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Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:21 pm

Hey, do I know you????
And why are you pissing in
my crocodile shoes?
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Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:54 pm

My crocodile shoes
put some snap in my dancing.
Lacing up's risky!
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:01 am

Lacing up's risky;
you will poke an eyelet out
living on the fringe.

Or the last line could be: fringe unbenefits!
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:04 am

Living on the fringe,
trusting only the one hinge
to keep the lid on.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:00 am

To keep the lid on,
set to simmer rather than
boiling rapidly
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:06 am

Boiling rapidly
cooks missionaries quickly.
Faith evaporates.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:33 am

Faith evaporates -
Hope and Charity are left
to face the music.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:08 pm

To face the music
you must turn away your ears;
watch all the crotchets.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:08 pm

watch all the crotchets'
crotches, check them for crunches -
they're carrying crisps.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:16 pm

They're carrying crisps
instead of letting them walk.
Big fat bags with legs.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:09 pm

Big fat bags with legs;
describes husband's ex-girlfriends.
I can be so mean...
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:53 pm

I can be so mean
Much meaner than average -
a coMEDIAN
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:02 pm

A comedian
who knows how to make 'em groan -
Join the BPA.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:20 pm

Join the BPA??
What is the BPA, eh?
Someone explain it!
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:29 pm

Someone explain it?
It's 'Bad Puns Anonymous',
specially for Geoff.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:58 pm

Specially for Geoff:
two left gucci sneakers
size eleven wide.

http://www.gucci.com/uk/uk-english/uk/f ... A8W20_9079
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:26 pm

Size eleven wide -
Well, size eleven narrow
would just be called skis.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:21 pm

..would just be called skis
and the ones in the pictures
look right to my eyes.
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:26 pm

"Look right to my eyes,"
said the spider to the fly,
"now you're all tied up."
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:38 am

now you're all tied up
in other people's business
don't answer the phone...
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:21 am

Don't answer the phone...
you might be paranoid, but
they could still be real!
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:06 pm

They could still be real!
No - it seems there's no one there.
Thank God I'm alone.
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:55 pm

"Thank God I'm alone,"
said God, talking to himself,
"I'd hate to be Three."
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:02 pm

I'd hate to be Three.
Farther Sun and wholly spirit -
too combustible.
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Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:00 am

Too combustable -
Best to keep the lid on tight,
and put that fag out!
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