draculina

that’s a lie

Fingers crossed for you, ruby xxxx

I look pretty dandy in my Mountie cap and uniform mounted on a horse in Kingsland High Street, you think, Ruby?

And no I had and have no predilections for sheep. It just struck me as a calm and placid lifestyle, a straw in my mouth and a farm-yakker’s hat and a stupid smile. I soon changed my mind and fancied myself as a Canadian Mountie.

number of states in US = 50

multiply 50 by 9 (number of cat lives) = 450

450 divided by 10 (Roman numeral X) = 45

number of cents in a US dollar is 100, in 1992 and now, so a US quarter is 25 cents, in 1992 and now

45-25 = 20.

voila

and like Linda – I am not outraged or bothered by this disagreement.

number of states in US = 50

multiply 50 by 9 (number of cat lives) = 450

450 divided by 10 (Roman numeral X) = 45

number of cents in a US dollar is 100, in 1992 and now, so a US quarter is 25 cents, in 1992 and now

45-25 = 20.

voila

Got a Mountie cap?

I always wanted to wear a Mountie cap with the gun and holster

Sorry, Linda,

there are only 50 states.

Hawaii was the 50th state, added in 1959.

Puerto Rico is still a territory, not a state

I make 20 as the answer, Mr Q, worked out in a few seconds so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it were wrong.

Sorry, Linda,

there are only 50 states.

Hawaii was the 50th state, added in 1959.

Puerto Rico is still a territory, not a state

Not sure you understood the point I was trying to make, linda.

“making them happy and making them happy with the coy and the stupid just another dumb lackey who puts out the one thing while saying the other while the real thing goes on and is no man’s brother”

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A good friend is someone who doesn’t pretend everything is really all right….

“making them happy and making them happy with the coy and the stupid just another dumb lackey who puts out the one thing while saying the other while the real thing goes on and is no man’s brother”

looking back at the 1950 hits (year of my birth)

They don’t write ’em like that any more lol

whoops,

thanks Sophia.

I posted before reading the follow-ups.

I think charts began in the early 50s,  Mr Norfolk.

At the British library, there was a listing which went back to teh early 1950s. It was being opened by Paul Gambaccini, with whom I reminisced.

Nice one, Mr Q.

You do have talent – in numbers.

I was too busy doing something important or I would have solved it real easy

Honest…

Nice one, Mr Q.

You do have talent – in numbers.

I was too busy doing something important or I would have solved it real easy

Nice one, Mr Q.

I was too busy doing something important or I would have solved it real easy

Even so, mister q, you are doing an excellent job in dredging the jc archives for poems.

And hats off to mizzy and others for posting their verse.

you be wrong, mister q.

There are rules in poetry, just as there are rules in music.

They’re  not fixed rules, they’re not rigid rules, but they’re what make a poem (or a song, or any other music) distinct from conversation, and they allow us to distinguish a good poem from a bad un..Even free verse, the most radical form of poetry, has its…[Read more]