Coco knew nothing of Nandos until, consequent upon an interest in Southern Rhodesia, he was provoked by an advert for a six pack on YouTube. It is now a private video but you may be one of the few who have been invited to view it, or be able to find a copy of it.
Continue readingHumour
Plagiarism1002
Ode to the end
As fast as thou shalt program, so fast thou art in art.
Backbone of the office, from which thou now depart.
Abacus the bounty to which DR gave a heart.
Taxpack the fuel infuriates from the start.
Electronic filing gives int’rest to the smarter
Corporations now befuddled by the word from Carter.
Technology for compliance available for barter,
CT Lite from Sage is a very fine starter.
Systems to accomplish all that you could need
To aid and abet in consumerisms greed.
Mark your words carefully, a transition now begins
Closing down tonight a penalty for their sins?
ex. Sonnet 11 BillS
© Rosie Inglis, Jane Malkin, Stuart Moffatt 2009
When the viola plays…
The orchestra detailed
Whilst we were away we attended a concert of operatic love songs given by a group of musicians consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet, string quartet, bass and piano/harpsichord.
Continue readingDies ille
Dies ille, dies irae?
In approaching the translation of the Latin text:
Dies ille, dies lunæ
Semper venit opportune
Rogo vos et quæro id
Quid est quod et quod est quid?
Dawkins
Disagreeing with Dawkins
Continue readingA furry tail
Once upon a time there was little bear, Edward, Peter and Rew deLait – Edward, because all bears are called Teddy, Peter because when he had been named the minister had become very annoyed with someone making a lot of noise, as result of which he had not been careful about what he said, and Rew because it was his real name; deLait we understand was his family name, which was French, but his English friends simply could not say deLait properly which was a source of continual frustration for him – who lived in a deep dark wood, which he knew was a deep dark wood, because whenever he ventured outside he always saw Only Darkness….
You, dear reader, may care to read part two here.
Hex
A word of farewell:
What can I say? I think the hope of ever getting circular and hyperbolic functions into the world’s most taxing spreadsheet to make it the world’s really most useful spreadsheet, now recedes rather faster than the nearest red shifted quasar.
On having nothing to say
When something should be said:
Continue readingEine Biene
Es lebte einmal eine Biene in Hagen,
die antworten konnte auf jegliche Fragen.
Die wohl Schwierigste bei einem Quiz – ganz klar -war: Was war war bevor war war war?
Sie wusste auch dies und gewann ohne List:
Bevor war war war war war bin oder ist!
From the original Dutch:
Er was een bij te ‘s Gravenhage
Die antwoord wist op alle vragen.
Toen men hem, moeielijk genoeg
Wat was was eer was was was vroeg
Werd hij de winnaar van de quiz
Met ‘Eer was was was was was is.’
Rob den Heijer
The Duke of York
The Grand Old Duke of York
Traditional
O, the Grand old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up
And when they were down, they were down
And when they were only halfway up
They were neither up nor down.