A wannabe poet named Ash
Thought writing could bring in some cash;
But all of his verses
Brought him only curses,
And all of it went in the trash.

gjd

On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:18:10 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> A wannabe poet named Ash
> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> But all of his verses
> Brought him only curses,
> And all of it went in the trash.
>
>
> gjd

Finally!

On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:18:10 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>
> A wannabe poet named Ash
> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> But all of his verses
> Brought him only curses,
> And all of it went in the trash.
>
>
> gjd

Perhaps Ash should have stuck with comix?

At least those wound up in the Library of Congress.

🙂

On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:30:26 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:18:10 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>
> > A wannabe poet named Ash
> > Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > But all of his verses
> > Brought him only curses,
> > And all of it went in the trash.
> >
> >
> > gjd
> Finally!

Congratulations.

🙂

George J. Dance wrote:
>
> A wannabe poet named Ash
> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> But all of his verses
> Brought him only curses,
> And all of it went in the trash.

>
> gjd

Outstanding work in the limerick form...

Yes, celebrate your "victory" while you can, while I stand here a humbled man...
Devil! Why do you curse me with such shame, why do you send inane LAMers instead of real writing men?
Accursed it is to be, trapped with such geniuses of medrocity!

Rocky Stoneberg wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>> But all of his verses
>> Brought him only curses,
>> And all of it went in the trash.

>>
>> gjd

> Outstanding work in the limerick form...

Even PJR might approve.

🙂

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>
> > George J. Dance wrote:
> >>
> >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> >> But all of his verses
> >> Brought him only curses,
> >> And all of it went in the trash.
>
> >>
> >> gjd
>
> > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> Even PJR might approve.

Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >
> > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>
> > >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > >> But all of his verses
> > >> Brought him only curses,
> > >> And all of it went in the trash.
> >
> > >>
> > >> gjd
> >
> > > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > Even PJR might approve.
> Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...

PJR is

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >
> > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>
> > >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > >> But all of his verses
> > >> Brought him only curses,
> > >> And all of it went in the trash.
> >
> > >>
> > >> gjd
> >
> > > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > Even PJR might approve.
> Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...

PJR is the self proclaimed expert on limericks, after all.

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:02:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > >> But all of his verses
> > > >> Brought him only curses,
> > > >> And all of it went in the trash.
> > >
> > > >>
> > > >> gjd
> > >
> > > > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > Even PJR might approve.
> > Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...
> PJR is the self proclaimed expert on limericks, after all.

And what does that have to do with a tat poem which GD knows will provoke what? "Titty tat, patty whack, give me more of that" ~~GD. We all know fools wouldn't be able to resist passive aggressive trolling with it, so I gave you guys your chance to live it up...
(-|-)
...........
..........
.........
........
.......

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:29:21 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:02:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > >> But all of his verses
> > > > >> Brought him only curses,
> > > > >> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> gjd
> > > >
> > > > > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > Even PJR might approve.
> > > Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...
> > PJR is the self proclaimed expert on limericks, after all.
> And what does that have to do with a tat poem which GD knows will provoke what? "Titty tat, patty whack, give me more of that" ~~GD. We all know fools wouldn't be able to resist passive aggressive trolling with it, so I gave you guys your chance to live it up...
> (-|-)
> ..........
> .........
> ........
> .......
> ......

It's a Usenet tradition.

The late Dennis M. Hammes wrote 600 limericks about me and Tom Bishop in 2005.

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:44:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:29:21 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:02:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > > >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > > >> But all of his verses
> > > > > >> Brought him only curses,
> > > > > >> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > > >
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> gjd
> > > > >
> > > > > > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > > Even PJR might approve.
> > > > Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...
> > > PJR is the self proclaimed expert on limericks, after all.
> > And what does that have to do with a tat poem which GD knows will provoke what? "Titty tat, patty whack, give me more of that" ~~GD. We all know fools wouldn't be able to resist passive aggressive trolling with it, so I gave you guys your chance to live it up...
> > (-|-)
> > ..........
> > .........
> > ........
> > .......
> > ......
> It's a Usenet tradition.
>
> The late Dennis M. Hammes wrote 600 limericks about me and Tom Bishop in 2005.

I bet ya loved the attention-- but that doesn't have anything to do with this unless you're trying to say that GD is another Hammes... A tradition that is done rarely and by only a few? I thought we weren't supposed to cling to past grievances?
(-|-)
...........
..........
.........
........
.......
......

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 12:05:03 AM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:44:13 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:29:21 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 10:02:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 8:47:43 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:55:12 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > > > >> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > > > >> But all of his verses
> > > > > > >> Brought him only curses,
> > > > > > >> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> gjd
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > > > Even PJR might approve.
> > > > > Ah no-- PJR will tell you that no matter how well structured, you still cannot polish a turd...
> > > > PJR is the self proclaimed expert on limericks, after all.
> > > And what does that have to do with a tat poem which GD knows will provoke what? "Titty tat, patty whack, give me more of that" ~~GD. We all know fools wouldn't be able to resist passive aggressive trolling with it, so I gave you guys your chance to live it up...
> > > (-|-)
> > > ..........
> > > .........
> > > ........
> > > .......
> > > ......
> > It's a Usenet tradition.
> >
> > The late Dennis M. Hammes wrote 600 limericks about me and Tom Bishop in 2005.
> I bet ya loved the attention--

Not really, they were pretty nasty, which is usually the cas

but that doesn't have anything to do with this unless you're trying to say that GD is another Hammes... A tradition that is done rarely and by only a few? I thought we weren't supposed to cling to past grievances?
> (-|-)
> ..........
> .........
> ........ with limericks.

> .......
> ......
> .....

On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>> But all of his verses
>>> Brought him only curses,
>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>
>>>
>>> gjd
>
>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>
> Even PJR might approve.
>
> 🙂

PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'

Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>> But all of his verses
>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>
>>>>
>>>> gjd
>>
>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>
>> Even PJR might approve.
>>
>> 🙂

> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'

> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
> decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.

Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....

As you pointed out in your "piece," who would even bother to read with the all the curses you have provoked and rep you have built?
I know-- your loyal fans, you will claim. And you will brag that I'm just jealous. But on the contrary!
If you were to be so "gracious" Mr Grandiose, to give me your fans, I would consider that more insulting that all the slurs in the World that you could hurl.

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 5:30:01 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >
> >> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>
> >>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> >>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> >>> But all of his verses
> >>> Brought him only curses,
> >>> And all of it went in the trash.
> >
> >>>
> >>> gjd
> >
> >> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> >
> > Even PJR might approve.
> >
> > 🙂
> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>
> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
> decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.

Yes, it was PJR who challenged me to write limericks, although I don't have any illusions that I'd ever be able to write one good enough for him.

🙂

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 10:30:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 5:30:01 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > >
> > >> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > >>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > >>> But all of his verses
> > >>> Brought him only curses,
> > >>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > >
> > >>>
> > >>> gjd
> > >
> > >> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > >
> > > Even PJR might approve.
> > >
> > > 🙂
> > PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> >
> > Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
> > decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> Yes, it was PJR who challenged me to write limericks, although I don't have any illusions that I'd ever be able to write one good enough for him.

Why do you worry about what he would think-- did what other people thought stop you from doing any of your other work?

Like your buddy Dunce calling me a "wannabe poet", do you see his degradation of me stop me? Funny how you and George claim that PJR is such a foul haters...
Only you and George are bragging about being poets and better than me-- I never claimed to be a poet-- it's in your record that you conveniently ignore...

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:18:02 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 10:30:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 5:30:01 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > >>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > >>> But all of his verses
> > > >>> Brought him only curses,
> > > >>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > >
> > > >>>
> > > >>> gjd
> > > >
> > > >> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > >
> > > > Even PJR might approve.
> > > >
> > > > 🙂
> > > PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > >
> > > Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
> > > decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > Yes, it was PJR who challenged me to write limericks, although I don't have any illusions that I'd ever be able to write one good enough for him.
> Why do you worry about what he would think

I never said I was worried.

It would be good to get whatever feedback PJR could offer, with the understanding that he'd never allow the idea that any of us could approach his level of poetic brilliance.

HTH and HAND.

-- did what other people thought stop you from doing any of your other work?
>
> Like your buddy Dunce calling me a "wannabe poet", do you see his degradation of me stop me? Funny how you and George claim that PJR is such a foul haters...
> Only you and George are bragging about being poets and better than me-- I never claimed to be a poet-- it's in your record that you conveniently ignore...

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:18:02 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 10:30:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 5:30:01 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > >>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > >>> But all of his verses
> > > >>> Brought him only curses,
> > > >>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > >
> > > >>>
> > > >>> gjd
> > > >
> > > >> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > >
> > > > Even PJR might approve.
> > > >
> > > > 🙂
> > > PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > >
> > > Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
> > > decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > Yes, it was PJR who challenged me to write limericks, although I don't have any illusions that I'd ever be able to write one good enough for him.
> Why do you worry about what he would think-- did what other people thought stop you from doing any of your other work?
>
> Like your buddy Dunce calling me a "wannabe poet",

Wow, looks like George struck a nerve.

🙂

Rocky Stoneberg wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:

>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> gjd
>>>
>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>
>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>
>>> 🙂

>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'

>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
>> decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.

> Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....

But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts.

On 2022-06-09 12:19 a.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gjd
>>>>
>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>>
>>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>>
>>>> 🙂
>
>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>
>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>
>> Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....
>
> But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts.

He was always worth listening to. But one doesn't have to agree with
*him*, and here I listened and then disagreed.

It's not normal, but it's not unnatural (and therefore not forced) for a
person to stress "him" in such a context. Imagine, for example, pointing
to the person when you're saying it.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-06-09 12:19 a.m., Will Dockery wrote:
>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> gjd
>>>>>
>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>>>
>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>>>
>>>>> 🙂
>>
>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>>
>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>>
>>> Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....
>>
>> But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts.

> He was always worth listening to. But one doesn't have to agree with
> *him*, and here I listened and then disagreed.

> It's not normal, but it's not unnatural (and therefore not forced) for a
> person to stress "him" in such a context. Imagine, for example, pointing
> to the person when you're saying it.

Yes, PJR could dig his heels in over simple matters, very much like others we've encountered here over the years.

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-06-09 12:19 a.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> gjd
>>>>>
>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>>>
>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>>>
>>>>> 🙂
>>
>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>>
>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>>
>>> Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....
>>
>> But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts.

> He was always worth listening to. But one doesn't have to agree with
> *him*, and here I listened and then disagreed.

> It's not normal, but it's not unnatural (and therefore not forced) for a
> person to stress "him" in such a context. Imagine, for example, pointing
> to the person when you're saying it.

I do miss Peter... he was grouchy but often funny....