Current Nominations for March, 2010 [67]

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GENERAL (10) ENTERTAINMENT (6) TOPICAL (6) PEOPLES NAMES (7)
OTHER NAMES (10) MEDIUM LENGTH (6) LONG (3) SPECIAL (4)
UNSPECIFIED (0)ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE (13) RUDE (2) Counts by Author

THE GENERAL CATEGORY [10 nominations]

Mey K. with:
The 'slash-and-burn' deforestation =
Set bush on fire and roast the land.

View with:
Boneyard =
Body near.

View with:
Some electrons, protons and neutrons ~
represent control on atom soundness

Tony Crafter with:
Absence makes the heart grow fonder =
We embark and ache for togetherness.

Adie Pena with:
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus =

Be warned. Fact is apparent: Our lungs need that air!

Ed Pegg Jr with:
"A sot enters a hotel bar ..." ~
sets the table on a roar.

Adie Pena with:
Marital separation =
Pa, Ma are into trials.

Adie Pena with:
Actions speak louder than words. =
Slack air doesn't hurt. Weapons do.

db with:
The world's population ~
shall tiptoe up or down

Dharam with:
"God is in the details" =
So said the diligent.


THE ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY [6 nominations]

Adie Pena with:
"The Oscar goes to..." =
O, the actors' egos!

Tony Crafter with:
Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' ~
showed certain life-progression chains.

View with:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
=
Enslaved in unascertained world


Adie Pena with:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences =
Do attend, Cameron. Sci-fi epic may net us the Oscar!

Scott G with:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland =
A nice lass traveled in, down, under

Adie Pena with:
'American Idol' (Season Nine) =
One-dimensional canaries!


THE TOPICAL CATEGORY [6 nominations]

Dharam with:
Jay Leno returns to the "Tonight Show" ~
to start without long "H-e-e-r-e's Johnny!"

HSP with:
Legal tender =
Let Elgar end.

Tony Crafter with:
Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man =
The Carlos Slim billions negate nerd's growth.

Adie Pena with:
Google to digitise ancient Italian books =
OK! It's a big one 'cos I got Galileo, Dante in it!

Adie Pena with:
Earth Hour, Eight-Thirty P.M., Twenty-Seven of March =
Furthermore, why not that same pitch every night?

Nikola Zivanovic with:
The coalition agreement =
An election aim, together.


THE PEOPLES NAMES CATEGORY [7 nominations]

View with:
President Akio Toyoda =
Toyota in dark episode.

db with:
Michael Anthony Ashcroft =
Tory cash machine? Not half!

Dharam with:
King Hor-Aha of the First Egyptian Dynasty =
Fights tyranny in Asia for the key god Ptah.

Adie Pena with:
The fashion designer Oscar de la Renta =
Oh, his elegant coat and fine rare dress!

Adie Pena with:
The U.S. film director Kathryn Bigelow =
"The Hurt Locker" wins big time for lady!

Dharam with:
The House Speaker Nancy Pelosi =
"Please" or "Thank you" in speeches.

Tony Crafter with:
Hint: He runs a fancy harem of pert young blondes =
Playboy's 'ancient' founder, Hugh Marston Hefner.


THE OTHER NAMES CATEGORY [10 nominations]

Tony Crafter with:
International Prostitutes Collective =
Tarts in union all vote to elicit respect.

HSP with:
The Coca Cola drinks company =
So try a nice cold can, OK, champ?

db with:
The Eagle Tavern, Rochester =
Let's create hangover there!

Ed Pegg Jr with:
The Supreme Court =
Ruth creeps me out.

Adie Pena with:
Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia =
Nice babes at a sun-dry holiday!

Dharam with:
Art Institute of Chicago =
If unartistic, go to teach!

View with:
ūThe California Desert =
Fierce (Arnold hates it).

Adie Pena with:
Good choice here! As we count calories, ask for ~
Sugar-Free Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies.

Adie Pena with:
Laphroaig Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky =
Making his girls classy with peaty alcohol. ;-)

View with:
A Toyota Prius =
It's a ropy auto


THE MEDIUM LENGTH CATEGORY [6 nominations]

Rosie Perera with:
Washington man electrocuted by urinating on power line =
Democrat wanting to pee, encountering a burn on his willy.

db with:

Gay couples now able to marry in religious
premises after the House of Lords revokes ban
=
Grooms pose seriously for embrace, bin the flowers,
and are vigorously taken up the aisle!

Scott G with:
Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" =
Holmes can hunt out a hidden vault for very great treasure!

Adie Pena with:
THE WORLD'S FIVE DEADLIEST SNAKES*
1. Fierce
2. King Brown
3. Papuan Taipan
4. Mainland Tiger
5. Eastern Tiger
=
PICKING PEOPLE SEEN AS WORST EVER, GUARANTEED:
1. Stalin
2. A. Hitler
3. Idi Amin
4. Dr. Frankenstein
5. A daft G. W. B.

Tony Crafter with:
"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." (John Lennon)
=
"Um... no, John. Hell in NY, by one lone freak with a gun, is what happens to you." (Press)

db with:

The Royal Navy fearing problems as women are set
to be allowed to serve in submarines for the first time
=
A battery of rather important British maritime vessels
goes down below...every one's near-full of seamen.


THE ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE CATEGORY [13 nominations]

Adie Pena with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief."
=
For a cool millionaire's son, marry a merry holier woman that has great lips, NOT greater hips, fine in the kitchen but, ooh, finer in bed.

db with:

The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh
author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor,
rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief."
=
My wife - the ideal: An Italian hooker, French or Finnish
porno star, the smooth negro temptress, any rich boiler
...or Natalie Imbruglia!

View with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"
=
My woman (Oh, her!) pretty, elegant, fair in hair, a chief in kitchen, hot irresistible pleasing in a bedroom, not rash or forlorn...also mute

Tony Crafter with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief."

=

A noble wife has many roles. Use them!

Loyal partner in marriage.

Port I go to, if in a storm.

Chef in kitchen

Harlot in bed.

Oh... shirt-ironer!







Dharam with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"
=
Our one perfect hero man?
Ooh, I'll take a Gingerbread Man;
He's sweet, rich, not horny, nor slim.
Any irritation, I bite all his parts off him!

Dharam with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"
=
Friends say he's a mirror image of me (only with a Sikh turban), a brilliant philosopher, tolerant, entertaining -- no other choice for me!

db with:

The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief" =
The relationship partner formula for me: She's a fat one-legged black (sorry, "ethnic minority") Maori lesbian with no hair, into heroin.

Rosie Perera with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"=
I'm a lone girl, not in a pair, for all the best, brightest men are taken or homos. I can't say "I do" to an inferior, churlish one. Why prefer him?

Dharam with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"
=
If I were not hitched earlier than most (only a teenager), my other half might be a professor, opinion columnist, a shrink or librarian.

Adie Pena with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"
=
I'm on my third intense marriage. I'm still looking for the proper one of earnest character, with shiny hair, a fine hole, natural boobs.

View with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"
=
Brilliant career,
Fine mother,
So frank, cool.
Fair brains.
This list not long enough!
Ta, Sweetheart!
I'm happy!
I admire, I honor her... money

Dharam with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"

=
Some hanker in Yahoo:

"DWF in search of another long-term relationship. Must be straight orientation, preferably rich millionaire."

Adie Pena with:
The first line of 'Cherry Stones' by Winnie The Pooh author, A.A. Milne: "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief"=
WIFE birthing rich brats in line;
ORDER COOK for sanitary meals;
MATE to help her main hero;
ANGEL of inspiration;
NURSE my health, too.


THE LONG CATEGORY [3 nominations]

Tony Crafter with:
A guy was having a drink in the bar of the departures lounge at a busy airport, when a beautiful young woman walked in and sat on a chair near to his.

Because she was in uniform, he thought that she was possibly an off-duty flight hostess so he decided to have a crack at picking her up by identifying the airline she worked for, hoping this might just impress her.

He looked across to her and recited the Delta Airlines slogan, "We love to fly and it shows."

The woman just looked at him curiously.

He sat back to reconsider, then he leaned forward again and delivered the Air France slogan: "Winning the hearts of the world."

Again she just stared at him with a rather puzzled look on her face.

Still undeterred, he had another go, this time quoting the Malaysian Airlines slogan: "Going beyond expectations."

The woman looked at him harshly and replied, "Huh? Just what the f**k are you talking about?"

"Ah!" he said, with a knowing smile on his face."Ryan Air."

=

A burglar broke into an apartment one night. As he was shining his flashlight around, checking for the usual valuables, a voice in the dark said, "Jesus knows you're here."

Nearly leaping out of his skin, he clicked his flashlight off and froze, waiting in anticipation. When he heard nothing, he shook his head then continued.

As he started to grab the digital TV, he again heard it, clear as a bell... "Jesus is watching you."

Freaked out, he shone the light around frantically, seeking the owner of that odd voice.

Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot gazing at him. "Did you say that?" he hissed at the bird.

"Yes, I did," the parrot squawked, "I was just trying to warn you that he's watching you."

The man relaxed. "Warn me? And who on earth are you, anyway?"

"Moses," answered the bird.

"Moses?" laughed the burglar in disdain. "What kind of sick people would name a parrot Moses?"

"The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus."

Adie Pena with:
BERNIE MADE OFF WITH MY MONEY*
by Eline Magliaro

Sing a song of sixpence.
That's all that I have left!
Bernie stole my money.
Now I'm broke, bummed out, bereft.

He made off with my nest egg.
He had a lot of gall.
He made off with my peace of mind.
He took my wherewithal.

He made off with a lot of dough.
Did not invest one cent!
Let's dress him up in sackcloth...
Make him kneel down and repent.

Let's curse this smarmy scumbag
Who swindled friends and neighbors
Of all their hard-earned savings
And the fruits of their long labors.

Let's send him off to prison.
Let's Sing Sing a song of jail
And pray this Ponzi schemer's
Never out again on bail.

=

Uh-oh, an engaging former stock broker in jail?!

Who? My flimflamming Bernard Lawrence Madoff!

The offence? Hmm, my 'Bernie,' the admitted operator of what has been described as the largest Ponzi scheme in history, making his wealth management business downtown into a massive scheme that defrauded thousands of bellyflopping investors of billions of dollars!

Hmm, hope's foggy... his behaving sons told authorities that their father had knowingly confessed to them it was all "one big lie." My "King Madoff" pleaded guilty to eleven felonies. He was sentenced to one hundred fifty years in prison, the maximum allowed!

Adie Pena with:
THE TOP TEN GEEK ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME [by Doug Gross]
1. "She Blinded Me With Science," Thomas Dolby
2. "Dare to Be Stupid," Weird Al Yankovic
3. "Nerdcore Rising," M.C. Frontalot
4. "In the Garage," Weezer
5. "Through Being Cool," Devo
6. "Code Monkey," Jonathan Coulton
7. "Particle Man," They Might Be Giants
8. "Add It Up," Violent Femmes
9. "One Week," Barenaked Ladies
10. "Weird Science," Oingo Boingo
=
HEREWITH, THE ODD TOP TEN ON ANAGRAMMY
1. Cool, incontinent Tony Crafter
2. Canny gem-jotting Meyran Kraus
3. Googling imbecile Pena of Gobbledegook, Inc.
4. Astute behemoth A. Brehaut
5. Good wife Dharam Khalsa, enlightened newcomer
6. Solid, deep Scott
7. Divine Ms. Rosie P.
8. Keen edgewise Chris Sturdy
9. Sensible Ellie Dent
10. Wild "gotta-have-booze" comic David Bourke.


THE SPECIAL CATEGORY [4 nominations]

Tony Crafter with:

RASPUTIN
By
Boney M.

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Tsar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came

Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
Ra-Ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and said "I feel fine"

Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians...

=

QUITE A REGAL LEADER!

Lots of mighty men ruled Russia through the ages,
Some were really bad and their eyes were full of rage,
There was Lenin, Stalin, Kosygin and Khrushchev,
Brezhnev, Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev,
Each would teach the dogma as a teacher,
Full of fervour and of power,
Yet no one was like the regal leader
That we see there now.

Vladimir Putin,
Russia's President supreme,
That quiet dude, he's rather macho.
Vladimir Putin
Huntin, shootin' and fishin'
He sure can throw an action-man pose.

When he's on a horse he's like a rod of iron,
He's a fearless leader that you can rely on,
Doesn't make a fuss and never banged a table,
But he'll quietly squash you, yes, because he's able.
He would scare most anyone at all with
One glowering, laser look,
He could send Obama into orbit,
With just one left hook.

Vladimir Putin,
Russia's President supreme,
That quiet dude, he's rather macho.
Vladimir Putin
Huntin, shootin' and fishin'
He sure can throw an action-man pose.

(Talks)
[Ah, when he bares that swell chest, I swear
women all go ga-ga and wish they were there,
he does a butterfly stroke as good as any athlete
and goes whitewater rafting; a rare feat. What a star!]

Leader, George Bush roared, "He's harder than a base bat,
"Yeah, compared to him, Saddam was a tabby cat!
"He has those weapons of 'mass production' too,
"Gee, the whole trouble is, I just don't know what to do!"
Loser George has gone and he's lost all his swagger,
Yet the Red head lingers there,
Respected lots more than the Yankee bragger,
A fearless Russian bear.

Vladimir Putin,
Russia's President supreme,
That quiet dude, he's rather macho.
Vladimir Putin
Huntin, shootin' and fishin'
He sure can throw an action-man's pose.

Vladimir Putin,
Russia's President supreme,
That quiet dude, he's rather macho.
Vladimir Putin
Huntin, shootin' and fishin'
He sure can throw an action-man's pose.

Goodness! What a Leader!

Dharam with:
I Hear America Singing
(Walt Whitman)

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear;
Those of mechanics--each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong;
The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work;
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat--the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck;
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench--the hatter singing as he stands;
The wood-cutter's song--the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning,
or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;
The delicious singing of the mother--or of the young wife at work--or of the girl sewing or washing--
Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else;
The day what belongs to the day--At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.
=
I Thought I Heard America Moan in Anguish
(A Thinker's Insights)

With her Senate kowtowing to hawkish hankerings,
Kowtowing to lobbyists' earmarked ambitions,
Washington big shots falsifying statements,
Many men losing wages and money or pensions,
The schoolteacher losing her health benefits,
Manufacturing, technology - anything - offshored to Asia,
Neighborhood businesses, merchant markets shrinking,
Whole boomtown neighborhoods falling in poverty,
Salaries the lowest share of the nation's GDP since the nineteen-twenties,
Home mortgage foreclosures per month the highest on record,
Beginning earnings of college and high school graduates downgraded,
Savings hit the lowest since the height of the Great Depression,
This tough nation's highways, harbors, subways soon disintegrating,
I thought I heard America moan in anguish.

Adie Pena with:
WATERS OF MARCH

A stick, a stone,
It's the end of the road,
It's the rest of a stump,
It's a little alone

It's a sliver of glass,
It is life, it's the sun,
It is night, it is death,
It's a trap, it's a gun

The oak when it blooms,
A fox in the brush,
A knot in the wood,
The song of a thrush

The wood of the wind,
A cliff, a fall,
A scratch, a lump,
It is nothing at all

It's the wind blowing free,
It's the end of the slope,
It's a beam, it's a void,
It's a hunch, it's a hope

And the river bank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of the strain,
The joy in your heart

The foot, the ground,
The flesh and the bone,
The beat of the road,
A slingshot's stone

A fish, a flash,
A silvery glow,
A fight, a bet,
The range of a bow

The bed of the well,
The end of the line,
The dismay in the face,
It's a loss, it's a find

A spear, a spike,
A point, a nail,
A drip, a drop,
The end of the tale

A truckload of bricks
in the soft morning light,
The shot of a gun
in the dead of the night

A mile, a must,
A thrust, a bump,
It's a girl, it's a rhyme,
It's a cold, it's the mumps

The plan of the house,
The body in bed,
And the car that got stuck,
It's the mud, it's the mud

Afloat, adrift,
A flight, a wing,
A hawk, a quail,
The promise of spring

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the promise of life
It's the joy in your heart

A stick, a stone,
It's the end of the road
It's the rest of a stump,
It's a little alone

A snake, a stick,
It is John, it is Joe,
It's a thorn in your hand
and a cut in your toe

A point, a grain,
A bee, a bite,
A blink, a buzzard,
A sudden stroke of night

A pin, a needle,
A sting, a pain,
A snail, a riddle,
A wasp, a stain

A pass in the mountains,
A horse and a mule,
In the distance the shelves
rode three shadows of blue

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the promise of life
in your heart, in your heart

A stick, a stone,
The end of the road,
The rest of a stump,
A lonesome road

A sliver of glass,
A life, the sun,
A knife, a death,
The end of the run

And the riverbank talks
of the waters of March,
It's the end of all strain,
It's the joy in your heart.

=

MASTER OF SONG
(And it is a long one!)

A streak, a stroke,
It's the skill of the rhyme.
It's the blush of a love,
Had a wonderful time!

It's an echo of old,
And it's loud, it's the drum,
It's a bang, it's a roll;
It's a pluck, it's a strum.

The page when it turns,
A break in the line,
The pause in the verse,
A tale by design.

The shake of the head,
A skip, a dance,
A look, a wink,
It is modern romance.

It's the quickening pulse,
It's the beat of the bass,
It's a dash, it's a walk
It's a shot, it's a pace.

And this song from Brazil
From A. Carlos Jobim,
It's a version I made,
A tribute to him.

The stress, the shriek,
The gang and the band,
The noise of the crowd,
A splendid hand.

A nod, a nix,
A shuffling of tone,
A fifth, a flight,
The flow of a drone.

The pitch of the play,
The sway of the swing,
The fiddle in the suite,
It's a bow, it's a string.

A puff, a poof,
A scale, a note,
A strength, a stint,
The sound from the throat.

A grandness of ninths
In the lone afterglow;
The stand of the tune
In the heart of the show.

The gong, the gasp,
A riff, a lick,
It's a prank, it's a prod,
It's the truth, it's the kick!

The thrust of the steel,
The fire in me,
And the plan that I forged,
And the hole and the key.

Alive, again,
The push, the pound,
The depth, the draft,
The reason of sound.

And this work that we like
From A. Carlos Jobim
It's a version I wrote,
A tribute to him.

A tenth, a track,
It's the fun of the Glee;
It's the soft of a hush,
It's a fine melody.

A friend, a youth
It is full, it is whole,
It's a dent in your heart;
Soothed a spark in your soul.

A blast, a joy,
It's hot, a hit,
Insane and odd,
A lusty dose of wit.

A wheel, a rhythm,
A stick, a snare,
A flash, a flutter,
A blast, a blare.

The sign on the nail,
A bridge and a fret,
In the annals of life
That favorite duet!

And this ditty I love
From A. Carlos Jobim,
It's a version I made,
A tribute to him.

A halt, a rest,
The end of the score,
The hunt of a deal,
A piece I adore.

A sonnet of sense,
A splash, an air,
A snatch, a snap,
It's the pick of the pair!

Yes, this tune from Brazil
From A. Carlos Jobim,
It's a version I wrote,
A tribute to him.

Tony Crafter with:
ALONE
By
Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then - in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life - was drawn

From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.

=

A LOAN
(From A Fund Of Love)

Our childhood is a short-term loan,
To be repaid when we have grown;
Our children are a moment's gift,
That we may one day set adrift
On life's harsh seas in stormy weather,
With no connective link or tether.
And we, the lighthouse lamp that burns,
For them to find when they return.
The child that left might yet come home,
But not for good, and just on loan.

Their lives flash by, and soon do ours,
And memory dims, like fading flowers;
Fond moments of their childhood fun
Then mark fond moments of our own.
Perhaps, some sunny Mother's Day,
If they've a mind to come my way,
They'll stop a moment, one last time,
To linger, look and find this line
Above my grave, carved in the stone:
'Life Is But A Short-Term Loan'.


THE RUDE CATEGORY [2 nominations]

Tony Crafter with:
The female reproductive system =
Hey! Sperm detects a fertile ovum!

Mey K. with:

My morning erection =
I cringe: "Mom, no entry!"



Count of Nominations by Author

= Nom in all categories (not counting Rude & Unspecified)

Adie Pena  20(gen 3, ent 3, top 2, ppl 2, oth 3, med, lng 2, spc, awc 3)
Tony Crafter  11(gen, ent, top, ppl, oth, med, lng, spc 2, awc, rud)
Dharam  10(gen, top, ppl 2, oth, spc, awc 4)
View  8(gen 2, ent, ppl, oth 2, awc 2)
db  7(gen, ppl, oth, med 2, awc 2)
Rosie Perera  2(med, awc)
Ed Pegg Jr  2(gen, oth)
Scott G  2(ent, med)
HSP  2(top, oth)
Mey K  2(gen, rud)
Nikola Zivanovic  1(top)

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