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The word today is 'ZANY': dictionary.com
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there once was a girl named Zaney
ReplyDeleteshe was the type
who was very complainey
she didn't like this
she didn't like that
she'll never be known as Ms Brainy.
There once was a very strange girl
ReplyDeletewho told tales that made your toes curl.
She was never zany,
for the season's spooky.
Halloween is a ghostly whirl.
In zany we all ought to trust
ReplyDeleteFor life "off the wall" is a must
But don't take my word
Go drown in absurd
Until you're completely nonplussed
A man who got hit by a train
ReplyDeleteNever played word games again
He grew quite obsessed
With "who's done the best?"
And crowns were his zany refrain
i remember this guy
ReplyDeletethey called Zany
often cool
like a fool
but he's liked for
his wit & he is funny
There was a young girl named Janey
ReplyDeleteEveryone thought she was zany
She hung upside down
All over the town
Especially when it was rainy
There once was girl so zany
ReplyDeleteHailed from a place rainy
flibbertigibbet she
kind folks called her "artsy"
transformed from zany to brainy
how 'bout that girl named Anonymous
ReplyDeleteas smart as a fat hippopotamus
she think she is brainy
with fun oh so zany
but really I think they're synonymous.
There was was a girl so zany
ReplyDeleteHailed from a place rainy
In her first line missed "a"
Slapped her head and said "duh"
Now, not feeling all that brainy ;)
there once was a zany woman
ReplyDeleteI think I can, I think I can
be hippopotamus
behind anonymous
bring home bacon, fry up in pan
There once was a cat from Kilkenny
ReplyDeleteWho stop and fight for a penny
He had a zany right hook
With his claw held like crook
Leaving pusses with scratches so many
In a zany small town by the sea
ReplyDeleteI was sipping a fine white chablis
Then a unicorn spoke
Cleared his throat, told a joke
In a zany small town by the sea
Paul - you've followed the Edward Lear tradition of repeating the first and last lines! Cool.
ReplyDeleteIn a Zany morning
ReplyDeleteThe zun was shining.
I bet a capuccino
If anyone says the meaning
of
erinaceous, lamprophony, inaniloquent, mungo, pronk, pulveratricious, rastaquouere, scopperloit or selcouth
Without checking a dictionary.
In a zany morning.
(Tks TiddK and Edward Lear (nice to meet you)
19ish said: (Thanks for inspiration, Paul)
ReplyDeleteIn a zany small town by the sea
He RTd her, repetitively,
She thought him a stalker
He just loved her talker
And followed her as a Twittee.
Hehe, lots of good lims here. This is a response to Charm47's:
ReplyDeleteThere once was a bloke named Delaney
Who during dates would act zany
One lass was embarrassed
When he jumped off a terrace
But that was how he met Janey