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Pyx_e

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An ode to Odours,

Ah the smell of rancid booze,
Of little old ladies shoes.

The whiff of your wet winter coat,
Not unlike a month dead stoat.

Gently reeking of stale fags,
bring Christmas week in,
coughing like old lags.

The stench of cheap perfume,
a harlot wench in a too small room.

Ponging of ‘pits unwashed,
All hope in me is quashed.

How can I feel the Christmas spirit,
assaulted by the smell of so much shit?

Bunnies simper at the bouquet of mulled wine,
Attempting to give the proverbial turd a shine.

May the seasons myximatosis,
rid us of this mass psychosis.

P

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Ding dong merrily on high,
In Heav'n the bells are ringing.
I just hate at Christmas time
George Michael and his singing.

Ooooo muzak for my ears, is bringing me to tears, I'll need Prozac for years, and I
I really want a shotgun.

Every, every single day
The Xmas tunes keep chiming
The worst thing I have got to say
Is all that bloody rhyming.

Arrghhh what an awful sound, is chiming all around, I'm nearly on the ground right now,
Where did I put my half brick?

E'en so here below below
Maybe I should be calmer,
No, no way no way no way,
I'm off to get my hammer.

Oooooh what a great delight, no CDs are in sight, it's really great...oh right. Dreaming.
Well roll on January.

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Today is not your day.
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[Killing me]

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Firenze

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It's three o'clock in the afternoon
Your stomach is a lead balloon.
The pre-lunch slugs of Emva Cream
(Trying to douse the urge to scream) -
The ginger wine of similar ilk;
A tepid bottle of Liebfraumilch,
A Baileys, alleged 'ruby' port -
Altogether provide a sort
Of queasy alembic, very murky,
For gravy, bacon, sausage, turkey
Roast potatoes, and to end the rout
The vile, the green, the sulphurous sprout.
With pudding, trifle, custard vile
-All transmuting into bile.

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Loquacious beachcomber
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Okay, I was going to try prose;
"Yes, Vagina, I do have sandy claws ..." but I just couldn't get any flow or rythem going.
So I invite poets far and near to join me in dreaming of a white trash Christmas. It's the night before Christmas in the deep South of the US of A; feel free to jump in and be disgraceful.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and down in our swamp,
Even the alligators were to drunken to chomp.
With Paw at the whore house and Maw smoking grass,
I settled down with Betty Sue for a nice peace of ass.

The cousins were settled with each other in bed,
While visions of hominy danced in their heads.

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Loquacious beachcomber
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(For anyone unfamiliar with hominy, it is kinda like grits, but ground finer. Grits and hominy are both kinda like porridge that tastes like shit.)
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Sine Nomine

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Speaking of shit, you're trying to stir some up, aren't you?

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Sine Nomine

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And you're quite wrong about what hominy is relative to grits.

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Loquacious beachcomber
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quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
And you're quite wrong about what hominy is relative to grits.

What - grits is ground more finely than hominy?

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Sine Nomine

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I'm not your search engine. But you need one.

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Loquacious beachcomber
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quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
I'm not your search engine. But you need one.

Thanks for the new signature.

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Loquacious beachcomber
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Okay, here is hominy and grits, revealed to all fer ta celebrate a white trash Christmas

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quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
Thanks for the new signature.

Why butter Sine up?* It's a waste of our time as well as the butter. Yes, he probably has some good Reese Witherspoon stories hiding under his coat, but will ever he part with them? Not on your life.

*Don't answer that, ChastMastr.

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tomb
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Christmas is the cruelest month, breeding
Holly out of Walmart, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Santas with MasterCard.

Thanksgiving kept us warm, covering
Anxiety in forgetful turkey, feeding
A little life with overcooked foul.

Advent surprised us, coming before Christ the King
With a shower of purple, We stopped at the cathedral doors
And went on into ecclesiastic smoke, into the church's close
And sipped left-over sacramental wine, talking tat by the hour.

Bin gar keine Anglicane, stamm' aus Londenen, echt angliterre.
And then we were acolytes, staying at the archbishop's
My cousin, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the cloisters, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

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Firenze

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Oooh, literary parody time!

What jingle bells for we who shop as cattle?
Only the monstrous muzak of the shops
Pursues us as we wildly battle,
Loops round and round and never stops
No rest for us: just further hells
Mocked by everlasting choirs -
And shrill, demented peals of bells -
And mirage of cosy Christmas fires
Candles! napkins! Table settings-
How can I rest while I still lack
A modish Christmas tree in black
Forever shopping, yet still forgetting
The one essential present 'til I find
I'm keeping Christmas, but have lost my mind

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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Trying desperately to salvage the original poem...

The demons were partying down in the lane
And leather-clad denizens danced in their pain
The tinsel was smouldering down in the grate
The rivers of fire were now in full spate
When Santa declared with a cancerous cough
"This is Christmas in Hell - Fluffy Bunnies FUCK OFF!"

The bunnies were shaken, their fear was profound
They huddled in corners and stared at the ground.
A christmas tree fairy, her wings ripped to shreds,
Lay on top of a pile of vile severered heads.
Santa's boots shook the ground as he loomed overhead,
"This is Hell, little bunnies, and soon you'll be dead!"

But one little rabbit, still quaking with fear,
Said, "Dear Santa, don't kill us, not this time of year.
Just think of the angels and babe in a manger.
If you kill us your soul will be in real danger."
The denizens roared and the red fires blazed
On the cruel black knife in Santa's fist raised....

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Loquacious beachcomber
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quote:
Originally posted by The Prophetess:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
Thanks for the new signature.

Why butter Sine up?* It's a waste of our time as well as the butter. Yes, he probably has some good Reese Witherspoon stories hiding under his coat, but will ever he part with them? Not on your life.

*Don't answer that, ChastMastr.

How about melting the butter onto the hominy grits, then?
Or maybe melt an ice cream bar on the top.
Or banana yogurt with a sprig of broccoli.
But I suppose that if you were able to get hominy grits to the state where it was actually fit to eat, you would have to watch out - your hound dog might up and steal it away on you.

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Anna B
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
How about melting the butter onto the hominy grits, then?
Or maybe melt an ice cream bar on the top.
Or banana yogurt with a sprig of broccoli.
But I suppose that if you were able to get hominy grits to the state where it was actually fit to eat, you would have to watch out - your hound dog might up and steal it away on you.

I am not certain which is more distasteful, your culinary ideas or your prejudice. Perhaps you should "up and" follow Sine's example after all.

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Christmas is bad news. Let's hear it for clear.
It brings out the worst in us. Year after year.

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tomb
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quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
Oooh, literary parody time! ...

That wasn't a parody, dear. That was an homage.
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Throw the Christians to the lions,
fa-la-lala-la-la-la-la-la.
Let their screams be heard in Zion,
fa-la-lala-la-la-la-la-la.

-an old family favorite

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Pyx_e

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Only in Wales.

Go Santa!

P

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Firenze

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Effing right I was in the pub.
All sodding hours in the sub
Zero bloody troposphere
With a crowd of frigging deer
You just try to bloody steer
With reins frozen to your mitts.
It really gets on my tits -
It's supposed to be an all-night dash
And do I get to take a slash?
Or grab a pint, or smoke a fag?
One single more mince pie to go
I'm sodding going to sodding throw.
Here I am, driving hard
Just so some greedy little bastard
Can get his hands on an Xbox
I'll leave the little bleeder socks.
Here's the sack, if you're so keen.
I'm getting pissed til Hallowe'en

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Loquacious beachcomber
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quote:
Originally posted by The Prophetess:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
How about melting the butter onto the hominy grits, then?
Or maybe melt an ice cream bar on the top.
Or banana yogurt with a sprig of broccoli.
But I suppose that if you were able to get hominy grits to the state where it was actually fit to eat, you would have to watch out - your hound dog might up and steal it away on you.

I am not certain which is more distasteful, your culinary ideas or your prejudice. Perhaps you should "up and" follow Sine's example after all.
Prejudice is kinda harsh, actually. I have some roots in the south; my great-grandparents had a cabin near the shore of the Mississippi. Some of the family is still there, too.
Mind you, they don't understand why I, as a Cunnuck, like to eat poutine and pigs tails.
And they don't believe that there is a sport called curling.
Expecially clergy curling. You know, the Friar's Briar, and all.
It ain't prejudice, it's just culture clash the few times we all get together.
So piss off.

[ 22. December 2005, 02:22: Message edited by: Jeremiah Gutzywuk ]

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Sine Nomine

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quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
my great-grandparents had a cabin near the shore of the Mississippi.

The "shore" of the Mississippi is certainly an interesting concept, and one with which I am unfamiliar. I suspect the Army Corp of Engineers shares that unfamiliarity. Perhaps you're confusing it with the shores of Gitche Gumee.

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mousethief

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It's quite obvious, Sine. You wander up to the bank of the river and say, "Is that the Mississippi?" and a local says, "Shore is."

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Pyx_e

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When I asked they told me it was the shore of the Nuff.

P

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mousethief

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quote:
Originally posted by Pyx_e:
When I asked they told me it was the shore of the Nuff.

That's Ojibwa for "Mississippi".

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"...Runnin' Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came.
As their hands touched and their lips met, the ragin' river pulled them down.
Now they'll always be together in that happy hunting ground."

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Loquacious beachcomber
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quote:
Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
my great-grandparents had a cabin near the shore of the Mississippi.

The "shore" of the Mississippi is certainly an interesting concept, and one with which I am unfamiliar. I suspect the Army Corp of Engineers shares that unfamiliarity. Perhaps you're confusing it with the shores of Gitche Gumee.
Oh, bugger, guess I need to change the heading on the back of the picture of their cabin, then. Thing is, though, it is in my grandmother's handwriting, and she has been gone for 33 years, so I hate to mess up what she wrote.
Would you be happy if I just wrote (Near the banks of the Mississippi) in brackets underneath?

Hallelujah and Merry Christmas anyhow.

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Loquacious beachcomber
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You know, Sine, you really should have a word with the estate of Laura Ingles Wilder. Something really should be done about her book "On The Shores Of Plum Creek."
Can't allow something like that to go unchallenged, now can we?

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Welease Woderwick

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quote:
Originally posted by Gort:
"...Runnin' Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came.
As their hands touched and their lips met, the ragin' river pulled them down.
Now they'll always be together in that happy hunting ground."

I thank you, Gort - but not a lot! I had managed to forget that song for a few decades and now I shall probably have it whirling around my brain for the next several days!

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quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
You know, Sine, you really should have a word with the estate of Laura Ingles Wilder. Something really should be done about her book "On The Shores Of Plum Creek."
Can't allow something like that to go unchallenged, now can we?

It's the "On the Banks of Plum Creek", nitwit, and the "By the Shores of Silver Lake." And Ingalls.

Nice to know you're a fan, though.

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quote:
Originally posted by Gort:
"...Runnin' Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came.
As their hands touched and their lips met, the ragin' river pulled them down.
Now they'll always be together in that happy hunting ground."

I know an English professor/Dept chair who when he gets into the well-aged scotch does a creative declamatory reading of the Ballad of Running Bear and White Dove which is guaranteed to void the strongest bladder.

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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
You know, Sine, you really should have a word with the estate of Laura Ingles Wilder. Something really should be done about her book "On The Shores Of Plum Creek."
Can't allow something like that to go unchallenged, now can we?

It's the "On the Banks of Plum Creek", nitwit, and the "By the Shores of Silver Lake." And Ingalls.

Nice to know you're a fan, though.

Argh. Thanks for correcting him, Kelly.

And grits are not "white trash food", either.

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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Gort:
"...Runnin' Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came.
As their hands touched and their lips met, the ragin' river pulled them down.
Now they'll always be together in that happy hunting ground."

I thank you, Gort - but not a lot! I had managed to forget that song for a few decades and now I shall probably have it whirling around my brain for the next several days!
What's it worth not to remind you about "Tell Laura I love her"?

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What the hell, I'll do it anyway.

He [snip] die

Tissues provided at the door.

[Potentially copyright material trimmed slightly]

[ 23. December 2005, 05:26: Message edited by: RooK ]

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quote:
Originally posted by Laura:
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
You know, Sine, you really should have a word with the estate of Laura Ingles Wilder. Something really should be done about her book "On The Shores Of Plum Creek."
Can't allow something like that to go unchallenged, now can we?

It's the "On the Banks of Plum Creek", nitwit, and the "By the Shores of Silver Lake." And Ingalls.

Nice to know you're a fan, though.

Argh. Thanks for correcting him, Kelly.

And grits are not "white trash food", either.

Actually, the last place I ate grits was at the Summer Institutes of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.
They still tasted like shit, though.

My collection of LIW books is at the condo, so can't get there to check the titles until after I do two Christmas Eve and a Christmas Day service. So will have to take the word of the fluffy bunny.
Which I probably would have done anyway; I can't remember her being wrong about anything.
Except for calling me nitwit - that's kinda harsh - ITTWACW.

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Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
my great-grandparents had a cabin near the shore of the Mississippi.

The "shore" of the Mississippi is certainly an interesting concept, and one with which I am unfamiliar. I suspect the Army Corp of Engineers shares that unfamiliarity. Perhaps you're confusing it with the shores of Gitche Gumee.
I don't know the Mississippi but the Thames has shores here and there. In fact during WW2 I gather they dumped sand in places to make a beach because the real thing on the coast was a tad hazardous what with the landmines and the tank traps and all. Though the only time I actually fell in the Thames it was definitely a bank I walked off. Does this post get me a certificate for rambling?

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Perhaps there is simply a difference in terminology above the border and across the pond, just as there are some differences in spelling.
The Grand River Website here is an example of the use of "shore" to describe the land surrounding a river. The Website promotes the beauty of the land along the shore of the Grand River.

But especially at this time of the year, there is really no need for those who live in the South to apologize. You are not demonstrating prejudice, just facing culture clash.
Admittedly, though, use of terms such as "white trash" do tend to stir up shit.
And the South would seem to be a logical starting point for that. [Big Grin]

[eta I don't know why the url broke down!]
[Link was too long.]

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What are grits?

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Ah-hem. Please see www.grits.com.

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Originally posted by Jeremiah Gutzywuk:
My collection of LIW books is at the condo, so can't get there to check the titles...

You really don't know how to use a search engine, do you? Which is a pity because you, more than most, apparently need one.

You don't know what hominy is, yet you claim to be familiar with it.

You don't know that the Mississippi has banks, levees, and battures not shores, yet the old home place supposedly had a river view.

You're a fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder, but know neither how to spell her name nor the correct titles of her books.

I hope your research is a little better for your sermons.

(Google really would be your friend if you'd let it.)

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Been gettin' a little uppity since that knife was pulled from your backside, eh Sine?

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'tis the season to be jolly
fala bloody lala blah blah blah
trick the sheilas, durex with holly*
ow ow fala bloody la la
Ham's all fly struck and the turkey's hairy
but the beer's damn cold (and the in law's scary)
Slap a yummy grub down the larynx
and a rum or three in the gullet
bugger the rhyme and bugger the rhythm
let's piss off to reindeer heaven

*There are marketing issues with durex being, internationally, both a stationary and a stationery product [Biased]

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For someone in the throes of defending the South, I'd say he's being quite restrained and kind, actually.

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Uppity? I thought I was pretty much doing a little factual re-capping. A short review, as it were, of Jere's recent posts. Was I inaccurate in some way?

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Nah, just admiring the nice dry-cleaning job on that jacket. Nevermind.

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For all the oldtimers out there who remember the comic character, Pogo:

"Deck [snip]-a-loo!"

[Copyright material trimmed slightly.]

[ 23. December 2005, 05:24: Message edited by: RooK ]

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Uppity? I thought I was pretty much doing a little factual re-capping. A short review, as it were, of Jere's recent posts. Was I inaccurate in some way?

Just your megalomaniacal insistence that rivers don't have shores, in defiance of all logic and dictionaries. But hey don't let logic or common usage stop you. You're more fun that way.

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