# How was your day? In rhyming couplets. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696 "2018-04-03T06:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/41 "2018-04-04T14:55:02Z")
A good plastic surgeon and some cyborg parts ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/42 "2018-04-04T15:57:27Z")
Could graft me _two_ broken hearts. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/43 "2018-04-04T17:07:57Z")
Then I could join the _Bionic Old Farts_. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/44 "2018-04-04T17:28:52Z")
Which never succeeded, despite several starts. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/45 "2018-04-04T17:32:29Z")
Lunch today is turkey salad ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/46 "2018-04-04T17:35:22Z")
No one’s choice for a folksy-type ballad ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/47 "2018-04-04T18:27:45Z")
Turkey in the straw, but not turkey in the salad ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/48 "2018-04-04T18:33:07Z")
Rhymed quatrains–should be couplets–are here invalid! ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/49 "2018-04-04T19:26:52Z")
Does that mean I can’t say I like chicken salad? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/50 "2018-04-04T19:32:52Z")
Yes, but that messes up the rhyming scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/51 "2018-04-04T19:58:21Z")
Ignore the last line, twas just a dream ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/52 "2018-04-04T20:12:37Z")
I’ve made it through the afternoon slump ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/53 "2018-04-04T20:18:28Z")
Then came the latest Tweet from Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/54 "2018-04-04T22:24:58Z")
He’s all about the Mexican wall ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/55 "2018-04-04T22:44:39Z")
To which I would like to nail his ball. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/56 "2018-04-05T00:56:59Z")
But now it’s evening and night approaches ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/57 "2018-04-05T02:22:40Z")
Time to hunker down, in the Dumpster, with the roaches. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/58 "2018-04-05T02:48:27Z")
And have a shot of Harvey’s Bristol Creme ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/59 "2018-04-05T02:54:45Z")
Maybe he’ll die, maybe dream. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-day-in-rhyming-couplets/811696/60 "2018-04-05T02:57:36Z")
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