Glenn Mantel
2022-05-01 14:39:12 UTC
...oops, I forgot to mention that this was forwarded from alt.fan.douglas_adams,
not authored by me...
|>
|> There's an old memory game I learnt years ago which involves
|> One hen
|> two ducks
|> three squawking geese
|> four limerick oysters
|> five pregnant pilgrim
|> six pairs of Don Alfonso's Tweezers
|> seven thousand macedonians in full battle array
|> eight brass monkeys from the sacred sandy crypt of ancient egypt,
|> and
|> nine sympathetic, apathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates
|> with a marked propensity for procrastination and sloth.
|>
|> I believe there is a tenth line, but I don't know it.
|>
|> Best,
|>
|> Douglas Adams
One Hennot authored by me...
|>
|> There's an old memory game I learnt years ago which involves
|> One hen
|> two ducks
|> three squawking geese
|> four limerick oysters
|> five pregnant pilgrim
|> six pairs of Don Alfonso's Tweezers
|> seven thousand macedonians in full battle array
|> eight brass monkeys from the sacred sandy crypt of ancient egypt,
|> and
|> nine sympathetic, apathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates
|> with a marked propensity for procrastination and sloth.
|>
|> I believe there is a tenth line, but I don't know it.
|>
|> Best,
|>
|> Douglas Adams
Two Ducks
Three Squawking Geese
Four Limerick Oysters
Five Corpulent Porpoises
Six Pairs of Don Alverzo's Tweezers
Seven Thousand Macedonians In Full Battle Array
Eight Brass Monkeys from the Ancient Sacred Crypts of Egypt
Nine Sympathetic Apathetic Diabetic Old Men On Roller Skates With A Marked Propensity For Procrastination and Sloth
Ten Lyrical Spherical Diabolical Denizens of the Deep Who Haul and Stall Around the Quay and the Quarry All At The Same Time