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|    Cujo DeSockpuppet to NancyGene    |
|    Re: Our friend William Henry Davies aske    |
|    24 Dec 25 17:02:58    |
      From: cujo@petitmorte.net              nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in       news:eGmdnUk6H6y-jtH0nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com:              >> HarryLime wrote:       >>       >>> Will-Dockery wrote:       >>>       >>>> NancyGene wrote:       >>>>       >>>>> Will-Dockery wrote:       >>>>>       >>>>>> NancyGene wrote:       >>>>>> Christmas       >>>>>> by W.H. Davies       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Christmas has come, let's eat and drink"       >>>>>> This is no time to sit and think;       >>>>>> Farewell to study, books and pen,       >>>>>> And welcome to all kinds of men.       >>>>>> Let all men now get rid of care,       >>>>>> And what one has let others share;       >>>>>> Then 'tis the same, no matter which       >>>>>> Of us is poor, or which is rich.       >>>>>> Let each man have enough this day,       >>>>>> Since those that can are glad to pay;       >>>>>> There's nothing now too rich or good       >>>>>> For poor men, not the King's own food.       >>>>>> Now like a singing bird my feet       >>>>>> Touch earth, and I must drink and eat.       >>>>>> Welcome to all men: I'll not care       >>>>>> What any of my fellows wear;       >>>>>> We'll not let cloth divide our souls,       >>>>>> They'll swim stark naked in the bowls.       >>>>>> Welcome, poor beggar: I'll not see       >>>>>> That hand of yours dislodge a flea,"       >>>>>> While you sit at my side and beg,       >>>>>> Or right foot scratching your left leg.       >>>>>> Farewell restraint: we will not now       >>>>>> Measure the ale our brains allow,       >>>>>> But drink as much as we can hold.       >>>>>> We'll count no change when we spend gold;       >>>>>> This is no time to save, but spend,       >>>>>> To give for nothing, not to lend.       >>>>>> Let foes make friends: let them forget       >>>>>> The mischief-making dead that fret       >>>>>> The living with complaint like this"       >>>>>> "He wronged us once, hate him and his."       >>>>>> Christmas has come; let every man       >>>>>> Eat, drink, be merry all he can.       >>>>>> Ale's my best mark, but if port wine       >>>>>> Or whisky's yours"let it be mine;       >>>>>> No matter what lies in the bowls,       >>>>>> We'll make it rich with our own souls.       >>>>>> Farewell to study, books and pen,       >>>>>> And welcome to all kinds of men.       >>>>>       >>>>>       >>>>> -------       >>>>>       >>>>> Posted several hours before George Dance stole the poem from us.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> George Dance mines our posts for things that he can repost.       >>>       >>>       >>> George Dance is afraid of us yet idolizes us and is jealous of us.       >>> He is conflicted.       >>       >>       >> That's a hilarious delusion you've got there, NG.       >>       >>       >       >       >       > It is true[/quote]       >       > I suppose you might actually believe that.       >       > 😏[/quote]       >       >       > Based on Dunce's interactions with NancyGene, I have always felt that       > his unwarranted animosity toward her stemmed from the fact that 1)       > she is a woman, and 2) she is obviously more intelligent than       > him.[/quote]       >       > That's very true. George Dunce tries to denigrate us by calling us       > names, yet he idolizes us, is jealous of us, and is stuck in       > Canuckistan, with no escape. He dreams of a life without Moose, which       > we have.              I'm waiting for the inevitable "the moose made me do it!" from George.                     --       "Post-editing someone's statement before replying to it is a sure sign       that you have already lost the argument." - Little Willie Douchebag gets       another asskicking from Pendragon              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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