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Article #60571Re: a group challenge
From: "Arthur Haynes"
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 12:53
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 12:53
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"Dennis M. Hammes" <scrawlmark@arvig.net> wrote in message news:3FB667BB.465068A7@arvig.net... > 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..." If my [book] was a [press], I could['ve struck it]. If my [book] was a [field], I could [overluck it]. > -- > -------(m+ > ~/:o)_| > You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper > and discover what a fool you were. -- Ray Bradbury > http://scrawlmark.org
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