# A Verse Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351 "2003-01-27T22:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/41 "2003-01-31T02:05:38Z")
“Four score and seven years ago”; Mr. Lincoln intoned with a mischeivous glow… I lost my dog; he’s ran away… ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/42 "2003-01-31T02:16:59Z")
“I lost my dog, he’s ran away.” “Not lost. I sold him on E-bay.” When you are old and grey and full of sleep… ---
**Author:** ![Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Age\_Quod\_Agis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Age_Quod_Agis)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/43 "2003-01-31T02:44:08Z")
When you are old and grey and full of sleep… Let’s hope your little guy still rises up steep. There was an old lady who lived in a shoe . . . . ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/44 "2003-01-31T03:00:37Z")
There was an old lady who lived in a shoe . . . . Drank chablis with Ted Nugent, and Kublai Khan too, There was an old lady who swallowed a spider… ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/45 "2003-01-31T03:13:01Z")
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider. Personally, I’d prefer hot apple cider. The day is done, and darkness falls… ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/46 "2003-01-31T03:24:19Z")
The day is done, and darkness falls; As I run into the cobwebs beneath her shawls. Why did I choose to run all this way… ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/47 "2003-01-31T03:39:42Z")
Why did I choose to run all this way… With my dog and giant shoes bought on E-bay A fool, a fool, I met a fool in the forest… ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/48 "2003-01-31T04:36:15Z")
A fool, a fool, I met a fool in the forest… His tool, his tool, it made me the sorest. Amazing grace how sweet the sound… ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/49 "2003-01-31T17:12:03Z")
Amazing grace how sweet the sound… that saved a wretch like me From butchering my Basset Hound for p\*\*\*ing up my knee It is an ancient mariner, who stoppeth one of three… ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/50 "2003-01-31T17:40:02Z")
It is an ancient mariner, who stoppeth one of three… And he plays outfield with Ichiro Suzuki. I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/51 "2003-01-31T19:20:45Z")
I can write the saddest poem of all tonight, But instead, I am waiting at a traffic light. Are you going to Scarborough Fair? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/52 "2003-01-31T21:48:06Z")
Are you going to Scarborough Fair? If so, try not to touch the carnies there. Lo! Death has reared himself a throne… ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/53 "2003-01-31T21:55:37Z")
Lo! Death has reared himself a throne Where he sits and licks his ice cream cone. Where the bee sucks, there suck I… ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/54 "2003-01-31T22:51:03Z")
Where the bee sucks, there suck I… Boyfriend’s happy, so am I. a man who had fallen among thieves… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/55 "2003-01-31T22:54:51Z")
was wise to conceal cash up his sleeves. Brightness falls from the air ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/56 "2003-01-31T23:10:57Z")
Brightness falls from the air God himself picks up the spare Miss Mary Margaret, the midsummer flower, ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/57 "2003-01-31T23:40:02Z")
Miss Mary Margaret, the midsummer flower, Charges her “customers” by the hour. * * * Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock “Now they are all on their knees”… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/58 "2003-02-01T01:17:29Z")
They are convicted, in the dock, and corrupt judges spurn their pleas. How shall I love thee? Let me count the ways ---
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/59 "2003-02-01T01:40:24Z")
How shall I love thee? Let me count the ways Then I’d like fellatio three times a day. As I was walking 'round Grosvenor Square… ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351/60 "2003-02-01T03:59:22Z")
…I fantasized about the carnies at Scarborough Fair. Yes, I know that’s an overshare, But it’s better than flashing my pubic hair. Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-verse-game/151351.md?page=4)