Is it proper

[Leanne]

So do I :p

It really doesn't belong in the Sewer though. A little absurdity is good for poetry... and there are few things more absurd than the rules of English grammar, that's why I like it so much.

If you look very hard, the tangents are nothing more than slightly woolly bits of a cogent thread...

[Wildcard]

If you look very hard, the tangents are nothing more than slightly woolly bits of a cogent thread...

[abu nuwas]

Tangents are fine, as long as they are one's own tangents, woolly or no.

[Touchstone]

A little absurdity is good for poetry... and there are few things more absurd than the rules of English grammar, that's why I like it so much.

...strikes me as a particularly astute observation.

[rayheinrich]

Mark blurted: "...horrible Sewer-like activity going on here"

As Tom Lehrer stated in his song "Smut":

"All books can be indecent books
Though recent books are bolder
For filth, I'm glad to say, is in
The mind of the beholder
When correctly viewed
Everything is lewd
I could tell you things about Peter Pan
And the Wizard of Oz, there's a dirty old man"

Full lyrics here:
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tom+lehrer/...38398.html


Mark spake thus: "what's up with the Courier font? It makes my eyes hurt"

Mistake, I used plain "Courier"; meant to use "Courier New".

[Wildcard]

Now that reply was very unSewer-like kinda :p

I love your new Courier

[rayheinrich]

I love your new Courier

Yes, since he's brought me luck in the past, I continue to use him
to deliver important messages of triviality.[/size][/font]

[Wildcard]

For a while I thought your signature was '[/size][/font]'

[billy]

For a while I thought your signature was '[/size][/font]'

for some reason i always thought ray was a guy but now i've seen his avatar i'm unsure.

as for sewerising my grammar, the one good thing about poetry is that the lack of grammar can sometimes work better if done right. when done wrong writing in courier may help

[rayheinrich]

mark spake thus:"For a while I thought your signature was '[/size][/font]'"

The html'er on this board is a stickler for syntax: if you don't say "stop",
it refuses to "go". Fair enough, but I keep forgetting.


billy sayeth: "for some reason i always thought ray was a guy but now i've seen his avatar i'm unsure."

Just because I use photos from before and after my sex change doesn't
mean you have to be unsure, billy.


billy enunciated clearly using a British accent: "As for sewerising my grammar, the one good thing about poetry is that the lack of grammar can sometimes work better if done right. when done wrong writing in courier may help

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[billy]

the sex change is a bonus as long as that's an after picture and not a before one.

and the font can make a difference though the words should be able to stand alone. unlike the way you're supposed to walk when in liverpool.

[rayheinrich]

the sex change is a bonus as long as that's an after picture and not a before one.

and the font can make a difference though the words should be able to stand alone. unlike the way you're supposed to walk when in liverpool

Some people say they can tell the difference; I sure can't.

"Bold", the trick is "bold"; it really helps words stand alone.
(Though, personally, I prefer poems with a few more words.)