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Homage to our Nonathlon maestro

Hey, Bangers, how come you're so good :?:
We train hard, we eat the right food
But try as we might
You breeze past out of sight
Good on ya, mate; you're a cool dude =D> =D> =D>
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When you're worn out by digging the weeds
Can't bend over to plant any seeds
Then relax with a Coke
And employ a young bloke
To attend to your gardening needs
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An Ode to Philip 'Succeeds whatever the' Price

Phil's down in the Antipodes,
A slipped disc brought him to his knees,
But he's back on the erg,
Cool as an iceberg,
And ready to smash his PB's :fsbgrin:
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The Games of the XXX Olympiad

It's sixty-four years since the Games
Were held near the banks of the Thames
No place to be cautious
Citius altius fortius
In the record books we’ll see new names
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Monopoly players will know
That each time I pass the square “Go”
I collect two hundred pounds
So my joy knows no bounds -
I'm considerably richer than yo

With acknowledgement to comedian Harry Enfield for the punch line
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A new slant on an old nursery rhyme:

Humpty Dumpty scaled many a wall
But he never expected to fall
Until after a fling
In a bar near Beijing
He encountered the Wall of them All ](*,)
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That Phil is surely an Ozzie gent
His words on the first always sent
Always hit the mark
Lighting up our dark
His wisdom dispensed never spent
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When our cat waltzes into the kitchen
Tail goes up and the nose starts a-twitchin'
His favourite treat
Is raw kangaroo meat
Forget about Whiskas or chicken
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In the UK Kangaroo meat is rare
And of Joeys there are none to spare
I have a new pup
And he likes to sup
On fresh sheep poo in our field so there!
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I wondered if it would be possible to write a limerick
conforming to all the normal rules, but with the added
constraint of having the initial letters of each word running
in alphabetical order and yet still more or less make sense.
This is the result:

A Birmingham City devotee
Enjoyed football gladiatorially
He injured joints, knees,
Leg muscles; nurse, oh please,
Quickly restore sanity.

(If Wolfie reads this thread, he might like this)
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Pepe wrote:(If Wolfie reads this thread, he might like this)
He did read it Phillip, and liked it very much indeed. :lol:
A true skill you have there =D>
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I thought I'd try a tribute to Philip.

Always brilliantly clever
Droll excellence forever
Giving helpful insights
Just killer (de)lights
Many nice offerings professor!

Apologies for the slight cheat in the 4th line.
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Thanks for that, Paul.
I very much enjoyed your contribution.

I am working on more of these "alphabet" limericks and hope to
get them completed when sufficient inspiration takes hold.
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At last Santa mounted his sleigh
It was high time he got under way
For the children were waiting
And anticipating
Quite certain that he'd make their day.
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A warm welcome to Twenty Thirteen :D
You're feeling relaxed and serene 8)
But that midriff is bulging :shock:
You've been over-indulging :roll:
So get back on that rowing machine [-X
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Pepe wrote:A warm welcome to Twenty Thirteen :D
You're feeling relaxed and serene 8)
But that midriff is bulging :shock:
You've been over-indulging :roll:
So get back on that rowing machine [-X

=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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I posted an "alphabet" limerick last November and indicated that
I would be working on some more. Here is the second of the series:

A bank can do easement financial,
Give homeowners income judicial,
Keep low maintenance norms,
Offset pecuniary qualms,
Resolve situations tangential.
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Pepe wrote:- I posted an "alphabet" limerick last November and indicated that
I would be working on some more. Here is the second of the series:

A bank can do easement financial,
Give homeowners income judicial,
Keep low maintenance norms,
Offset pecuniary qualms,
Resolve situations tangential.
Uniquely visceral work, x-rated, yielding zests :D

Bravo Philip =D>
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Philip - just ^O^

(and Alan - 8) )
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Although, being contrary, despite every friend's good help, I just kissed lovely mademoiselles, never once pretending, quite rightly, such terms under veracity, while x-rated youngsters zoom. :?
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Apprehensive, because colleagues do enjoy figuring generally humorous, inventive,jolly kind limericks, my next offering perhaps quietens regular surreptitious thread undermining? Vexing, wouldn't Xerxes zay?
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Backwards:

Zachary, Yemen’s xenophobe was very unhappy today
Seemingly Rachel quite positively opened
Numerous manly long kilts just in Harringey
Getting frightfully excited during choosing big arrays.

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billwright wrote:- Zachary, Yemen’s xenophobe was very unhappy today
Seemingly Rachel quite positively opened
Numerous manly long kilts just in Harringey
Getting frightfully excited during choosing big arrays.
Priceless Bill :lol: =D>
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You guys have far to much time on your hands..ever thought of taking up a hobby?
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Following on from my post of last September, here's another new slant on another old nursery rhyme:

When the spider sat by her one day
The forthright Miss Muffet did say:
“I'd rather the birds
Ate all of my curds;
They're not for you, spider, no whey :!:
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