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Allen Tice 02-04-2013 10:41 PM

I'd keep those lines and re-rhyme lines three and four, sort of like this:

The hair that somehow beats the shears,
The hair that grows from masturbators’ ears,


But, then, I'm not you, yet.
Congratulations!

John Whitworth 02-05-2013 01:10 AM

But Allen, hair doesn't grow from masturbators' ears. Dinah is my aunt but truth is my sister. Thank you for your time, all the same.

basil ransome-davies 02-05-2013 03:52 AM

I dimly recall that someone (Robert Graves?) claimed that Milton, the 'Lady of Christ's', was a trichomaniac, so there's a bridge for John, who can praise him for his fetish while I laud his support of regicide.

Also he could write a bit.

Brian Allgar 02-05-2013 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by basil ransome-davies (Post 273010)
I dimly recall that someone (Robert Graves?) claimed that Milton, the 'Lady of Christ's', was a trichomaniac, so there's a bridge for John, who can praise him for his fetish while I laud his support of regicide.

Also he could write a bit.

Yes, I suppose he could, but at inordinate length.

And he went in for sequels. First 'Lost', then 'Regained'. I suppose we should be thankful he didn't come up with

'Ooops! Paradise Mislaid Again'.

Allen Tice 02-05-2013 10:36 AM

John, I do perceive, I think, your deep and interesting thought in the original.

On the other matter, look around. What are all those little trimmer ads in the back of the catalogs for? Have fun!


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