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leeroy · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 777 Location: London UK

The participle vexed him, dangling.

johnslat · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: With apologies to Robert Herrick

And how about a parody?

Dangle Ye Participles While Ye May

Dangle ye participles while ye may,
Good grammar is a-dying.
If you don�t dangle them today
Tomorrow you�ll be sighing.

Sighing for the chances gone,
Your sentences will suffer.
Wishing you had not been born,
Your life will seem much tougher.

For participles that dangle well
Give reading so much pleasure.
The ones that truly do excel
Are those that I most treasure.

Yes, dangling without a care
Is careless I�ll admit.
But dangling can have such flair,
How could I ever quit?

Regards,
John

doreenp · Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 147

My, my, I have unleashed the hounds......... with or without their participles.

very well done to all.

I can picture myself being appropriately enough, 'piped' into the room with Participle served on a silver platter. Although it will be a severed one, no longer dangling !

Cheers
Dee

gingermeggs · Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 162

You want me, to talk about, a dangling participle.
I cannot do it sober, I need a little tipple.
Right. Peter was a fisherman, a follower of Jesus.
He plied his trade upon the lake,propelled by stiff sea breezes.
"Get to the point" I hear you cry. Well, after one more sip I'll,
Tell you that Peter was.....an angling, part disciple.

gingermeggs · Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 162

oops,slips...
"tell you ST PETER was....an angling, part disciple"

gingermeggs · Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 162

AWWWW, bugger!...

" Tell you that,St Peter was...etc....
Tis hard being a genius.

khmerhit · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:39 am Post subject:

Dear Gingermeggs,
<Whistle.> Not too shoddy.
Yours Sincerely,
Khmerhit

Lanza-Armonia · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:52 am Post subject:

Dear Ginger

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too shoddy

LA

gingermeggs · Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 162

Thank you Kmerhit...you are obviously a man of taste, good breeding.... intellectual and discerning....a lover of all the GOOD things in life...quite distinct from the unwashed, flea-bitten, drink-sodden, illiterate cat, whose post follows yours......

Lanza-Armonia · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 9:57 am Post subject:

Would you like to take your apple juice orally or via IV today, grandad?

sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

Today I'll speak
you know what about
that dangling particle
I hear you all shout

We've tried to discuss it
the ladies and me
to see what it's made of
to see if we agree

We've given it a touch
we've given it a stroke
we tried to get our tongues around it
we gave it a poke

But we never quite found out
we never quite came
to find satisfaction
to put a meaning to it's name

So lets just leave it dangling
it's mystery in tact
it's a dangling particle
and that is the fact

OPTIONAL EXTRA

Now if you ladies don't mind
this conversation is dead
lets all go back to my place
and jump into bed

I wrote another couple hundred verses at this point but I fear I may have moved away somewhat from the original intention of this poem so I won't bore you with the rest. Very Happy

Lanza-Armonia · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject:

Well, post the other 100 or so. Your's is the best one so far, I'm gagging to see/hear the end of it.... <said with sides splitting>

:A

sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

My above post was the extended version.
I guess this would be the 7" Smile

Dingle dangle
I Strap it to my ankle
My pants are all particle
The size is quite farcical

some waygug-in · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 339

The anal-retentive participle

Thinking of the rectum, as a whole
dangling went the participle, on a troll
spewing forth byle, hesitantly waited
what luck, what joy, regurgitated
who knowingly, knocked the postman
defiantly raising, participle dangling praising
grammatically impervious to suggestion
confusedly asking, what's the question?

No, I'm not drunk!!! yet.
cheers