LAMA QUOTE
jlan...@eagle.wesleyan.edu
The part I know goes as follows:
The lama with one l, he's a priest
The llame with two l's, he's a beast
There should be some part about a "Three L Llama" If any of you can
help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-jkl
The opinions expressed are definitely not those of any sane person.
Roger L Smith
> The lama with one l, he's a priest
> The llame with two l's, he's a beast
> There should be some part about a "Three L Llama" If any of you can
>help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> -jkl
>The opinions expressed are definitely not those of any sane person.
Here's the poem you're looking for. It's by Ogden Nash, originally in his
book "Free Wheeling" written in 1931. I'm quoting from "I Wouldn't Have
Missed It, Selected Poems of Ogden Nash"
THE LAMA
The one-l lama,
He's a priest.
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.
The book from which I'm quoting has the following note on the poem:
"The author's attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as
the three-alarmer. Pooh."
Peyton Reed
The one-l lama is a priest,
the two-l llama is a beast
<memory fails>
the three-l-ama is a fire.
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The Cola Vampire
In article <1993Oct31...@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, jlan...@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
|> I am looking for a full quotation, that I believe is from Ogden Nash.
|> The part I know goes as follows:
|>
|> The lama with one l, he's a priest
|> The llame with two l's, he's a beast
|>
|> There should be some part about a "Three L Llama" If any of you can
|> help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
|>
|> -jkl
|>
|> The opinions expressed are definitely not those of any sane person.
Peyton> The one-l lama is a priest,
Peyton> the two-l llama is a beast
Peyton> <memory fails>
Peyton> the three-l-ama is a fire.
Yes I believe that this is an Ogden Nash quote, but I remember hearing
it as follows:
The one 'l' lama is a priest,
The two 'l' llama is a beast
And I will bet my silk pajama
That there is no three 'l' lllama
I don't promise that the wording is quite right.
Hope this helps,
-Andrew Feren
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John Mackin
fe...@chugalug.ctron.com (The Cola Vampire) writes:
> Yes I believe that this is an Ogden Nash quote, [...]
Correct.
> I don't promise that the wording is quite right.
Also correct, in that it wasn't quite right. Here 'tis:
Q: The one-L lama,
He's a beast.
The two-L llama,
He's a priest.
And I will bet
A silk pyjama
There isn't any
Three-L lllama.
A: Ogden Nash
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amanda lee king
> The one-L lama,
> He's a beast.
^^^^^
> The two-L llama,
> He's a priest.
^^^^^^
> And I will bet
> A silk pyjama
> There isn't any
> Three-L lllama.
> O. Nash
OOPS!! That's "The one-L lama,/ He's a Priest/The two-l llama,/
^^^^^^
He's a beast..."
^^^^^
(From _I_Wouldn't_Have_Missed_It_ (Selected Poems of Ogden Nash))
Amanda King kin...@ac.wfunet.wfu.edu
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Steve Driscoll
: I am looking for a full quotation, that I believe is from Ogden Nash.
Bionic Tapeworm
> I am looking for a full quotation, that I believe is from Ogden Nash.
> The part I know goes as follows:
>
> The lama with one l, he's a priest
> The llame with two l's, he's a beast
>
> There should be some part about a "Three L Llama" If any of you can
> help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
The version I heard was:
"There's the one-l lama, he's a priest.
There's the two-l llama, he's a beast.
But you can bet your silk pyjama
There isn't any three-l lllama."
--
Bionic Tapeworm, who disclaims thus: "You leave my employer out of this",
and deliberately mention Kibo, Carasso, Lucifer, D&D and Communism
in his signature just to annoy those people who grep for such things
Eliot Shimoff
Bionic Tapeworm <tma...@awadi.com.au> wrote:
>jlan...@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>> I am looking for a full quotation, that I believe is from Ogden Nash.
>> The part I know goes as follows:
>>
>> The lama with one l, he's a priest
>> The llame with two l's, he's a beast
>>
>> There should be some part about a "Three L Llama" If any of you can
>> help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
>The version I heard was:
>
>"There's the one-l lama, he's a priest.
> There's the two-l llama, he's a beast.
> But you can bet your silk pyjama
> There isn't any three-l lllama."
The author _was_ Ogden Nash. I believe it appeared in _A Golden
Trashery of Ogden Nashery_.
And there was a footnote to the poem:
"The author's attention has been called to a conflagration
known as 3 3-l lllama. Pooh!" (Quoted from memory, but accurately.)
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Roger L Smith
FOR THE LAST TIME!
The poem "The Lama" was first published in Ogden Nash's book _Free_Wheeling_
published in 1931.
The CORRECT quote that I first published was from
_Selected_Poems_of_Ogden_Nash, _I_Wouldn't_Have_Missed_It_
This book was published in 1972 by Little, Brown and Co., Boston.
This particular poem is on page 16 of this book, which is on the left-hand
page, right below the poem "The Oyster".
Come on folks, the person who originally asked this question (about three
weeks ago) probably isn't even still reading this! If they are still
reading, then I suggest that they go to their local library and CHECK IT
OUT!
%flame off
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