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You can take it literally, Dan, but now I am curious about your story 8-) Not much of a story. I just often miss jokes and puns because I take thing literally. I'll even laugh at jokes I don't understand, just so I don't stand out. My current favorite fantasy is seeing Trump frog marched out of the...

indar wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:06 pm

But Dan---I feel you bro.

And I'm not even a US citizen. Go figure. It must be much worse for you.

Gyppo wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:02 am

The clown lost, but it was much closer than it should have been.

My thoughts exactly, Gyp.


T, Linda, I think I'll do that. Chill to the bone does sound better. Thanks.

Now let's hope for a relatively smooth transition. The clown is a weirdo - and that's putting it nicely.

Once again another Americanism temporarily lost on me. But knowing how much you love Donald I should have known...enjoy your glee. Ireland celebrates your new President. But we would, seeing as how he's one of us :D OK, that was a bit naive; most politicians are not one of anyone. But anyone is bet...

I enjoyed that. Truly. And I'm not even sorry. I really am that guy. I'll use it somewhere in my next book - or so I hope.

It's bloody brilliant!

I love the "sound" of this poem. It feels like a bloke reading the news on the radio you just turned on. (Hint: never turn on the radio before lunch. Or dinner. Or ever, really. ;) ) I can feel that it's very political, but as a Lowlands dweller who's never been that far from home, I think I'm missi...

Thank you, T.

Thank you, Dave. I agree that it wouldn't work as a free form poem, but I actually quite like to work within the constraints of a more structured form. (I did take some minor liberties with it. I almost always do.) You are right about the clichéd and archaic. In this case, I made a conscious choice ...

Nice one. I must try that too.

Thank you.