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Wed 26 Nov, 2003 01:51 pm
To make this a bit different from the animals, how about a 4-line verse that needn't scan, a bit Ogden Nashy, called a Clerihew - example
Sir Christopher Wren
Went out to dine with some men.
He said 'If anyone calls,
'Tell them I'm designing St Paul's'
SO here are the 4 objects to staart off:
coathanger
soap
carpet
socks
Wire coat hangers are Joan Crawfords bane,
She's washed the kids mouths out with soap again
If they dare walk on the carpet with their muddy shoes
She'll take a sock and tie them up, oh "Boo-Hoo!".
Plant
Calendar
Blanket
Picture Frame
I had a cyclamen plant which refused to bloom,
And a calendar in my smallest room,
I took a blanket from my bed, though it was falling apart,
Put a picture frame round it and called it Art.
desk
wallpaper
ashtray
spoon
As I sit at my desk I contemplate the wall.
'The Wall! The Wall! No, the Wallpaper in the hall!"
The ashtray is filled like the sands of a dune
With the wallpaper scrapings I tore with a spoon.
Red Crayola Marker
Watch
Film
Statue
It was a red crayola marker
That made my old fob watch several shades darker.
A film of gladwrap covers my cooling shoulder
And I look like the Venus de Milo statue with arms and a little bit older.
hairpin
jug
doormat
skillet
hee. hee
I wiped out my Jag on a hairpin curve!
I took a swig from the jug, then, a swerve!
And now my car is as flat as a doormat
Not enough scrap to make a skillet! Oh, drat
Olympic Gold Medal
Jacuzzi
Eye
Laundry
'Twas an Olympic gold medal that held my door ajar,
So I could get from the jacuzzi to the bar.
My eye was on the clock as I poured my second gin,
Because before I stripped off I had to get the laundry in.
(since when were Olympic gold medals household objects???!!!)
jamjar
footstool
seesaw
pingpong bat
that's fine, just wondered if you had some kickin' around in your home!
I haven't
We do have some "Special Olympics" gold medals won by my brother, come to think of it!
The jamjar was wet and sticky I guess
I stood on a footstool to clean up the mess
It swerved like a seesaw up and then down
It felt like a pingpong bat, now I'm wearing a crown
ornament
tweezers
desktop
cursor
The Christmas ornament was shattered
I picked it up with tweezers, but it was too battered
I tried to re-glue it upon my desktop
But my cursor distracted me and I had to stop.
Book
Pet
Pen
milk
The book is true that I know
My pet cat Spanky told me so
He grabbed a pen and didn't bilk
He wrote his name with chocolate milk
mables
tangerine
V8
planter
The other stormy day, my marbles went away
So with my home grown tangerines, I did start to play
And when I needed more strength, I drank the V8
My planter said, no more veggies to grow! Great!
Remote control
Curlers
TV
Hair Dryer
lol
Remote control is by my side
Curlers in my hair were fried
TV blaring with the news
My hair dryer just blew a fuse
cabinet
bathtub
panty hose
lamp
Inside the cabinet the bauble maker sits
While an elf in the bathtub tucks into breakfast grits
Panty hose adorns santa's legs
Behind the lamp are last year's Easter eggs.
Difficult trying to make it NOT scan!
address book
CD
filing cabinet
bread
(what do you mean by scan? duh.)
My address book is electric
My CD's are eclectic
My filing cabinet obsolete
But I still bake bread, it's such a treat.
Bed
Jack-Knife
Storybook
Magazine
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