ode to Airy R. (has) Bean

To be accurate, you should have written 'first stroke', but then that doesn't rhyme ;-)

'The Sad Old Fart reveals his true nature every time he touches his keyboard'

Or 'very first stroke' , then it scans :-)

Jim.

On the newsgroup the Chippenham Rake, Did tire of troll baiting and ached, He made a co-linear of Sausage and Vinegar, Which came out the oven half-baked !

I'd be concerned about a response in kind from the "Bean" in question.

I mean . . . think of a word that rhymes with "Frank"!:-)

While I am sure you guys are enjoying youselves, you are acting just the same as the guy you are criticising.

You are completely off-topic for the newsgroup and just asking for another flame war.

If you want to hold a private critique of someone, please do it off-list.

Thanks,

Peter

-- Peter A Forbes Prepair Ltd, Luton, UK snipped-for-privacy@easynet.co.uk

Thanks, Jim! I was confusing 'rhyme' and 'scan' - put it down to a senior moment :-)

'The Sad Old Fart reveals his true nature every time he touches his keyboard'

"Ma chère Madame, you're speaking from your glands! You know there's no such thing - 'heat bands'! New Dark Ages are about to dawn In science, as Dumb'd-Down is born. 'Heat bands' are professèd by the dim, Who Fettle, Cast aside, throw in the bin."

Without having seen the rest of this thread, although I can guess that it was rather silly and childish if only from the headers of those who contributed, do you not think that your attitude displayed below is somewhat hypocritical considering the infantile venting of your spleen that you have directed at me on numerous occasions?

"Do as I say and not as I do"?