

It really ties the room together. nt flying rabbit Dec 2011 #5

Oh yes, I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery was really particularly effective. backscatter712 Dec 2011 #10

...counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the ... er ... backscatter712 Dec 2011 #11

It really ties the room together. nt flying rabbit Dec 2011 #14

NYYYYAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!! backscatter712 Dec 2011 #4

On no account should you allow a Vogon to read poetry at you! n/t backscatter712 Dec 2011 #6

Alerting as abuse. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #7

There are about 40 or 50 band names in there. EastTennesseeDem Dec 2011 #9

Poe would be so proud. nolabear Dec 2011 #12

Flumph LiberalEsto Dec 2011 #13

Don't let the airlock door hit you in the butt as you're leaving the ship. GoneOffShore Dec 2011 #15

I think I'd rather eat Turbineguy Dec 2011 #16

flying rabbit

(4,632 posts)

1. I like it.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:52 PM

Dec 2011

PS beware of Jabberwocks

eridani

(51,907 posts)

3. Tell it to the Vogons! n/t

Reply to flying rabbit (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:54 PM

Dec 2011

flying rabbit

(4,632 posts)

8. I have them on ignore. nt

Reply to eridani (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 12:01 AM

Dec 2011

Aristus

(66,316 posts)

2. You LIKE it?!?

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:54 PM

Dec 2011

That is a tactic I quite simply had not thought of...

flying rabbit

(4,632 posts)

5. It really ties the room together. nt

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 AM

Dec 2011

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

10. Oh yes, I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery was really particularly effective.

Reply to flying rabbit (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 01:02 PM

Dec 2011

Oh... and, er... interesting rhythmic devices too, which seemed to counterpoint the...er...er...

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

11. ...counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the ... er ...

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 01:16 PM

Dec 2011

... humanity of the ...

Vogonity

Ah yes, Vogonity - sorry - of the poet's compassionate soul which contrives through the medium of the verse structure to sublimate this, transcend that and come to terms with the fundamental dichotomies of the other and one is left with a profound and vivid insight into... into... er...

Into whatever it was the poem was about!