General-Zod wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:

>> On 2022-06-14 5:15 p.m., Victor H. wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> gjd
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 🙂
>>>
>>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>>>
>>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
>>>
>>> Quite so....

>> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
>> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
>> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
>> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
>> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
>> all those garbage posts.

>> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
>> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
>> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
>> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
>> up too much of it.

>> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
>> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
>> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
>> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
>> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.

>> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
>> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
>> my poems *not* being buried!

> No matter what these folks always find something to whine and complain about.....

Never ending whining.

🙂

George J. Dance wrote:

> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>> But all of his verses
>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>
>>>>
>>>> gjd
>>
>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>
>> Even PJR might approve.
>>
>> 🙂

> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'

> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So I
> decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.

These works have sure enough stood the test of time...!

General-Zod wrote:

> George J. Dance wrote:

>> On 2022-06-14 5:15 p.m., Victor H. wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> gjd
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 🙂
>>>
>>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>>>
>>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
>>>
>>> Quite so....

>> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
>> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
>> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
>> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
>> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
>> all those garbage posts.

>> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
>> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
>> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
>> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
>> up too much of it.

>> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
>> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
>> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
>> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
>> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.

>> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
>> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
>> my poems *not* being buried!

> No matter what these folks always find something to whine and complain about.....

Incessantly.

On Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 11:20:14 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> General-Zod wrote:
>
> > George J. Dance wrote:
>
> >> On 2022-06-14 5:15 p.m., Victor H. wrote:
> >>> Will Dockery wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> >>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> >>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> >>>>>>>> But all of his verses
> >>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> >>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> gjd
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 🙂
> >>>
> >>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> >>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> >>>
> >>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> >>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> >>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> >>>
> >>> Quite so....
>
> >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> >> all those garbage posts.
>
> >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> >> up too much of it.
>
> >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
>
> >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> >> my poems *not* being buried!
>
>
> > No matter what these folks always find something to whine and complain about.....
> Incessantly.

I know right....

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 6:47:59 PM UTC-4, vhug...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 11:20:14 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > General-Zod wrote:
> >
> > > George J. Dance wrote:
> >
> > >> On 2022-06-14 5:15 p.m., Victor H. wrote:
> > >>> Will Dockery wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > >>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > >>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > >>>>>>>> But all of his verses
> > >>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > >>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> gjd
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> 🙂
> > >>>
> > >>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > >>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > >>>
> > >>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > >>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> > >>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > >>>
> > >>> Quite so....
> >
> > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > >> all those garbage posts.
> >
> > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > >> up too much of it.
> >
> > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> >
> > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> >
> >
> > > No matter what these folks always find something to whine and complain about.....
> > Incessantly.
> I know right....

Thank you
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On Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 10:21:31 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-07-01 6:53 a.m., W-Dockery wrote:
> > Rocky Rhodan wrote:
> >
> >> George J. Dance wrote:
> >
> >>> On 2022-06-09 12:19 a.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> >>>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> >>>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> >>>>>>>>> But all of his verses
> >>>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> >>>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> gjd
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 🙂
> >>>>
> >>>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> >>>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier
> >>>>>> in the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to
> >>>>>> posterity. So I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay....
> >>>>
> >>>> But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts.
> >
> >>> He was always worth listening to. But one doesn't have to agree with
> >>> *him*, and here I listened and then disagreed.
> >
> >>> It's not normal, but it's not unnatural (and therefore not forced)
> >>> for a person to stress "him" in such a context. Imagine, for example,
> >>> pointing to the person when you're saying it.
> >
> >
> >> I do miss Peter... he was grouchy but often funny....
> >
> >
> > He was good with the dry British non-humor.
> I do think the poem is good enough to go into the revised book. It and
> "Bobby Burro" are good examples of the limerick form, and I have next to
> no limericks in the original.
>
> It doesn't mention the names of any real people; perhaps someone on aapc
> might identify him, but then they could identify "PJ" and "Hammy
> Hogarth," both of whom are already in there; and a good sleuth could
> probably find more of the others.

Exactly....

On Friday, July 8, 2022 at 2:01:23 AM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-06-14 5:15 p.m., Victor H. wrote:
> > Will Dockery wrote:
> >
> >> George J. Dance wrote:
> >
> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> gjd
> >>>>
> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> >>>>
> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> >>>>
> >>>> 🙂
> >
> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> >
> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> >
> >
> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> >
> > Quite so....
>
> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> all those garbage posts.
>
> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> up too much of it.
>
> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
>
> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> my poems *not* being buried!

Hey hey G.D. you are correct....

George J. Dance wrote:
>> >
>> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>> >>>>>> But all of his verses
>> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> gjd
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 🙂
>> >
>> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>> >
>> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>> >
>> >
>> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
>> >
>> > Quite so....
>>
>> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
>> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
>> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
>> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
>> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
>> all those garbage posts.
>>
>> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
>> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
>> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
>> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
>> up too much of it.
>>
>> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
>> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
>> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
>> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
>> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
>>
>> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
>> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
>> my poems *not* being buried!

How right you are....!

On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> George J. Dance wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> gjd
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 🙂
> >> >
> >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> >> >
> >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> >> >
> >> > Quite so....
> >>
> >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> >> all those garbage posts.
> >>
> >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> >> up too much of it.
> >>
> >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> >>
> >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> >> my poems *not* being buried!
> How right you are....!

I see you didn't forget to troll me with this- so diligent you troll away, I thank thee for your troll service...

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:29:03 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > George J. Dance wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>> gjd
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>>> 🙂
> > >> >
> > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > >> >
> > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity.. So
> > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > >> >
> > >> > Quite so....
> > >>
> > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > >> all those garbage posts.
> > >>
> > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > >> up too much of it.
> > >>
> > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> > >>
> > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> > How right you are.
>
> I see you

Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.

🙂

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:53:39 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:29:03 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > >> >>>>
> > > >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> > > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > >> >>>>
> > > >> >>>>>>
> > > >> >>>>>> gjd
> > > >> >>>>
> > > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > >> >>>>
> > > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > > >> >>>>
> > > >> >>>> 🙂
> > > >> >
> > > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > > >> >
> > > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> > > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Quite so....
> > > >>
> > > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > > >> all those garbage posts.
> > > >>
> > > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > > >> up too much of it.
> > > >>
> > > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> > > >>
> > > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> > > How right you are.
> >
> > I see you
>
> Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.

Actually no. You know, I'm ashamed to admit, that I saw that you replied to two of my post this morning and I never bothered looking at them because I had better things to do-- and now I can't even remember what threads they were in!
Poor sWill, can't even get a encore of scorn, let alone thumbs upturned!!

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:22:52 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:53:39 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:29:03 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> > > > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > > > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > >> >>>>>> gjd
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>> 🙂
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> > > > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Quite so....
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > > > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > > > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > > > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > > > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > > > >> all those garbage posts.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > > > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > > > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > > > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > > > >> up too much of it.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > > > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > > > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > > > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > > > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > > > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > > > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> > > > How right you are.
> > >
> > > I see you
> >
> > Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.
> Actually no

I don't expect you to admit it, troll.

🙂

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:31:01 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:22:52 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:53:39 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:29:03 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > > On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > > >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> > > > > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > > > > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > > >> >>>>>> gjd
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > >> >>>> 🙂
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > > > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > > > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> > > > > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > > > > >> >
> > > > > >> > Quite so....
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > > > > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > > > > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > > > > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > > > > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > > > > >> all those garbage posts.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > > > > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > > > > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > > > > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > > > > >> up too much of it.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > > > > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > > > > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > > > > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > > > > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > > > > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > > > > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> > > > > How right you are.
> > > >
> > > > I see you
> > >
> > > Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.
> > Actually no
> I don't expect you to admit it, troll.

sWillie's such fun to jerk chains on...
Nor do I expect you to admit to it, narcissist. But you don't have, you show it with every shit post you submit.

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 9:26:42 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:31:01 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:22:52 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:53:39 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:29:03 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > > > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > > > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> > > > > > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > > > > > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>>>> gjd
> > > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > > > > > >> >>>>
> > > > > > >> >>>> 🙂
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > > > > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > > > > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> > > > > > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > Quite so....
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > > > > > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > > > > > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > > > > > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > > > > > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > > > > > >> all those garbage posts.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > > > > > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > > > > > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > > > > > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > > > > > >> up too much of it.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > > > > > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > > > > > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > > > > > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > > > > > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > > > > > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > > > > > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> > > > > > How right you are.
> > > > >
> > > > > I see you
> > > >
> > > > Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.
> > > Actually no
> > I don't expect you to admit it, troll.
> sWillie's such fun to

Your declaration of Imaginary Victory is noted once again, Ash.

🙂

Will Dockery wrote:

> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 9:26:42 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
>> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:31:01 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>> > > > > > >> >>>>
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>>
>> > > > > > >> >>>>>> gjd
>> > > > > > >> >>>>
>> > > > > > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>> > > > > > >> >>>>
>> > > > > > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
>> > > > > > >> >>>>
>> > > > > > >> >>>> 🙂
>> > > > > > >> >
>> > > > > > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>> > > > > > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>> > > > > > >> >
>> > > > > > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>> > > > > > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>> > > > > > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>> > > > > > >> >
>> > > > > > >> >
>> > > > > > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
>> > > > > > >> >
>> > > > > > >> > Quite so....
>> > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
>> > > > > > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
>> > > > > > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
>> > > > > > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
>> > > > > > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
>> > > > > > >> all those garbage posts.
>> > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
>> > > > > > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
>> > > > > > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
>> > > > > > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
>> > > > > > >> up too much of it.
>> > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
>> > > > > > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
>> > > > > > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
>> > > > > > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
>> > > > > > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
>> > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
>> > > > > > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
>> > > > > > >> my poems *not* being buried!
>> > > > > > How right you are.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I see you
>> > > >
>> > > > Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.
>> > > Actually no
>> > I don't expect you to admit it, troll.
>> sWillie's such fun to

> Your declaration of Imaginary Victory is noted once again, Ash.

> 🙂

Ash does that a lot, I noticed...

On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:22:52 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:53:39 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 7:29:03 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 7:16:31 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
> > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
> > > > >> >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > >> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
> > > > >> >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> > > > >> >>>>>> But all of his verses
> > > > >> >>>>>> Brought him only curses,
> > > > >> >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>>>>
> > > > >> >>>>>> gjd
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>> Even PJR might approve.
> > > > >> >>>>
> > > > >> >>>> 🙂
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
> > > > >> >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
> > > > >> >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
> > > > >> >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Quite so....
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
> > > > >> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
> > > > >> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
> > > > >> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
> > > > >> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
> > > > >> all those garbage posts.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
> > > > >> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
> > > > >> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
> > > > >> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
> > > > >> up too much of it.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
> > > > >> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
> > > > >> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
> > > > >> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
> > > > >> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
> > > > >> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
> > > > >> my poems *not* being buried!
> > > > How right you are.
> > >
> > > I see you
> >
> > Of course you do, you follow along behind every post.
> Actually no. You know, I'm ashamed

you oughta be... ha ha.

Will Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>>>>>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote:
>>>>>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash
>>>>>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
>>>>>>>>> But all of his verses
>>>>>>>>> Brought him only curses,
>>>>>>>>> And all of it went in the trash.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> gjd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even PJR might approve.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 🙂
>>>>
>>>>>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it:
>>>>>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".'
>>>>
>>>>>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in
>>>>>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So
>>>>>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Good to keep your poetry where it could be found.
>>>>
>>>> Quite so....

>>> Well, I did have a second reason for top-posting it. I'd already posted
>>> "Usenet's Greatest Poet," and I wanted to post a few more, to test a
>>> claim I'd been hearing for over a year: that because some people were
>>> posting too much, all the poetry was getting hidden; that a poem would
>>> fall off the front page (the top 30 posts) in less than a day, buried by
>>> all those garbage posts.

>>> So I followed up my first poem with those two limericks the next week,
>>> and then over the next two weeks two with two other poems out of the
>>> /Doggerel/ book. I had to slow down to one a week because the earlier 3
>>> poems had not fallen out of the top 30, and I was worried about taking
>>> up too much of it.

>>> Finally I had to stop posting more, because all 5 poems were still
>>> sitting in the top 30. I'm still waiting to post more because, weeks
>>> later, all 5 of those poems are still on the front page. One dips lower,
>>> all the time, but just as quickly pops back up. So much for the story of
>>> a 'conspiracy' that's burying all the poetry here.

>>> What I find most amusing is that at least one of the people complaining
>>> in the spring about all the poetry being buried is now complaining about
>>> my poems *not* being buried!

>> No matter what these folks always find something to whine and complain about.....

> Incessantly.

Yep....

> George J. Dance wrote:
> A wannabe poet named Ash
> Thought writing could bring in some cash;
> But all of his verses
> Brought him only curses,
> And all of it went in the trash.
>
>
> gjd

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