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post Nov 9 15, 23:43
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Hmm - that might be a code issue again -it's happened before when clicking 'quick edit' - please let me know if you see it again. Peter (Imhotep) will need to be contacted about that.

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post Nov 10 15, 15:23
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These code issues have happened before;
it's a problem which we all abhor
but dear Imhotep's touch
seems to help us so much
and our Lori will have him explore.


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post Nov 11 15, 16:18
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Back home after a few days away. I've decided not to use quote marks, rather <<these>> used in other languages, and see what happens. If anyone uses quotes, you may also consider an alternate, and note such in the posting. Mine show space, but that as a quote wouldn't have spacing. I'll rummage thru the character box on the word processor.


If Lori's exploring with I'm Hotep
me's hoping that he isn't outa step.
Those quotes seem an issue;
help! I'm outa tissue.
That code problem – put it to schlep!


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post Nov 11 15, 21:55
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If you schlep through the rain with a code
your doze runz even when id's been blowed,
so you'd best get a ride
an' git yerself inside
so yer heartbeat can be better slowed.


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post Nov 12 15, 13:30
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If your heartbeat is better when slowed
when you sit down and take off a load
then I’d like to suggest
it might be for the best
if we all hibernate like a toad.


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post Nov 12 15, 14:47
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Like a toad we go off hibernating
but next spring we'll have fun (all that mating!)
Our heartbeats get faster,
no need for a pastor!
No mother-in-law scolding, berating.


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post Nov 12 15, 22:24
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If your mom-in-law scolds and berates
let us hope when she's gone it abates,
'cause they say that the mom
is what she will become;
I'm just glad that I'm not in those straits!


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post Nov 13 15, 00:33
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In those straits? I am glad that I'm not
for two marriages have gone to pot
but it wasn't because
of the Mother-in-laws;
and I'm pleased with the one that I've got.


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post Nov 13 15, 09:52
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I am pleased with the one I have now
forty-seven years now, and her chow
isn't bad, though my weight
is a bit on the great
side; to lose I still have the know-how.


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post Nov 13 15, 15:58
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I still have my know-how to lose,
and methinks that is very good nose.
I know some won't care
which is rather bizare,
all the rest I will simply confose.


I still have my know-how to lews,
and methinks that is very good news.
I know some won't care
which is rather bizare,
all the rest I will simply confews.


I still have my know-how to luse,
and methinks that is very good nuse.
I know some won't care
which is rather bizare,
all the rest I will simply confuse.


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post Nov 13 15, 20:50
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I need rest; I am greatly confused;
it seems Merlin is way over-boozed,
though he says otherwise.
May we simply surmise
that he needs to be bloody transfused?


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post Nov 14 15, 20:29
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Transfused and shocking, his needs –
resulting from smoking those weeds.
Both he and Mary Wanna
and their pet iguana
fly high at incredible speeds.


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post Nov 15 15, 00:08
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I've fallen behind once more so...

First an answer to Merlin's -

If corns fuse to your shoes, simply rest
for the gain versus pain, I’ll attest
isn’t worth the attempt
and if you think you limped
before then I would say that you jest.


Then Daniel's -

He need transfused with very thick blood
just to counteract that toxic flood
of the ale, wine and booze
that he shouldn't abuse
and has caused all this homonym crud..

and finally to continue the string, Merlin's last -

At incredible speeds Merlin flies;
must be weed scientist's hybridize
'cause the last time I smoked
things slowed down and I choked
on some chips and a dozen fried pies.








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post Nov 15 15, 14:21
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You say that I jest, do you now?
That's one thought I think I’ll allow
but for the time being
I'm heading out skiing
with Molly who owns a landau.


What homonym crud is now served
but I think that it's really deserved.
The court's full of jesters
and several protestors
so far as I have observed.


If Chips made a dozen fried pies
and sold them so guys get their highs,
he could make lots of dough
for Ray, Mi and Yo
and he might even start a franchise!


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post Nov 15 15, 23:00
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Molly owns a landau and each winter
adds long runners beneath in the center
so she’ll slide to the slopes
full of amateur dopes
and with Merlin, they’ll each have a grinner.



So far you have observed some protestors
and also a whole court-full of jesters.
Are they here in this forum
where proper decorum
can fade with three Limerick questers?



If he starts a franchise and he might
then he’s probably in for a fight
if not fat-free, organic,
non-gluten; they’ll panic
and though he embarks, they won’t bite.


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post Nov 17 15, 15:09
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That Merlin is some kind of grinner,
and others think he's a real winner!
His words, full of wisdom
upset the whole system;
his Limericks, well, they are a spinner.


They've faded, thee ole Limerick questers,
some joined their departed ancestors.
What's left is but three
who now keep up the spree
while waiting with welcoming gestures.


Although he de-barks, he don’t bite
but I tell ya, that doesn't seem rite
cuz the scars here will prove
he's left many a groove
on my bumpkin, and just outa spite!


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post Nov 17 15, 22:20
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When you’re spinning your Limericks well
you’ve arrived when the others set sail
but some turns in your phrases
just simply amazes
and following them leaves one pale.


All your gestures of welcome can wait
‘cause there’s nobody there at the gate
wanting to be let in;
I mean, where’d they begin
and they’ll probably post them too late.


Out-ta spite your old bumpkin is grooved?
I’d surmise that it should have been moved
to one side or the other,
perhaps a bit further
‘till chance that disaster improved.


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post Nov 18 15, 06:41
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Foll'wing you two could loose a guy's pate
which is why my post is a bit late.
I'll compact my response
to all three and write once
so disaster's no chance to create.


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post Nov 18 15, 12:14
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No chance to create a disaster?
Our posting is getting much faster
with such eloquent wit,
each makes a good fit;
some pateses become alabaster.


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post Nov 18 15, 20:53
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Whose pasties became alabaster?
Did she switch from just 'fast' to 'much faster'?
Is that kind of a girl
one whom you'd give a whirl?
Have you changed from 'I'd like' to 'I haster!' ?


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