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Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:59 am

Corporates welcome,
the pampered Corpulent Cats
cream-off all the oil
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:54 pm

Cream off all the oil
Keep it under strict control
Watch the market soar
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:27 pm

Watch the market soar
along with air fares, petrol,
and Swiss bank accounts.
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:45 pm

And Swiss bank accounts
as sweet as toblerone but
harder to unwrap.
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:46 pm

harder to unwrap
than a crap in a bacon
bap in a rat trap
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:11 pm

bap in a rat trap,
bopping in the hot tropics.
Mind the mosquitos
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:38 pm

Mind the mosquitos,
yummy on a mesquite grill,
crunchy little things.
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:58 am

Crunchy little things -
Rabbit droppings look just like
chocolate raisins!
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:02 pm

Chocolate raisins!
What the fudge do you want? Go
for the rocky road.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:11 pm

For the rocky road,
just another little drink -
for pain, when we crash.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:37 pm

For pain, when we crash
take a bottle of whiskey
-make sure that you're wrecked
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:48 pm

Make sure that you're wrecked.
The ball and chain might object,
Demolition Man.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:04 pm

Demolition Man
He live big White House teepee,
there he keep dust-free.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:33 pm

there he keep dust-free -
no calorie, just eat the
stuff that mite or else



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Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:27 pm

Stuff that mite or else,
I JUST MITE STUFF IT FOR YOU!!
Microscopic threat.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:51 pm

Microscopic threat
that flies around on birds wings
or just lies in wait.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:21 pm

Or just lies in wait
At the pearly gate, Peter
has a broken nose
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:24 pm

Has a broken nose
after poking it in where
it wasn't welcome.
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Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:41 pm

it wasnt welcome
within or without, his snout
was about this big


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Sat Aug 26, 2006 12:38 am

Was about this big!
I swear I'm telling the truth!
Jonah's alibi.
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Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:22 am

Jonah's alibi
said "Yes, he swallowed the whale -
he wouldn't tell lies."
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Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:54 am

He wouldn't tell lies,
he preferred to write them down
so they told theirselves.
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Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:57 am

He wouldn't tell lies -
That's slander - and printing's a
liability
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Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:05 am

liability
to double post in this train
appears to be high.
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Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:23 am

Appears to be high?
It appears to be haiku,
so they told theirselves
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