Author of the world's shortest poem: '''On the Antiquity of Microbes''' Adam had'em. ''Another poet (name unknown) wrote "Maid's Day Off":'' ''Thurs.'' ''Hers.'' Also the author of the world's longest poem flaming parsley, which destructs like this: ...Now is the time for all good parsley-phobes to come to the aid of the menu and exhibit their gumption, And proclaim that any food which has a taste and/or an appearance which can be improved by parsley is ipso-facto a dish unfit for human consumption. ''And also author of a ''short'' ode to parsley...'' ''Parsely.'' ''Is gharsley.'' ----- THE DUCK Behold the duck. It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks. It is 'specially fond of a puddle or pond. When it dines or sups it bottoms ups. See also: http://www.westegg.com/nash/ And now, for a few of our favorites: ----- ''The firefly's flame'' ''Is something for which science has no name.'' ''I can think of nothing eerier'' ''Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a person's posteerior.'' (edited referencing "Good Intentions" Little, Brown & Co., 1942) ---- ''While you lolly hammock-wise'' ''It contemplates you stomach-wise.'' ''You lolly. It lollops.'' ''The rest is only gulps and gollops.'' ---- ''Tell me o Octopus, I begs'' ''Is those things arms or is they legs?'' ---- ''A panther is like a leopard'' ''except it hasn't been peppered'' ''should you behold a panther crouch'' ''prepare to say ouch'' ''better yet, if called by a panther'' ''don't anther.'' ---- ''This is my dream,'' ''It is my own dream,'' ''I dreamt it.'' ''I dreamt that my hair was kempt.'' ''Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.'' ---- ''Candy'' ''Is dandy.'' ''But liquor'' ''Is quicker.'' ---- ''The one-L lama,'' ''He's a priest.'' ''The two-L llama,'' ''He's a beast.'' ''And I will bet'' ''A silk pajama'' ''There isn't any'' ''Three-L lllama.*'' Don't forget the footnote, which runs something like this: "The author's attention has been drawn to the kind of conflagration known as a 'three-alarmer.' Pooh." ---- Absolutely no influence on SheChangeDesignInTheDatabase, or SarbanesOxleyAct ---- CategoryAuthor