# Within this thread, we rhyme instead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311 "2003-07-04T23:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/61 "2003-07-05T17:13:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*How very strange - you’ve read my mind! > My thoughts were also thus inclined > To dedicate a thread to verse > Of no fixed purpose. (I’ve seen worse > Ideas on which to base a thread.) > Not bad so far, from what I’ve read. \*\* Good one there from **jr8** I’d like to write one just as great, But my poetic skills are sort of lame But I’ll just post this just the same. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/62 "2003-07-05T18:28:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Gorsnak > **Stop rhyming now, I mean it!** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Anybody want a peanut? \*\*😃 A perfect rhyme to rival [Otto](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3657819#post3657819) (who must be incommunicado) sorry ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/63 "2003-07-05T18:56:17Z")
There once was a boy from Mandingo who couldn’t get hold of the lingo. A girl, to his face, said “What a disgrace!” now he pleasures her with his fingo. Oh PLEASE tell me I didn’t really post this? ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/64 "2003-07-05T18:58:29Z")
I should be shot for posting such rot. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/65 "2003-07-05T19:21:07Z")
**Nikie** , I _will_ excuse This inane poetic travesty that you choose. For, it seems that the Poets have been notified Of this charming thread in which my patience is tried. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/66 "2003-07-05T19:23:51Z")
With that, I admit, my spelling skills are shot. It’s **Mikie** , _not_ **Nikie** …I’ve been sleeping a lot. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/67 "2003-07-05T19:27:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* > \*\*A perfect rhyme to rival [Otto](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=3657819#post3657819) > (who must be incommunicado) > sorry \*\* Surely, though, you must have spied The reference to The Princess Bride? ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/68 "2003-07-05T19:36:04Z")
I am scheduled to see _The Princess Bride_ (not TV) this night with some friends how shall it all end? I’ve not seen it anonce (Nothing to rhyme with anonce) So I shall quite here. Posthaste, What a waste. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/69 "2003-07-05T19:39:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joe K \* > \*\*With that, I admit, my spelling skills are shot. > It’s **Mikie** , _not_ **Nikie** …I’ve been sleeping a lot. \*\* I don’t have the swoosh but many a time there has been a whoosh –even in rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/70 "2003-07-05T20:12:19Z")
my current headspace can be explained thusly: my brain has gone down the drain has anyone seen where it went? maybe it’s gone to Spain on the train or declared itself Duchess of Kent… boredom and projects do not mix am I doing all this just for kicks? I don’t mean the cereal, ya freaks! just something to fill up the weeks… Okay, crap poem… and I certainly can’t do any better than that. 😛 F\_X ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/71 "2003-07-05T20:58:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mellenkra \* > \*\*Here’s a poem I wrote for you, I hope you like and write one too \*\* There once was a member named Mellenkra Whose poems on the web he was sellin’kra There were heaps of takers, And quite a few fakers, Where it will all end, there’s no tellin’kra ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/72 "2003-07-05T21:47:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mikie \* > \*\*I am scheduled to see > _The Princess Bride_ (not TV) > this night with some friends > how shall it all end? > > I’ve not seen it anonce > (Nothing to rhyme with anonce) > So I shall quite here. Posthaste, > What a waste. \*\* For those whose memory this slipped, Here’s the excerpt from the script: > [@](#): > > Inigo: Vizzini, he can…fuss. > Fezzik: Fuss…fuss…I think he likes to scream at us. > Inigo: Probably he means no…harm. > Fezzik: He’s very, very short on…charm. > Inigo: You have a great gift for rhyme. > Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time. > Vizzini: [overhearing Fezzik] Enough of that! > Inigo: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead? > Fezzik: If there are, we’ll all be dead. > Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it! > Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut? > Vizzini: Aauuuggghhhhh!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mellenkra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Mellenkra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellenkra)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/73 "2003-07-05T22:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > There once was a member named Mellenkra > Whose poems on the web he was **sellin** ’kra > There were heaps of takers, > And quite a few fakers, > Where it will all end, there’s no tellin’kra Thank you for rhyming my name Chefguy! How many poems would you like to buy? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/74 "2003-07-05T22:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mellenkra \* > \*\*Thank you for rhyming my name Chefguy! > How many poems would you like to buy? \*\* Now this guy is truly dramatical; Using my name in a poem, how grammatical. If ever searching for rhyme, Surely I’ll take the time, To buy only poems Mellenkratical. ---
**Author:** ![Verick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@Verick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verick)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/75 "2003-07-05T22:38:55Z")
I was linked here by a friend! Will his rhyming never end? Always he is spouting prose! It’s not all bad though, I suppose. He usually makes me laugh. Which is a pleasant aftermath. But I often have to stop and ponder, How of such a person I couldn’t be fonder. Someone who always forces the question. What’s the deal with the pirate obsession? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/76 "2003-07-05T22:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fuji Kitakyusho \* > \*\*Pie. \*\* Write a poem on pie? What a difficult job! Best to leave such endeavors to [Weebl and Bob](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/wee-lo.htm). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/77 "2003-07-05T23:05:03Z")
This thread is still going So I can see It hasn’t become boring at all to me The Princess Bride was a work of art It makes us laugh so hard Sometimes we fart… ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/78 "2003-07-05T23:37:47Z")
They’re not all gems, these verses various, But when they’re good, they’re quite hilarious. They set me off…oh, here I go… ROTFLMAO. ---
**Author:** ![Verick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@Verick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verick)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/79 "2003-07-06T00:09:42Z")
I find Thorp’s rhyme to be quite entertaining. All be it short, but I’m not complaining. This thread has my interest piqued. This information must be leaked! Off to The Screensavers show! Leo Laporte, he just has to know! Someone spread the word! Our rhymes, our rhymes they must be heard! Once were linked, as we all know well. So many visitors, the site will be shot to hell. To the proprietors of this site. Let’s hope your bandwidth dose alright. ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/within-this-thread-we-rhyme-instead/186311/80 "2003-07-06T01:03:13Z")
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