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Unread 07-15-2018, 03:13 PM
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Or motte and bailey? Keep or cast aside?

("aside" being a repetition of Walter's assumed interrogative)

The next poster has to decide whether ABBA will live or die. Mama Mia!
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Bright green grass that drips insecticide

It lives
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(Noun). Drowsy syrup. See bee deep sleep. Weep.
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Last edited by Ann Drysdale; 07-16-2018 at 03:55 AM. Reason: I had not fully respected Andrew's lack of punctuation. I have now.
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Our island hearts are battered at the shore,
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a Pollyanna-ish polypore,
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Just to recap, I think we're now up to ABBACDDCEE in terms of rhyme-scheme. Walter you leaped in there and controversially changed the pattern!
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Accidental.
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We can work with it!

'Accident is design / And design is accident / In a cloud of unknowing'

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(You can find a quote for anything can't you!)
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Are we still (technically) playing by Andrew's original rule of five?
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We don't appear to be, Annie, no. Because recruitment has been slow. Only me, thee, Walter and Andrew seem to be playing this supercool game.
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