[A. E. Stallings]

I guess the most famous of this genre would be Elizabeth Bishop's Man-Moth (from a misprint of mammoth)...

[Rick Mullin]

Sorry, We’re Open!
(A sign seen at a kiosk behind the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, 2004)

Beware of God,
Americans!
We do not mean
To bother you
With carpet sales,
Go Trespassing!

[John Whitworth]

Never having been averse to blowing my own trumpet here's a little thing from my EXCELLENT book 'Bing the Bad Guy':

How Many?

The first line is from ‘Bushisms’, a little yellow book everyone should own.

How many hands have I shaked?
How many geese have I cuken?
How many bribes have I taked?
How many lies have I puken?
How many promises breaked?
How many enemies nuken?

How many saves have I baconen?
How many bulls have I shatted?
How many earths have I quakenen?
How many highs have I hatted
How many grasses bin snakenen?
How many scenes bin well quatted?

How many warms have I freezened?
How many nonsenses natteren?
How many palms have I greasened?
How many truths have I ratteren?
How many reasons unreasoned?
How many stinking fish batteren?

How many documents fakenen?
How many treaties forgotted?
How many bad guys outstakenen?
How many terrorists potted?
How many widows upwakenen?
How many kiddikins shotted?

[Mary Meriam]

Fantastically funny, John!!! Thanks.

[John Whitworth]

Thank you, Mary. I ought to say that though Bing was, very possibly, a bad guy - his children didn't like him much, though has they been less talentless layabouts... and he seems to have screwed Hope out of monwey,though is that necessarily so bad... and he certainly was a slaughterer of wild fowl big time ... nevertheless the book I mentioned is ACTUALLY Being the Bad Guy.

[Rick Mullin]

John,

I can't tell you how much I prefer Bing the Bad Guy. I won't even try, but I'll tell you I didn't even go to the Crosby reference.

Rick

[Jim Hayes]

Oh.
I'm so disappointed it isn't Bing the Bad Guy.