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Re: a group challenge

#60536
From: "Dennis M. Hamme
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:41
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Arthur Haynes wrote:
>
> "Dennis M. Hammes" <scrawlmark@arvig.net> wrote in message
> news:3FB3A557.300473AD@arvig.net...
> > Chrystal Will wrote:
> > >
> > > take it or don't..it's fun nonetheless! (for those of you who are
> > > clueless: just fill in the missing words with your own mind, that's all)
> > > Crystal
> > >
> > > looking through a [--]
> > > brings [--] of [--]
> > > in the [--] that [--]
> > > becomes a [--].
> >
> >
> > There was a young [     ] from [     ]
> > Whose [    ] was so [     ] he could [     ].
> >   He [     ] with a [     ]
> >   As he [     ] his [     ],
> > If my [     ] was a [     ], I could [     ].
>
> There was a young [poet] from [nantucket]
> Whose [rhyme] was so [bad] he could [shuck it].
>   He [mused] with a [quiver]
>   As he [pickled] his [liver],
> If my [book] was a [done], I could [huck it].
>
> >
> > An template and exercise from which one might actually learn
> > something.

Heh.
  (Whereas, as seen here, some "students" do derive something from
it.)
  Try "...was a[field], I..." or even "...was a[press], I..."
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