tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86851388381936103892024-02-07T04:28:00.412-08:00Daily DoggerelDaniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.comBlogger2046125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-80234605168908442302020-08-15T06:41:00.003-07:002020-08-15T06:41:43.218-07:00Hiatus.<p> On hiatus for a while.</p>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-91964059595192969112020-08-14T03:46:00.004-07:002020-08-14T03:46:44.708-07:00Random Doggerel, 36<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face="" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brand Names Now Universal, 6</span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Laundromat</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Before I married—laundromat!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My home away from my wee home—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Apartment (or, preferred?) a flat<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">—</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Where there was little space to
roam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I saved my quarters—priceless
things<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That paid to clean both smudge and
stain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And stuff unpleasant (gnarly things)—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope I don’t need to explain!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">*expired as trademark in 1952</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V4BkPWiC087UldO6sRQNlivIAbbVxSyluHDhms2-vnIU0gRYWmEBJKV42jwHgiEqWrQSeM7b_YnwD5B-kCLY-pT09kcmURjtxBYYLO9MFZ1NFGBP4Rjg3b8s0Eo_-XNjvSZMdgbKCK7C/s300/lanudromat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V4BkPWiC087UldO6sRQNlivIAbbVxSyluHDhms2-vnIU0gRYWmEBJKV42jwHgiEqWrQSeM7b_YnwD5B-kCLY-pT09kcmURjtxBYYLO9MFZ1NFGBP4Rjg3b8s0Eo_-XNjvSZMdgbKCK7C/s0/lanudromat.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-79015867330701042152020-08-13T04:05:00.000-07:002020-08-13T04:05:27.034-07:00Random Doggerel, 35<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face="" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brand Names Now Universal,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Kerosene</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A word we’ve used for many years—</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A word that sometimes flames—</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A word now used so generally—</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Has had so many names.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">* trademarked in 1854--though I'm not sure it still is</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6g_0MpEatsWT6o8FXnSuybx6EqVIIAoSu_c90JL5pFUGIkBe7S-_izSalmM18NctgoQZT5m-JcmAPlFszNgzLdD9fm_5rS1OIzCoUE84iavkOrRVaam0mHEI4v36G4snnjrDD47ybTCe/s2048/kerosene.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1470" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6g_0MpEatsWT6o8FXnSuybx6EqVIIAoSu_c90JL5pFUGIkBe7S-_izSalmM18NctgoQZT5m-JcmAPlFszNgzLdD9fm_5rS1OIzCoUE84iavkOrRVaam0mHEI4v36G4snnjrDD47ybTCe/w188-h262/kerosene.jpeg" width="188" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-16648751349729918272020-08-12T03:43:00.000-07:002020-08-12T03:43:00.396-07:00Random Doggerel, 34<p> <b style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brand Names Now Universal, 4</span></b> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Jacuzzi</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jacuzzi? Yes, but I have tried</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Just one time, I recall.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was, I think, in winter—no, </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Not summer, spring, nor fall.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I felt self-conscious in that tub—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">That’s all that I recall.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I won’t repeat that episode—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">On, no, one time is <i>all</i>!</span></p><p>*Jacuzzi Brands, LLC</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AMT4vzOHKguvQCMzLYr1CqQF_lZs3VGLCBaGeP2TDWJOc2c4UEHbc0mzH4pLzP3rqPAiMqfW8-1Cp9wBPTNFxCyRbIGlScpvolv3HzwJqWototKd7inAvm8Xs_j19q9ORoh9rxHRV_MF/s1000/Jacuzzi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AMT4vzOHKguvQCMzLYr1CqQF_lZs3VGLCBaGeP2TDWJOc2c4UEHbc0mzH4pLzP3rqPAiMqfW8-1Cp9wBPTNFxCyRbIGlScpvolv3HzwJqWototKd7inAvm8Xs_j19q9ORoh9rxHRV_MF/w328-h328/Jacuzzi.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-57784783994229684002020-08-11T03:53:00.001-07:002020-08-11T03:53:24.121-07:00Random Doggerel, 33<p> <b style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brand Names Now Universal,
3</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Onesies</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I know not much of onesies—I</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have never put one on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well not, at least, since infancy—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">But those days long are gone.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Okay, I wrestled long ago—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">And didn’t have much luck.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, not because of onesies—but</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">At some sports I just suck.</span></p><p>*trademark: Gerber Children'swear, LLC</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzj0smxxP7GrI37d2i59oVxd0hRTOs9gUoWyk9D5NamjgTse0vWlrofSknCNSma7qTW8HdqTgDLnasaCpi8SqTZ1PJ_aqnrqlGDjCeBJ9T-e-LCKssSdfynIn1hY3cUzfA2spcUzDqy6D/s1000/onesie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzj0smxxP7GrI37d2i59oVxd0hRTOs9gUoWyk9D5NamjgTse0vWlrofSknCNSma7qTW8HdqTgDLnasaCpi8SqTZ1PJ_aqnrqlGDjCeBJ9T-e-LCKssSdfynIn1hY3cUzfA2spcUzDqy6D/w328-h328/onesie.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-53156045455567915102020-08-10T03:41:00.003-07:002020-08-10T13:01:01.399-07:00Random Doggerel, 32<p><b style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brand Names Now Universal,
2</span></b> </p><p><br /></p><p><b style="font-size: x-large;">Bubble Wrap</b></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I never would have guessed this term</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Was not a plain generic one—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Like <i>bug </i>or <i>bee </i>or <i>duck </i>or <i>worm</i>—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It seems so long ago begun.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">But so it is, I just now learned.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s trademarked—has a history—</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">A history unknown to me.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">(In ways, I guess, I’ve just been burned!)</span></p><p><span>*trademarked by Sealed Air Corporation</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgkUaF0aj-WWb6m0eW28CXXXVBQJ44zzmsgLHfqKeNVvZvAG-_IDTlFcGXWDSHmX-oYab2slrhvlUiSOXbxfuL4qto5Zl3jEWeTxwuNIThyGuwjuh_Be1yLPW4NuSeLucpIF1ObRssEa-/s276/bubble+wrap.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgkUaF0aj-WWb6m0eW28CXXXVBQJ44zzmsgLHfqKeNVvZvAG-_IDTlFcGXWDSHmX-oYab2slrhvlUiSOXbxfuL4qto5Zl3jEWeTxwuNIThyGuwjuh_Be1yLPW4NuSeLucpIF1ObRssEa-/s0/bubble+wrap.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-9513086866421256772020-08-09T04:47:00.000-07:002020-08-09T04:47:28.240-07:00Random Doggerel, 31<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Brand Names Now Universal, 1</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Jet Ski</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Who would have ever thought it?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That jet ski is a brand?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jet skiers would—well, of <i>course </i>they would—</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But all across the land</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And waters all around the world,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The name now is applied</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">To all devices similar—</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And not all certified!*</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">*Kawasaki's brand name</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBwYCpYvMLOCOx7X5hyphenhyphenJdXWzsh_v_7sIyJbQ8YdJdF47dFoBEv_GbEHTTmq13h-5VcjG5DlygKjbeHT5pT6MbazVGYGy-P3GV_UloJagZTFOOAW3UQ9S-t1j0nwc05yqmObaFwY2kVl9w/s318/jet+ski.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBwYCpYvMLOCOx7X5hyphenhyphenJdXWzsh_v_7sIyJbQ8YdJdF47dFoBEv_GbEHTTmq13h-5VcjG5DlygKjbeHT5pT6MbazVGYGy-P3GV_UloJagZTFOOAW3UQ9S-t1j0nwc05yqmObaFwY2kVl9w/s0/jet+ski.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-28875061738119730712020-08-08T03:49:00.000-07:002020-08-08T03:49:01.053-07:00Random Doggerel, 30<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;">Random Doggerel</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Misnamed, 20: Tiger Lily</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We know that Tiger Lily was</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">A character in <i>Peter Pan</i>,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">But it’s a puzzler, too, because,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is a flower, named by man.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Are things more contradictory</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Than flowers and that fearsome cat?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The one is lovely, we can see;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The other eats you, nothing flat!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, contradictions flow through time—</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And some are puzzling—some a hoot—</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some tigers kill you for a dime—</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some flowers bound to stalk and root.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc9HOGKte06pYbs8qedEeP7FXtEaYXLYTcAKZnAkfAR6M0mgoPTxdYAk93g8RqBkiurh-pQA_4na7IBMMBES_dUmwhPVs2GLdAPQk1gUVAWR1Vwh8A-Qao_xfuYiyZswQPZeDwSNjub_r/s500/tiger+lily.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc9HOGKte06pYbs8qedEeP7FXtEaYXLYTcAKZnAkfAR6M0mgoPTxdYAk93g8RqBkiurh-pQA_4na7IBMMBES_dUmwhPVs2GLdAPQk1gUVAWR1Vwh8A-Qao_xfuYiyZswQPZeDwSNjub_r/w320-h320/tiger+lily.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-31421130951962092012020-08-07T03:46:00.000-07:002020-08-07T03:46:14.473-07:00Random Doggerel, 29<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Random Doggerel</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Misnamed, 19: Swan Goose</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Make up your mind! Do you know birds?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or are you simply out of words?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">How can your language be so loose</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">To call a swan, instead, a goose?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or maybe it’s a goose for real?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And not a swan? How do <i>you</i> feel</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">When someone calls you Bob, not Burt?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, don’t you feel a little hurt?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzE7zT_eQpqDCuIkCBGwxH4GaL18EJKJfNIlaX5djvuISct9TmBFVZ2cl5VX0_ei0cFbyZ36obnBNjQOFB9KzOSlkl5Kxbo36lDqPN4k1eZGL7zg2H3KiLJ5J4Qyy11HsQGX6uXlCHd3lB/s1481/swan+goose.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1481" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzE7zT_eQpqDCuIkCBGwxH4GaL18EJKJfNIlaX5djvuISct9TmBFVZ2cl5VX0_ei0cFbyZ36obnBNjQOFB9KzOSlkl5Kxbo36lDqPN4k1eZGL7zg2H3KiLJ5J4Qyy11HsQGX6uXlCHd3lB/w328-h246/swan+goose.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-52531934327722158012020-08-06T03:46:00.003-07:002020-08-07T07:54:25.291-07:00Random Doggerel, 28<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Random Doggerel</b></span></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Misnamed, 18: skunk bear</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">A pleasant pair our series brings</font><span style="font-size: x-large;">—</span></div><div><font size="5">You have no choice but to agree:</font></div><div><font size="5">A creature that can eat such things</font></div><div><font size="5">Like you and (sadly), yes, like me.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">And add to him that smelly dude,</font></div><div><font size="5">Who thickens air with funky gas.</font></div><div><font size="5">I mean, is there a thing more rude</font></div><div><font size="5">Than spoiling air</font><span style="font-size: x-large;">—</span><font size="5">when will it <i>pass</i>!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqidx_d631wL1qPqg9VfKvyyAUIC6AIXIZcFblBNQsNsSKpyXNHXTXWJjmGO5SiMD13xRkb6OtZzwJf8dawfOV8z0iahyphenhypheneqJ177Vw-k6UuWT_HfArvU1zQLVhSxnJYkeAmcWpV2cH0Wpak/s270/skunk+bear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqidx_d631wL1qPqg9VfKvyyAUIC6AIXIZcFblBNQsNsSKpyXNHXTXWJjmGO5SiMD13xRkb6OtZzwJf8dawfOV8z0iahyphenhypheneqJ177Vw-k6UuWT_HfArvU1zQLVhSxnJYkeAmcWpV2cH0Wpak/s0/skunk+bear.jpg" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-85376148424509760622020-08-05T03:24:00.000-07:002020-08-05T03:24:47.793-07:00Random Doggerel, 27<div style="text-align: center;"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="5">Random Doggerel</font></b></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Misnamed, 18: Rhinoceros Beetle</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Now this is one I’d like to see!</font></div><div><font size="5">A beetle with a horn, I guess?</font></div><div><font size="5">Though I confess it seems to me</font></div><div><font size="5">That wouldn’t be too scary, yes?</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Unless, of course, you’re smaller! Then</font></div><div><font size="5">That beetle must look awesome, Yo.</font></div><div><font size="5">Enough to scare a bug named Ken—</font></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Who’ll run as fast as Ken can go.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqrlYjx6qrYyTrs4RNbEzXfVn3xoS1Tu31eHwk8tiVZOJSA_8Rs-tFRZd1JyTywuVFd-Mm7FKxQ5_S_R9tkZcWFPkrBeub8U0Mah1BlCZ9mYjLAbPTD4pY1S0DpZcJhiEd41yKkt0vnEY/s1200/rhino+beetle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqrlYjx6qrYyTrs4RNbEzXfVn3xoS1Tu31eHwk8tiVZOJSA_8Rs-tFRZd1JyTywuVFd-Mm7FKxQ5_S_R9tkZcWFPkrBeub8U0Mah1BlCZ9mYjLAbPTD4pY1S0DpZcJhiEd41yKkt0vnEY/w328-h184/rhino+beetle.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-28835580091978753752020-08-04T04:21:00.000-07:002020-08-04T04:21:22.695-07:00Random Doggerel, 26<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><font color="#ff0000">Random Doggerel</font></b></span></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Misnamed, 17: scorpion fly</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Now this one kind of creeps me out—</font></div><div><font size="5">A scorpion that flies!</font></div><div><font size="5">And when he lands and stings, I guess</font></div><div><font size="5">The stung one ups and dies?</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">You need a tennis racket as</font></div><div><font size="5">You deal with bugs in skies.</font></div><div><font size="5">I smack some tennis balls, of course,</font></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">But also scary flies!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXmpBzcXUFQpvcflAyIzaSh3-1d_V3e9LQHLt6dS-ATUXZr6uSQI-sT39E-WEITFfy2-BRR88argP4cQ2GO9tn2TSTmwY79VDzgfmSnpGyPWt0v-79AZ0-u8k6a0z2lzn5Swb-qtaOW1P/s271/scorpion+fly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXmpBzcXUFQpvcflAyIzaSh3-1d_V3e9LQHLt6dS-ATUXZr6uSQI-sT39E-WEITFfy2-BRR88argP4cQ2GO9tn2TSTmwY79VDzgfmSnpGyPWt0v-79AZ0-u8k6a0z2lzn5Swb-qtaOW1P/s0/scorpion+fly.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-45056160737124859062020-08-03T03:41:00.002-07:002020-08-03T12:52:31.367-07:00Random Doggerel, 25<div style="text-align: center;"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="5">Random Doggerel</font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Misnamed, 15: rat terrier</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">A rat that is a dog—a dog that is a rat.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Oh, there is something wrong with that!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The one is a most valued pet;</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">The other? Well, I wouldn’t bet</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">That lots of people kiss their rats—</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">I don’t hear all those smooches, splats</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">That come from homes where rats abide.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">(Who knows what’s going on inside?)</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">Yes, dogs are far more loved, I think.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5">And rats? Not valued like a mink!</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyaE6fuccyj2GzOpGiezfTIlLvAv5inapYP7N6ijh1B08wIzigTjentvCtojZWOBY6dM9ctYR3XGOdP0QGO-DLKGteHDFCJkO-92L33N-PH2ch4uWoLU4FA54HA_3etIXwu9rv14pJQsI/s1500/rat+terrier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyaE6fuccyj2GzOpGiezfTIlLvAv5inapYP7N6ijh1B08wIzigTjentvCtojZWOBY6dM9ctYR3XGOdP0QGO-DLKGteHDFCJkO-92L33N-PH2ch4uWoLU4FA54HA_3etIXwu9rv14pJQsI/w328-h328/rat+terrier.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-40532567503585549512020-08-02T04:44:00.005-07:002020-08-03T12:52:14.835-07:00Random Doggerel, 24<div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#ff0000" size="5"><b>Random Doggerel, 23</b></font></div><div><br /></div><font size="5">Misnamed, 14: mouse deer</font><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Now this one really makes no sense—</font></div><div><font size="5">A critter that’s both mouse and deer?</font></div><div><font size="5">I mean, the picture is not very clear</font></div><div><font size="5">Of this—but maybe I’m just dense?</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">So is the deer so very small?</font></div><div><font size="5">Or is the mouse so very big?</font></div><div><font size="5">And how did Nature ever rig</font></div><div><font size="5">A thing that is both short and tall?!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0Bl7CIM9PTjVk10JDTUaplGneotQxvzGJ904doVbSDv53NpLazGlGK8xAwgWYfMC0nIWQzauxBuvuXNksIqSoi6xcpu7a703dY5nctVCYNi_eyR46s5NBexfoCcmDZNZQ7iQkMWmbVqC/s720/mouse+deer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0Bl7CIM9PTjVk10JDTUaplGneotQxvzGJ904doVbSDv53NpLazGlGK8xAwgWYfMC0nIWQzauxBuvuXNksIqSoi6xcpu7a703dY5nctVCYNi_eyR46s5NBexfoCcmDZNZQ7iQkMWmbVqC/w328-h219/mouse+deer.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-69823740298096624342020-08-01T03:49:00.001-07:002020-08-03T12:52:01.530-07:00Random Doggerel, 23<div style="text-align: center;"><b><font color="#ff0000" size="5">Random Doggerel</font></b></div><font size="5"><br /></font><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Misnamed, 13: leopard frog</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">A leopard and a frog, you say?</font></div><div><font size="5">How can they be the same? No way!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">The one likes ponds and lily pads—</font></div><div><font size="5">The other eats our moms and dads.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Some leopards must be so alarmed</font></div><div><font size="5">To find that frogs are sometimes charmed—</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">And even earn a special kiss,</font></div><div><font size="5">Transforming them—oh, silly bliss!</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXvq3XQ6xg4VvR1jyD2zjwQoOgbXBMvMuRfe0jbihnL7ywMP4KPL3ZbvZGyWxAgFe7vxKTUpA1_AyeFn5ni0xFOO0rCGQ6QFaoJciKEOPAvhPO7JRRH_Pmr7Pf6XgB6NXC-O0TDPLS3lh/s2048/leopard+frog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXvq3XQ6xg4VvR1jyD2zjwQoOgbXBMvMuRfe0jbihnL7ywMP4KPL3ZbvZGyWxAgFe7vxKTUpA1_AyeFn5ni0xFOO0rCGQ6QFaoJciKEOPAvhPO7JRRH_Pmr7Pf6XgB6NXC-O0TDPLS3lh/w328-h246/leopard+frog.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-72573514623878817422020-07-31T03:46:00.003-07:002020-08-03T12:51:44.124-07:00Random Doggerel, 22<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Random Doggerel</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Misnamed 12: grasshopper mouse</span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now, these two names just make no sense—</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or not, at least, to me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">It what ways are these two the same?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">In mere mortality?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, both are born, and both will die—</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">But does that even mean</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">That they are both so similar</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">That they are king and queen!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5e4SdVMzimRfuhfD8xWLR0ubG-n9LGrTvWxdKii-3o4PpDHIEqn2atGCReGX4s1ln358AERrOwB1c8nl274_88HWjUmTiGud3ipdNWTZncSLNa6Gm3nuJKMBTim9VGWKQhksuJ2k2zdZj/s261/grasshopper+mouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5e4SdVMzimRfuhfD8xWLR0ubG-n9LGrTvWxdKii-3o4PpDHIEqn2atGCReGX4s1ln358AERrOwB1c8nl274_88HWjUmTiGud3ipdNWTZncSLNa6Gm3nuJKMBTim9VGWKQhksuJ2k2zdZj/s0/grasshopper+mouse.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-71119475064656436232020-07-30T03:39:00.001-07:002020-08-03T12:51:31.432-07:00Random Doggerel, 21<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 189.0pt; text-align: center;"><b><font size="5"><span style="color: red; line-height: 107%;">Random Doggerel</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">Misnamed, 12: fox squirrel </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5"><br /></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">A squirrel that looks like a fox?<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">Or is it just the other way?<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">Well, neither creature really talks,<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">So what to make of this display?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">But do we have to make a choice?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5"><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">It doesn’t really matter much.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">And so together—with one voice—<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">Wished to be an ant—“Oh, no, twit!”—</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This she said to her son Brian.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWskWN6q2JKejXUOue1eleopCGtOAYKIIeagRFP67s5hvpcXf5bAwfHN8Ahj9UJtFZ17IQzYBpOYs2U5bJh4Bb3hzo6wDAL2RVUjRr2m0FT1e3cwNhRkf_eK8lgzkcycyDafX2Udp5ZPw/s550/antlion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWskWN6q2JKejXUOue1eleopCGtOAYKIIeagRFP67s5hvpcXf5bAwfHN8Ahj9UJtFZ17IQzYBpOYs2U5bJh4Bb3hzo6wDAL2RVUjRr2m0FT1e3cwNhRkf_eK8lgzkcycyDafX2Udp5ZPw/s320/antlion.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><br />Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-38977575064979619352020-07-27T03:48:00.001-07:002020-07-27T03:48:13.907-07:00Random Doggerel, 18<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#ff0000" size="5"><b>Random Doggerel</b></font></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Misnamed 9: Flea Beetle</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">The beetle is not happy—no:</font></div><div><font size="5">It doesn’t want to be a flea.</font></div><div><font size="5">I understand—I think I know:</font></div><div><font size="5">That name would not, of course, please me.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">The flea’s not happy either, for</font></div><div><font size="5">A beetle’s not a pleasant choice.</font></div><div><font size="5">Oh, all (he thinks) is such a bore—</font></div><div><font size="5">He sees no way he can rejoice.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCzeQ_Z3347wK8dZVugoz3LIo8smiZZ6XY7qCDtrljHlSPbMM3P9soI5X7bUcWL3QqbnGDqPLjBVqE5ak-STV7cfPkk0JLZ-YCJuPdRnv8j6OwcTF1cYIQa8xk693Z97fkh-ov9nk8rk2/s1200/flea+beetle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCzeQ_Z3347wK8dZVugoz3LIo8smiZZ6XY7qCDtrljHlSPbMM3P9soI5X7bUcWL3QqbnGDqPLjBVqE5ak-STV7cfPkk0JLZ-YCJuPdRnv8j6OwcTF1cYIQa8xk693Z97fkh-ov9nk8rk2/s320/flea+beetle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div>Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-61953243690860028212020-07-26T04:45:00.000-07:002020-07-26T04:45:33.975-07:00Random Doggerel, 17<div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#ff0000" size="5">Random Doggerel</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><font size="5">Misnamed, 8: Burro/Mule Deer</font><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">Make up your mind! What is this thing?</font></div><div><font size="5">A burro or a deer?!?</font></div><div><font size="5">It can’t be both, as you well know—</font></div><div><font size="5">Let’s make that very clear.</font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5">A beast of burden? I think not.</font></div><div><font size="5">A deer (with fawn and buck)?</font></div><div><font size="5">I think so—yes! 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5">So if I find myself some spot</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Where one approaches fearful Dan—</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’ll take the one that can’t, not can.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="5"><br /></font></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eiFhaRueoqoUrE8dO6NkZne93YFkEdvrpsFO-gz8vN59xV-tLrzhUkmxGFX5X6LNeIcMr1lFhLUYVQNESNTv0xyWY98HMBxNbmNMhOAg1RW-sWo-HZNboUGGaw_MubeNaZg9HjVXR4iz/s275/alligator+turtle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eiFhaRueoqoUrE8dO6NkZne93YFkEdvrpsFO-gz8vN59xV-tLrzhUkmxGFX5X6LNeIcMr1lFhLUYVQNESNTv0xyWY98HMBxNbmNMhOAg1RW-sWo-HZNboUGGaw_MubeNaZg9HjVXR4iz/s0/alligator+turtle.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><br />Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-48146241764986964632020-07-24T03:42:00.000-07:002020-07-24T03:42:31.907-07:00Random Doggerel, 15<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’d like to see one in my yard:<br />
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<br />Daniel Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628515313794008501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685138838193610389.post-80900468028775049872020-07-22T03:37:00.000-07:002020-07-22T03:37:18.023-07:00Random Doggerel, 13<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 107%;">Random Doggerel</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Misnamed 4: fox squirrel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A squirrel cannot be a fox—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can’t, I
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just ask an
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<span style="font-size: large;">They’ll say
your thoughts are skewed!</span></div>
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