SODAM emerges blinking into the sunlight to the rapturous applause of the huge throng.
She adopts Declamatory Stance no. 34 but one of the assembly calls for her to adopt no.36 (similar to 34, but with left arm extended.) SODAM obliges, smiles at the crowd, then unfurls the Scroll and declaims:
Official BBQ Ode 2002
umra BBQ 2002, Held inside the Toodle' loo [1] [2] Yet in their flower-beds, coloured pink, Smile numerous umrats full of drink; Dild gloriously takes effect On several umrats, neatly decked While from the barbie glowing hot, Come ribs of GLOUCESTERSHIRE OLD SPOT . . . Fetched here to the sunny south Where BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT inside one's mouth. See what the umrats bring to feast Cordials brewed from hops and yeast Ah God! to taste the chocolate cake, Cheeses, not of HELLEN's make (They don't smell thrilling-sweet and rotten. Unforgettable, unforgotten.) Quiche,and salads, ripe salami And is that curry BIRIANI? CRAWFISH, SQUID, apricots, figs Marmite pork is RUBBISH WITH PIGS All spread in Toodles' dining room (CLOCKWISE) A haven of green gloom.
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Topical insert, eighteenth of May: The rain held off, hip, hip, hooray .................................
God! pack, and take a train, And get me to Reading once again! -- Oh, damn! We know it! and we know How to put on a decent show, And make the day go with a bang Or a meringue?
Alas, today, not a chocolate plum, Their purveyor, our umran chum Chankel, gone to his rest sublime. (I hope God's railway runs to time!) [3] His memory will never go, For CHAMPAGNE moments we will know. Hesky gone too, and also Glyn. Let's raise our glasses, water or gin Coke or beer: our elbow bends To drink a toast to absent friends
[1] written on the day, with the sky looking very overcast [2] Toodle-oo! [3] I bet it will now.
SODAM furls the ode, bows gracefully and glides gracefully from the dais to rapturous calls of "Eh?", "Who's that?" "Where's her carer?" etc.
Mary Kemp wrote in message ... >Official BBQ Ode 2002 >umra BBQ 2002, >Held inside the Toodle' loo [1] [2] >Yet in their flower-beds, coloured pink, >Smile numerous umrats full of drink;
And Sid sent cheery waves by relay From Shepherds Bush's campanile.
A classic Ode, SODAM. Up there with the best of them. Bravo!
Er...now about this little matter of The Ritz...... -- Sid Shepherds Bush, West London
In message <ant1902510b0d...@julie.local.net> SODAM proclaimed and declaimed:
>SODAM emerges blinking into the sunlight to the rapturous applause of the huge >throng. >She adopts Declamatory Stance no. 34 but one of the assembly calls for her to >adopt no.36 (similar to 34, but with left arm extended.) SODAM obliges, smiles >at the crowd, then unfurls the Scroll and declaims: >Official BBQ Ode 2002
Wish I'd been there to hear it... Splendid!
>SODAM furls the ode, bows gracefully and glides gracefully from the dais to >rapturous calls of "Eh?", "Who's that?" "Where's her carer?" etc.
It was reassuring, when I arrived so very late as I did, to find SODAM still in Her Aspect as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, Playful & Idyllic Poetry, signalised by her wearing of the ivy wreath about her brow; but I think we must provide her with the other essential for Thalia, the shepherd's staff, next year. Otherwise she might be mistaken for Melpomene, and that would _never_ do.
"In addition to being a Muse, she is also considered to be one of the Three Graces. When you look at ancient Greek paintings and sculptures, she is often depicted holding a comic mask in her left hand and a staff in her right hand...and seems always to be wearing an ivy crown."
Alas, this leaves no hand free to hold the Scroll. Perhaps if we can manage to get Mr Sheep to come to the BBQ, he might carry the shepherd's staff for her and stand respectfully behind her during the Declamation. He could use it to beat back the hordes of admirers trying to kiss the hem of her robe
Weevil
AttLSM, UBBBA, UNCEMPT BAG, HAHA Gotta keep rockin' while I still can Got a two-pack habit and a motel tan.
In article <20020520143912.0458877573992...@firedrake.org>,
<URL:mailto:anon2...@firedrake.org> wrote: > In message <ant1902510b0d...@julie.local.net> SODAM proclaimed and declaimed:
> >SODAM emerges blinking into the sunlight to the rapturous applause of the huge > >throng. > >She adopts Declamatory Stance no. 34 but one of the assembly calls for her to > >adopt no.36 (similar to 34, but with left arm extended.) SODAM obliges, smiles > >at the crowd, then unfurls the Scroll and declaims: > >Official BBQ Ode 2002 > It was reassuring, when I arrived so very late as I did, to find SODAM > still in Her Aspect as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, Playful & Idyllic Poetry, > signalised by her wearing of the ivy wreath about her brow; but I think we > must provide her with the other essential for Thalia, the shepherd's staff, > next year. Otherwise she might be mistaken for Melpomene, and that would > _never_ do.
Oh dear me, no.
She let that Kenton down good and proper.
> "In addition to being a Muse, she is also considered to be one of the > Three Graces. When you look at ancient Greek paintings and sculptures, > she is often depicted holding a comic mask in her left hand and a staff > in her right hand...and seems always to be wearing an ivy crown."
Would a Mickey Mouse mask do? I know where I can get one.
> Alas, this leaves no hand free to hold the Scroll. Perhaps if we can > manage to get Mr Sheep to come to the BBQ, he might carry the shepherd's > staff for her and stand respectfully behind her during the Declamation. He > could use it to beat back the hordes of admirers trying to kiss the hem of > her robe
What a charming picture this conjures up. Perhaps Mr Sheep could act as bearer, but let him not repel all boarders. Suffer the umrats to come unto me.
<I was a little pertubed by the antics of one, but he explained that he was trying to kiss my new garter.>
anon2...@firedrake.org wrote: > It was reassuring, when I arrived so very late as I did, to find SODAM > still in Her Aspect as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, Playful & Idyllic Poetry,
I look through your capitals and tried to work out whether I'd ever encountered the acronym HAT McPIP before...
> "In addition to being a Muse, she is also considered to be one of the > Three Graces. When you look at ancient Greek paintings and sculptures, > she is often depicted holding a comic mask in her left hand
In message <3CEA7B4B.700E1...@fox.freedombird.net> Linda ff wrote:
>anon2...@firedrake.org wrote: >> It was reassuring, when I arrived so very late as I did, to find SODAM >> still in Her Aspect as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, Playful & Idyllic Poetry, >I look through your capitals and tried to work out whether I'd ever >encountered the acronym HAT McPIP before...
Dem wasn't accronymical, just decent honest respect. Not every day one encounters the avatar of a muse, after all.
Mind you, I'm sure there's room for an explanation of HAT McPIP apart from the obvious. This is umra, after all.
>> "In addition to being a Muse, she is also considered to be one of the >> Three Graces. When you look at ancient Greek paintings and sculptures, >> she is often depicted holding a comic mask in her left hand >Wot, one of those Dennis the Menace jobbies?
:-] Somerat must have one they aren't using. Or SODAM herself mentioned she has a Mickey Mouse mask.
>> and a staff in her right hand... >It's what your right arm's for, isn't it?
Don't ask me, I just found the quote! I did suggest it might be useful for beating back the admiring hordes. I suppose it could be put into service as an eggwhisk?
Weevil
AttLSM, UBBBA, UNCEMPT BAG, HAHA Gotta keep rockin' while I still can Got a two-pack habit and a motel tan.
Mary Kemp provoked me into replying by saying among other things:
>SODAM emerges blinking into the sunlight to the rapturous applause of the huge >throng. >Official BBQ Ode 2002
I was going to award you the LSS Order of the Garter but due to incompetence in the Knicker Department I regret to say this has gone the way of the BTA's 2002 :-( However, we must be grateful for this being a private matter - nobody on umra knows anything about it. Whew! It might have been one of those embarrassing Ritz moments otherwise.
Linda Fox wrote in message >anon2...@firedrake.org wrote:
>> and a staff in her right hand...
>It's what your right arm's for, isn't it?
Quite. Although Jeremy Hardy did remark that President Clinton broke the commandment that "Thou shalt not comfort thy rod with thy staff". -- Sid Shepherds Bush, West London
In article <xAo2OxAgCq68E...@linda.reflectman.com>, Btms
<URL:mailto:B...@reflect.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote: > Mary Kemp provoked me into replying by saying among other things: > >SODAM emerges blinking into the sunlight to the rapturous applause of the huge > >throng. > >Official BBQ Ode 2002
> I was going to award you the LSS Order of the Garter but due to > incompetence in the Knicker Department I regret to say this has gone the > way of the BTA's 2002 :-( However, we must be grateful for this being a > private matter - nobody on umra knows anything about it. Whew! It might > have been one of those embarrassing Ritz moments otherwise.
But I've got it!
Haven't you seen my new sig: LG - LSS? (Lady of the Garter, Lynda Snell Society.)
I shall henceforth be known as Lady SODAM on formal occasions.
>In article <xAo2OxAgCq68E...@linda.reflectman.com>, Btms ><URL:mailto:B...@reflect.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote: >> Mary Kemp provoked me into replying by saying among other things: >> >SODAM emerges blinking into the sunlight to the rapturous applause >> >of the huge >> >throng. >> >Official BBQ Ode 2002
>> I was going to award you the LSS Order of the Garter but due to >> incompetence in the Knicker Department I regret to say this has gone the >> way of the BTA's 2002 :-( However, we must be grateful for this being a >> private matter - nobody on umra knows anything about it. Whew! It might >> have been one of those embarrassing Ritz moments otherwise.
>But I've got it!
>Haven't you seen my new sig: LG - LSS? >(Lady of the Garter, Lynda Snell Society.)
>I shall henceforth be known as Lady SODAM on formal occasions.
Where's the pictorial evidence then? Where is the applause and admiration of the of the thong - OOPS sorry, I meant throng. -- Btms
In message <acm1ut$lj...@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk> TNMF wrote:
> anon2...@firedrake.org writes: >> He could use it to beat back the hordes of admirers trying to kiss >>the hem of her robe >coo. i never thought of kissing the hem of her robe! >i shall have to give that a go next year...
Just make sure Mr Sheep hasn't turned up.
Weevil
AttLSM, UBBBA, UNCEMPT BAG, HAHA Gotta keep rockin' while I still can Got a two-pack habit and a motel tan.
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