Ode to the Avatar

heehee - i am

Im SMILODON fatalis (Linnean convention)

and Im also quite dead I must mention

Since I croaked before Hoover

Im a big species loser

cuz my progeny cant get a pension

Pacco corgi lies on the floor

typing away, eyes at the screen;

his presence supported our words of rapport

and brought forth a sweet pal from

Tartarin's door.

Mine's a quest
Not much a jest
Git the jist?...
Forlorned Miss

A thread about avatars? Boy, how neat
It thrills me down to my dancin' feet
Didn't know there was such talent around
Jokes a-plenty, poems abound
Artistic talents on the world's map
So I thought I'd try the Avatar Rap
You can step to the left, then jump to the right
Keep on doin' it if it takes all night
Maybe I'll change the Frankenstein guy
Because Letty's right, it's not quite I
"Puttin' On The Ritz" was hard enough
Did you see that film? And some other stuff
So thanks for the invite, Letty dear
Now it's time that I got out of here
It's just before breakfast, but after bed
I think I'll quit while I'm still ahead

Animals, monsters, and faces explore,
Creatures with features we love to deplore.

Peace signs increase lines of deepening war,
A respite so brief is what we're here for.

(farmerman, what is that creature?)

and ehBeth's cute roo,
In lilacs submerged.
And BoGoWo's "what th"
From ice has emerged.

(McTag, rapsters don't eat conventional fare. )
Glad you could make it, Brit.

I found a joke on a UK tribal web site, it has nothing to do with Avatars but I felt it had to go somewhere

Five Welshmen in an Audi Quattro arrived at an English border checkpoint.
The English officer stops them and tells them: "It is illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro, Quattro means four"

"Quattro is just the name of the automobile," the Welshmen retorts disbelievingly. "Look at the papers: this car is designed to carry five persons."

"You can not pull that one on me," replies the Englishman. "Quattro means four. You have five people in your car and you are therefore breaking the law."

The Welshmen replies angrily, "You idiot! Call your supervisor over I want to speak to someone with more intelligence!"

"Sorry," responds the Englishman, "He's busy with 2 guys in a Fiat Uno."

Hey, John. We'll make it fit.
Welshmen and Britons and their AVAcars,
'mercians and Germans, explorers from Mars.

All say dumb things when they go by the book.
All are quite guilty of leaps before looks.

I wish I could see people's avatars properly - the colour on my monitor is tres weird - I would make up more rhymes if I could!

Old an new-You could always pack em in a Buick Century

Letty I am a rather undernourished Sabre Toothed Cat. I was looking for a skeleton Biker but this was all I could find out there that celebrates old bones.
Pretty gross no?

Dear Cobalt's forlorn as her avatar warns
And her son is called up by the war
Blue is her mood tho her favorite hue
Yet cobalt blue has lost its old charm
and instead brings to mind lonely moods.
We pray for her son and for the war to be done
When Cobalt can simply enjoy cobalt blue.
(Love to you, Cobalt)

owed to the avatar; $37.50 +tax.

Now to redeem myself:

avatar,
go too far,
wondercar,
on a par,

to be aware of what we "are",
we carefully choose an avatar.

its colours represent the flow,
of knowledge, through the eternal glow
of wonder, born of all we know,
to create a skin of nascent snow,
covering the flaws of long ago;
but, with awareness
comes responsibility, you know!

so if the avatar is true,
it must inform us best of you,
to help us with a sense of view;
to see the why, the when, the who,
to be the old, the now, the new,
and tell of truths that shine clear though;
you see the avatar "is" you.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, John I bet the Welsh take great glee in that joke.
Now, what shall we do to plump up that poor bloke
Who looks like a thin smilodon?
We'll get him some meat
As a special treat
and hope he smiles at what we done.

Oh dear, it's time for me to get out of here!

Farmer, A saber-toothed tiger? Shades of J.Rider Haggard!

Dear, dear Cobalt. I had no idea that your son had been called up. I think a saber toothed cat just walked across my grave.
Forgive me, my friend.



Thank you, Diane, for this revealing bit of information.

Hey, Deb,
I be sorry your monitor is not tres chic.

Bo, Redeemed! Your avatar must be the soul of us all. I love the "nascent snow" phrase, especially in the blue moon phase.

Hmmm. $37.50, huh. Is that in pounds, bucks, Canadian dollars or euros?

the $37.50; that's in "world sense"!

"world sense"........won't buy us much right now, will it; especially in the "common market". Why have I suddenly grown cold.

Unicorn has been out all day
Searching for another horn you say ?
Why quite right and success had he
I hear the ladies shout with glee
Bestraddling continents of OZ and USA
Lets hope he can make your day :wink:

Yes Diane, those Celtic cousins enjoy having a little pop at us. That joke was on BBC Wales web site and I couldn't resist it. Never does any harm to laugh at ourselves.

Farmer are those Buicks station wagons or sedans ?

Hiama, are those unicorn horns lo-maintenance jobs or do they cost an arm and a leg ?

From England to Oz to this ocean,
Be certain to buy lots of lotion.
My club-wielding friend,
Just where have you been?
You're tootin' that horn in slow motion.

(play a little jazz, hi. "Young Man with a Horn" would be great. )