Thursday 23 August 2007

Poetic Procrastination

During a near terminally boring quiet day at work, Witsy rescued me by setting me the following task:

"Write a poem on the theme of public transport including the words 'tripe', 'exorcist' and 'boobies'."

Here is the lyrical result:

Public Transport
London’s a vast complex maze
So to travel efficiently, pays
By rail track or gravel
It’s exciting to travel
In all kinds of different ways
It’s called ‘Public’ so on some occasions
You’ll meet people of different persuasions
A librarian, a flautist
A docTOR, and exORcist
Or Frenchmen, Mancunians or Asians
You may hear a Londoner gripe
About prices and other such hype
But that’s propaganda
See yourself, have a gander
You’ll see it’s a load of old tripe
There is only one warning I’ll say
Before sending you off on your way
Since you’re such a cutie
Cover boobies and booty
Or be tube-dwelling lecherous prey

Thursday 16 August 2007

OddBabble's School for Young Ladies #1

How To Receive a Compliment from a Young Single Man

Actual conversation after a recent gig*

Young man I barely know: That was lovely OddBabble
OddBabble: Thanks
Young man: You sound a bit like Dido actually
OddBabble: WHAT?! I HATE DIDO! TAKE THAT BACK!
Young man: Oh...
OddBabble: TELL ME I SOUND LIKE JONI MITCHELL.
Young man: Um, I don't know who he is
OddBabble says: JUST SAY IT
Young man: Um...ysndlikjjjmmmmll
OddBabble says: THANKYOU!

They part company

*I mean actual. I haven't even added anything for comic effect. I ACTUALLY said all this.