Triple sea-bird flavour (no wafers)
James Hogg
Hard to walk with giant wings.
Two choc ices please.
--
James
Richard Chambers
> Wears the bird he killed.
> Hard to walk with giant wings.
> Two choc ices please.
Albatross. Line 1 refers to the Ancient Mariner. Line 2 describes the bird
itself. Alba and Tross are two makes of ice cream, popular in Yorkshire and
in Staffordshire/Cheshire, respectively.
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
the Omrud
Well, I didn't realise it was meant to be a quiz. Since the Subject
line clearly relates to Albatross (sea-bird flavour can't mean anything
else), I thought it was just another meaningless haiku. The final line
refers to a Monty Python sketch - I suspect you made up the stuff about
ice cream makers.
It's a bird, innit. It's a bloody sea bird . .. it's not any bloody
flavour. Albatross!
--
David
Richard Chambers
> Richard Chambers wrote:
>> James Hogg wrote
>>
>>> Wears the bird he killed.
>>> Hard to walk with giant wings.
>>> Two choc ices please.
>>
>> Albatross. Line 1 refers to the Ancient Mariner. Line 2 describes the
>> bird itself. Alba and Tross are two makes of ice cream, popular in
>> Yorkshire and in Staffordshire/Cheshire, respectively.
>
> Well, I didn't realise it was meant to be a quiz. Since the Subject line
> clearly relates to Albatross (sea-bird flavour can't mean anything else),
> I thought it was just another meaningless haiku. The final line refers to
> a Monty Python sketch - I suspect you made up the stuff about ice cream
> makers.
Really! Would I do such a thing?
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/05/23/jessica-alba-too-hot-to-hold-ice-cream-in-new-chuck-poster/
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
Jerry Friedman
> Richard Chambers wrote:
> > James Hogg wrote
>
> >> Wears the bird he killed.
> >> Hard to walk with giant wings.
> >> Two choc ices please.
>
> > Albatross. Line 1 refers to the Ancient Mariner. Line 2 describes the bird
> > itself. Alba and Tross are two makes of ice cream, popular in Yorkshire and
> > in Staffordshire/Cheshire, respectively.
>
> Well, I didn't realise it was meant to be a quiz. Since the Subject
> line clearly relates to Albatross (sea-bird flavour can't mean anything
> else), I thought it was just another meaningless haiku. The final line
> refers to a Monty Python sketch - I suspect you made up the stuff about
> ice cream makers.
The second line refers to a poem by Baudelaire comparing poets to
albatross--soaring magnificently in the air, awkward and vulnerable on
the ground.
http://www.bacfrancais.com/texte/2-texte-baudelaire-l-albatros.html
Even though it's night,
some bird is singing somewhere.
I'm kind of depressed.
--
Jerry Friedman
the Omrud
Now you're just clutching at straw(berry)s.
--
David
Peter Duncanson (BrE)
For those who don't already know, Francis Rossi, aging rocker, of Status
Quo was one of the ice-cream-making-and-selling Rossis.
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
Liz
"Richard Chambers" wrote:
That's your wonked out view. Here is mine:
And I had done an hellish thing
And it would work 'em woe:
For all averr'd, I had kill'd the Bird
That made the Breeze to blow.
A Dictionary of Superstitions, Oxford, 1996
As much as I love haiku, I rarely try my hand at writing some so
you can imagine how delighted I was to find posters around the globe
sharing their own evocative snapshots. I just want to say thank you everyone -
your creative efforts have not gone unnoticed. And those who responded
to my post (here, there, and everywhere), thanks for taking the time to share
your views.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
John Dean
> Wears the bird he killed.
> Hard to walk with giant wings.
> Two choc ices please.
Goalie concedes goal
having let two go past him
ancient mariner
--
John Dean
Oxford
James Hogg
> As much as I love haiku, I rarely try my hand at writing some so you
> can imagine how delighted I was to find posters around the globe
> sharing their own evocative snapshots. I just want to say thank you
> everyone - your creative efforts have not gone unnoticed. And those
> who responded to my post (here, there, and everywhere), thanks for
> taking the time to share your views.
>
> Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
Thanks, and be-earlied holiday greetings to you too.
I fear that others may be getting tired of this game, so I'll round off
by posting all the other haiku summaries I've managed so far, ranging
from ancient epics to modern politics.
Sing! How hero sulks,
Till death of friend craves vengeance.
A grave for Hector.
Windbag and sirens.
See "Nobody" trick Cyclops,
Sailing home at last.
Picking up his head,
He said "Your turn next New Year."
Joke was on Gawain.
Late was Lochinvar,
Dancing bride up on his steed,
Over bush and scaur.
Scots wham Bruce has led,
Now's the day and now's the hour,
Let us do or dee.
Equal rights include:
Life, liberty, happiness.
We ought to be free.
A haunting spectre:
Workers of the world unite,
Naught to lose but chains.
We shall fight in France.
We shall fight on the beaches.
Never surrender.
I'm not quite happy with the ending of the Odyssey. As you live in
Ithaca, Liz, perhaps you could improve it.
--
James
Mike Lyle
[...]
>
> Windbag and sirens.
> See "Nobody" trick Cyclops,
> Sailing home at last.
>
>
> I'm not quite happy with the ending of the Odyssey. As you live in
> Ithaca, Liz, perhaps you could improve it.
Unhelpfully --most unhelpfully --I just want to elaborate the mal-de-mer
connection with Nausicaa.
--
Mike.
James Hogg
Yes, I thought of her, with the stress appropriately on the "sic", but
she takes up four syllables. If you think of something good, the
trick-cyclist can vacate that line.
--
James
Liz
"James Hogg" wrote:
> We shall fight in France.
> We shall fight on the beaches.
> Never surrender.
>
> I'm not quite happy with the ending of the Odyssey. As you live in
> Ithaca, Liz, perhaps you could improve it.
No can do. I'm a nomad, not Normans. Anyhow, I'm driving to nyc
later and won't be able to access Usenet for a few months.
Ben-Hur type of film always gives me a pounding headache, and I hate
300 but the Spartans are deliciously hot.
Ithaca is a 30-minute drive from my house. I live a few minutes from
here: http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/
And twenty minutes from where Mark Twain penned his classic,
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", at his sister-in-law's farm.
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/writers/clemens/house2.html
I hope I could stay and chat but I must go pack my bags.
Liz
Liz
"Liz" <l...@ithaca.nys> wrote in message
news:GaednZKcqcHfjpHW...@giganews.com...
>
> "James Hogg" wrote:
>
> > We shall fight in France.
> > We shall fight on the beaches.
> > Never surrender.
> >
> > I'm not quite happy with the ending of the Odyssey. As you live in
> > Ithaca, Liz, perhaps you could improve it.
>
> No can do. I'm a nomad, not Normans. Anyhow, I'm driving to nyc
> later and won't be able to access Usenet for a few months.
>
> Ben-Hur type of film always gives me a pounding headache, and I hate
> 300 but the Spartans are deliciously hot.
>
> Ithaca is a 30-minute drive from my house. I live a few minutes from
> here: http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/
I beg your pardon, I meant 30 miles, it's about an hour drive.
James Hogg
> "Liz" <l...@ithaca.nys> wrote in message
>> here: http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/
>
> I beg your pardon, I meant 30 miles, it's about an hour drive.
How long does it take by glider?
--
James
CDB
You could make it a personal account:
>
Seasick, I round the circle,
And strike home. Good boy.
James Hogg
You didn't really think I'd finished, did you?
Mother died today.
A sunny beach and five shots.
Tears would be absurd.
--
James
Nick
> James Hogg wrote:
>> Wears the bird he killed.
>> Hard to walk with giant wings.
>> Two choc ices please.
>
> Goalie concedes goal
> having let two go past him
> ancient mariner
That first line is wrong you know; your man could be playing for my home
town.
--
Online waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk
development version: http://canalplan.eu
Jerry Friedman
> "John Dean" <john-d...@fraglineone.net> writes:
> > James Hogg wrote:
> >> Wears the bird he killed.
> >> Hard to walk with giant wings.
> >> Two choc ices please.
>
> > Goalie concedes goal
> > having let two go past him
> > ancient mariner
>
> That first line is wrong you know; your man could be playing for my home
> town.
Yes, "concedes" might be better as "prevents".
--
Jerry Friedman
Steve Hayes
As the crow flies, or as the glider soars?
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
John Dean
Brainfart.
Thank you.
--
John Dean
Oxford