Showing posts with label Verse and worse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verse and worse. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Algernon Peters
Bought odor-eaters
He put them in his boots
And the pockets of his suits

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Can an emu
Moo?
Can an aardvark
Bark?

Monday, September 21, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

When his horse grew leaner
The judge named it "Subpoena"
Then he christened his porpoise
That's right, "Habeas corpus"

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

If you live near Wonthaggi
Your jeans won’t be baggy
But near Castlemaine
High heels are a pain

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

A cowboy by the name of William Scooter
Accidentally sat on the sheriff’s six-shooter
But had he sat on a cactus (like Kevin)
He too might have ascended into heaven

Friday, September 18, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

An electrician named Errol
Put the whole town in peril
When he lost a lot of money on the colts
And stopped concentrating on the volts

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Professor Turner
Lit the bunsen burner
But the angle of his pose
Meant that he singed his nose

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

You should never feed gumbo
To a ruminating jumbo
And you mustn't serve tzatziki
To a horse that's looking peaky

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

If Wee Willie Winkie
Is running through the town
And you’re not tired or blinky
You’ll really make him frown

Monday, September 14, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Said Samson to Delilah
"I think you need a styler"
So while he slumbered, his days were numbered
With his shaven head, he was encumbered

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

He coveted a tux
Without paying big bucks
So he bought Hugo Boss
And claimed a tax loss

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

The mayor’s daughter Betty
Went to the Serengeti
There she dined on wildebeeste
Cooked in butter with a spoon of yeast

Friday, September 11, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

The merchant of menace
Paraded round Venice
But his shoes and his jacket
Were worth quite a packet

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

With all practicality
Just celebrate hilarity
Let’s pledge to end the dearth
Of widespread spontaneous mirth

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Is there a word that rhymes with "highway"?
Not unless you consider my way
Is there a word that rhymes with "marbles"?
Apart (that is) from Aesop’s farbles

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

He caught the ferry
To Pondicherry
And found inner peace
On a two-year lease

Monday, September 7, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

I once walked the plank
With a pirate called Hank
But he fell in the ocean
And raised a commotion

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Governor Walker bought a fat porker
Before he was transferred to Majorca
He crafted a collar from rope and twine
But sold it for a dollar to an uncultured swine

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

If you bare your solar plexus
On the streets of Paris, Texas
You’ll be slapped with a fine in double-quick time
Before the town clock has had time to chime

Friday, September 4, 2009

Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Can you fit an alligator
In a dusty lunar crater?
And can you move a crocodile
Inch by inch, across the Nile?