Here are Bill and the other double dactyl winners:
Superb. The largest postbag for . . . years. A few of you didn’t follow the rules (as usual!). In what sense is Emperor Charlemagne “a current figure”? And how is the unadorned line (two) “Julian Assange” a double dactyl? And those were just two of the winners! £20 per winner, with the Tesco vouchers going, in addition, to Eric Yaffey.
Old charmer
Thickery thackery,
Judi Dench, OBE,
Charms and delights us, and
Then makes us cry.
Skills such as hers are quite
Incomprehensible,
And she improves on them
As Times Goes By.
Mae Scanlan
National treasure
Whisperly-quisperly
Sir David Attenborough,
National Treasure and
TV-adored;
Noah-like, loving all
Anthropomorphically
If the Flood came, would he
Take all on board?
D A Prince
Foxy friend
Ferrety-verity
Adam B Werritty
Stuck to his patron and
Lived on the fat.
But when his patron the
Parliamentarian
Had to resign, was that
Bye to all that?
John Palmer
The brothers
Abely-cainily,
David Wright Miliband:
Sunderland AFC’s
Latest vice-chair.
Previously jealous (if
Non-fratricidally),
Wouldn’t you call him a
Slave to despair?
Bill Greenwell
Omnivore
Rabbity-babbity,
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall,
Always on telly, writes
Books by the shelf;
Eats for publicity
Omnivoraciously –
Next he’ll be serving up
Bits of himself.
W J Webster
Top chef
Slithery-wiggerly
Heston M Blumenthal
Snails up his porridge for
Clients and tops
Pizza with mealworms but
Unreconstructedly
Sneaks off and breakfasts on
Nice cocopops.
Eric Yaffey
Wild cooking
Offally-scoffily,
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Cooks on the wild side to
Minimise waste,
But must admit that his
Improvisational
Dishes are sometimes found
Lacking in taste.
Penelope Mackie
Footie coach
Nickety-kickety
Sir Alex Ferguson
Said that his team were
The best in the land;
When they met City, he
Incontrovertibly
Dipped from his slogan:
United we Stand.
Gerard Benson
Danse macabre
Heltery-skeltery,
Nancy dell’Olio
Tortured the tango with
Anton du Beke.
Flinching, the judges were
Uncomplimentary;
Craig Revel Horwood, an
Ashen-faced wreck.
Sylvia Fairley
Bride’s sister
Buckleb’ry-huckleb’ry
Philippa Middleton
Stealing your sister’s show
Just isn’t fair
Was it a statement of
Eligibility
Wearing that slinky dress?
Quelle derrière!
Nicholas Hodgson
Quarrelsome duo
Twiddley, twiddledum,
David-Ed Milliband,
Quarrel and struggle to
Shore up the Left,
Spurning all spin that is
Triangulatory;
Will all the predators
Now lose their heft?
Alan Reddish
Telly aristocracy
Higgledy-piggledy
Jonathan Dimbleby –
Heir to the family,
Lord of the Box!
So, when he comes of such
High aristocracy,
What can he do, except
Follow the Fox.
George Inman
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