06-02-2025, 10:40 PM
(06-02-2025, 09:19 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Hat tip to James Freeman from the WSJ:
Quote:Bye-ku for a Lot of Russian Planes
Drones, unlike Troy’s toy,
Aren’t things of myth: Beware
Of rigs gifting Bears.
—Anonymous
I like it but isn't the second line supposed to have 7 syllables?
On second thought, maybe I'm the only person who pronounces "aren't" as a one-syllable word...
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)