We should have a Def Poetry Jam here in Bedlam. How many here can spit slam?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftan of the puddin' race!

Aboon them a ye tak yer place

Painch, tripe or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

We should have a Def Poetry Jam here in Bedlam. How many here can spit slam?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftan of the puddin' race!

Aboon them a ye tak yer place

Painch, tripe or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

Oh, that is good!

Sugababes... yeah a video of them might work..

This one made me feel better today, an early Sugarcubes':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-tB1uka0jA

By the way: do you guys know how to post You Tube vids here?

*oh, and I see you want the sugaBABES; you'll have to fend for those yourself.

We should have a Def Poetry Jam here in Bedlam. How many here can spit slam?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftan of the puddin' race!

Aboon them a ye tak yer place

Painch, tripe or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

Oh, that is good!

I only wish I could claim it as my own, but it is pretty good though.

I reckon we might find another if you want to keep it going.

Sugababes... yeah a video of them might work..

This one made me feel better today, an early Sugarcubes':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-tB1uka0jA

By the way: do you guys know how to post You Tube vids here?

*oh, and I see you want the sugaBABES; you'll have to fend for those yourself.

OMG.

T'was like watching an oncoming train and not being able to move.

[ youtube ] everything after the "=" sign on the relevant vdo url [ /youtube ]

TAKE OUT ALL SPACES - I've had to insert the spaces for demo purposes only.

ie: http : // ww w. youtube. com/watch?v=yygjwDAijVE

I copy only the bit I've highlighted in bold ie: yygjwDAijVE

and insert it like so

[ youtube ] yygjwDAijVE [ / youtube ]

but then without the spaces, giving me this:

NB: to the right of the vdo on the youtube page are two lines, one with the URL (as it is in your address bar) and the second with an EMbed code. You don't need these for anything, except from time to time the vdo uploader will disable "embedding" meaning that said vdo can not be embedded elsewhere.

Good looking girls but their music is not up to much. Does that mean I'm getting old? Judging them by their sound?

There's a "mute" option Tiggy.

And you play Twiggy music instead erm.. Tigs!

There's a "mute" option Tiggy.

And you play Twiggy music instead erm.. Tigs!

I don't know if Bach or Mozart playing over the sugababes would be that enjoyable!

This one made me feel better today, an early Sugarcubes':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-tB1uka0jA

That was brilliant, the Sugarcubes were such a mad buzz, I've still got a copy of their album 'stick around for joy'

and love to play it bl00dy loud when i'm feeling a little bit mental

Bjork at her absolute best! well done robski, it's so seldom that I appreciate your music postings...

well done robski, it's so seldom that I appreciate your music postings...

(speechless) ...... Thanks mate!

edit; actually it was Kat that supplied the link i just embedded it, but thanks anyway.

We should have a Def Poetry Jam here in Bedlam. How many here can spit slam?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftan of the puddin' race!

Aboon them a ye tak yer place

Painch, tripe or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

Oh, that is good!

I only wish I could claim it as my own, but it is pretty good though.

I reckon we might find another if you want to keep it going.

Oh please do, love poetry I do.

We should have a Def Poetry Jam here in Bedlam. How many here can spit slam?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftan of the puddin' race!

Aboon them a ye tak yer place

Painch, tripe or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

Oh, that is good!

I only wish I could claim it as my own, but it is pretty good though.

I reckon we might find another if you want to keep it going.

Oh please do, love poetry I do.

The above was a quote from an "Address to a Haggis" by Robert Burns.

The follwing is also one of Burns ;-

"To a Louse on Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet at Church"

Ha! whaur ye gaun, ye crawlin ferlie?

Your impudence protects you sairly:

I canna say but ye strunt rarely

Owre gauze and lace;

Tho' faith! I fear ye dine but sparely

On sic a place.

Ye ugly, creepin bastit wonner,

Detested, shunn'd by saunt and sinner,

How daur ye set your fit upon her-

Sae fine a lady?

Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner

On some poor body.

It' good stuff all right!

We should have a Def Poetry Jam here in Bedlam. How many here can spit slam?

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftan of the puddin' race!

Aboon them a ye tak yer place

Painch, tripe or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

Oh, that is good!

I only wish I could claim it as my own, but it is pretty good though.

I reckon we might find another if you want to keep it going.

Oh please do, love poetry I do.

The above was a quote from an "Address to a Haggis" by Robert Burns.

The follwing is also one of Burns ;-

"To a Louse on Seeing One on a Lady's Bonnet at Church"

Ha! whaur ye gaun, ye crawlin ferlie?

Your impudence protects you sairly:

I canna say but ye strunt rarely

Owre gauze and lace;

Tho' faith! I fear ye dine but sparely

On sic a place.

Ye ugly, creepin bastit wonner,

Detested, shunn'd by saunt and sinner,

How daur ye set your fit upon her-

Sae fine a lady?

Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner

On some poor body.

Brillant!!

<deleted> 'ave you lot done to my thread.

Load of ol' Nonsense on a post about words?

Bleedin' Nora!

<deleted> 'ave you lot done to my thread.

Load of ol' Nonsense on a post about words?

Bleedin' Nora!

What did ya do to make her bleed, Kayo?

It' good stuff all right!

It' good stuff all right!

<deleted> 'ave you lot done to my thread.

Load of ol' Nonsense on a post about words?

Bleedin' Nora!

C'Mon Kayo you have to accept works by the great Robbie Burns.

Anybody who writes a poem addressing a haggis and one to a louse certainly

deserves to stut his stuff with fellow inmates of this sanatorium........

Did he ever write a poem to a haggis made from a louse?

Did he ever write a poem to a haggis made from a louse?

Haggis is made from guts'n' <deleted>, so I suppose lice could also be in there!

This one made me feel better today, an early Sugarcubes':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-tB1uka0jA

That was brilliant, the Sugarcubes were such a mad buzz, I've still got a copy of their album 'stick around for joy'

and love to play it bl00dy loud when i'm feeling a little bit mental

well done robski, it's so seldom that I appreciate your music postings...

(speechless) ...... Thanks mate!

edit; actually it was Kat that supplied the link i just embedded it, but thanks anyway.

Thanks Robski! And I definitely like your musical tastes.

Did he ever write a poem to a haggis made from a louse?

Haggis is made from guts'n' <deleted>, so I suppose lice could also be in there!

made FROM a louse, not made WITH a louse

Made by a louse......................

Made by a louse......................

In A house....

If a louse is pest,

would all of your (all of you) posts be considered Word-Lice?

From that very prolific poet Anonymous (16th Century)

"Western Wind, When Wilt Thou Blow"

Western wind, when wilt thou blow.

The small rain down can rain ?

Christ, if my love were in my arms

And in my bed again !

A traditional ode to the humble baked bean.

Oh bean, bean thou ist so good for mine heart.

The more thy consumeth the more one doth fart.

If you prefer nonsense verse, it can also be arranged :-

The elephant is a pretty bird,

It flits from bough to bough.

It makes it's nest in a rhubarb tree,

And whistles like a cow.

That is fantastic Ken and also the most sensible thing you've ever said, encore I say, encore!

A traditional ode to the humble baked bean.

Oh bean, bean thou ist so good for mine heart.

The more thy consumeth the more one doth fart.

hmmm, maybe your beans need a little onion:

Ode To The Onion

Pablo Neruda

Onion,

luminous flask,

your beauty formed

petal by petal,

crystal scales expanded you

and in the secrecy of the dark earth

your belly grew round with dew.

Under the earth

the miracle

happened

and when your clumsy

green stem appeared,

and your leaves were born

like swords

in the garden,

the earth heaped up her power

showing your naked transparency,

and as the remote sea

in lifting the breasts of Aphrodite

duplicating the magnolia,

so did the earth

make you,

onion

clear as a planet

and destined

to shine,

constant constellation,

round rose of water,

upon

the table

of the poor.

You make us cry without hurting us.

I have praised everything that exists,

but to me, onion, you are

more beautiful than a bird

of dazzling feathers,

heavenly globe, platinum goblet,

unmoving dance

of the snowy anemone

and the fragrance of the earth lives

in your crystalline nature.