FEB 29, (28b), American satire (prolongation): criminal lying

 

Authors' Note: Lines written in August 2023, two-and-a-half years after the sad events of January 6, 2021. What more can I say? 

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 40 more on this topic in 9 collections on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE to start! 

FEB 28, urban concerns: elevator reluctance

Authors' Note: 

groundling: the author's nickname for people who live on the ground floor, such as, up 'til now, his immediate family members

lift: Canadians, like their American neighbours, usually term this device an 'elevator'; to fit the tight space here, we borrowed the British synonym; however, it is noted that we retained our customary spelling of story (rather than the British storey)

helluva: common undefined slang that has been used in 40 verses on OEDILF to date (2023); presumably a distortion of hell of a ...

Another true personal story, apart from taking liberties with the floor numbers. The author currently inhabits a rental unit across the building from the suite being gloriously renovated/demolished by 'Carl the contractor'. This situation accords with advice by a relative to 'try out the lifestyle change' to ease the transition from house to 'bungalow in the sky'.

 

FEB 30, (28c), singable satire (guest-lyricist Al Silver): "LET US DO IT" (spoof of Cole Porter's original)

 PARODY-LYRICS: GUEST-ARTIST

ORIGINAL SONG: "Let's Do It" 1928, Cole Porter 

PARODY-LYRICS COMPOSED: Al Silver, 2013, used here with permission. Al had been a frequent contributor to the AmIRight song-parody website.

You can view Al's delightful lyrics along with some commentary (without images or chords)  displayed on that website at AmIRight.com Post "Let's Do It"

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" with chord-charts for both the parody and original song, as well as helpful performing suggestions. 

 To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany Al Silver's "LET US DO IT" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

Check out our post on "Whole Foods" for another great parody by Al Silver.

Irene Bordoni,
 French chanteuse
star of Porter's musical
 "Paris", 1929

LET'S DO IT 

(to the tune of "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love")

Birds do it, bees do it; White House interns on their knees do it;

Let's do it, let's fall in love.

On grocery shelves Keebler elves do it; clergy praying by themselves do it;

Let's do it, let's fall in love

Insects in flight late at night do it, but they raise such a din.

Leno can't quite do it, 'cause he uses his chin.

Siegfried and Roy, boy on boy, do it; Quakers, with a minimum of joy, do it; 

Let's do it, let's fall in love. 

Bums do it, champs do it; in a circuit volts and amps do it;

Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Saddam Hussein, giving pain, did it; Mister Clinton down the drain did it;

Let's do it, let's fall in love. 
Old Errol Flynn, Rin Tin Tin do it, though they're both six feet deep. 
Shepherds give in to it with a sensuous sheep. 
It feels so fine, folks online do it. Missionaries, only when supine, do it;
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Hindus, reborn, do it; Gunga, clutching at a horn, blew it. 
Let's do it, let's fall in love. 
By golly, Bengalis all do it; tourists in the Taj Mahal do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

When time allows, sacred cows do it with a rapturous moo;

Jungle boys now do it, thanks to Mister Sabu.

While in Bombay, by the way, do it; if it's not untouchable, you may screw it 

Let's do it, let's fall in love. 

Cobras, with charm, do it; beggars laying down their alms do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
The holy caste, while they fast, do it; Gandhi to the last did eschew it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Nehru (he's dead), it is said, did it, but here's something of note:
He'd go to bed fitted in eponymous coat.
And just for kicks turbaned Sikhs do it; population experts all say nix to it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

FEB 27, wordplay: Scramble-towns eastern Canada,16

 

LINKS to other nonsense in this series: 

Forward to the postal supplements maps (final post in this series), eh?

Back up to the first Canadian map.

Back up to the first American map.

FEB 26, handyman's lesson: restoring your old greenhouse, introduction

You can watch for further lessons in the restoration process on April 20.

A NOTE FOR (potentially) DISAPPOINTED READERS !!!

Athough the Palm Court has been closed for renovations, portions of the Conservatory facility remain open, If you can't manage to come by for a look yourself, you can still take in the joys of a visit by clicking HERE. 

  

FEB 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 31

 GREETINGS, WORDPLAY ENTHUSIASTS !!!

  

You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Edifying Nonsense", a light literary entity that emanates through the blogosphere daily (almost), i.e. 30 times per month.

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. Their profiles are indicated in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", and continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s). 

You can access all of this material by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the delightful material that you will discover. 

FEB 24, classic palindrome: 'T. Eliot's toilet'

You can review more illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

FEB 23, L/M, lexicon of word-pairs: alliterative binomials L to M

Giorgio's lexicon of binomials (alliterative)

Quite a few alliterative binomials have been highlighted in short verses by the authors:   these include ... "live and learn". 

And, for those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (alliteratives Si-T) by clicking HERE.

FEB 22, signs of confusion: third collection

 This post is the third in a series of 5. You can attempt to get all of this straight by reviewing the collections in the previous posts ...

signs of confusion#2
signs of confusion #1

We hope that you enjoyed this post, the third in a series of 5. You can attempt to get all of this straight by pushing on to review the collections in these subsequent posts ...

signs of confusion #4

signs of confusion #5

FEB 21, dental feelings: cavities

 

You can review the collection of illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Dental Feelings' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

FEB 20, singable satire: The Red Army Chorus sings " DARK SCHEMES" (Russian Hacking)

ORIGINAL SONG (music): "Dark Eyes (Ochi Chornye)", poem written in Russian by Ukrainian poet Hrebinka in 1843, set to music in 1884; recorded by Al Jolson, Django Reinhart, Louis Armstrong, Red Army Chorus, Fyodor Chaliapin, Ivan Rebroff etc.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2018, related to the 2016  winter Olympics . 

PARODY SONG-LINK: See the version designed for ukulele and guitar players on "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" HERE.

 

DARK SCHEMES (RUSSIAN HACKING)

(to the tune of "Dark Eyes" ("Ochi Chornye")

A huge triumph for our Russian hackers,

With support PUT IN by Kremlin backers.

Secret intrusion -- seek Red collusion,

Get the goods on sad Trump detractors.

Rationale why we try subvert the West?

We need silly poems. You guys got the best.

No laugh Soviets. Putin still says, Nyet!"

So steal comedy, we'll be funniest.

Once was oligarch from Nantucket

Hid all cash in pail. Tax? He'd duck it.

But his daughter Nan found a man with plan -- 

Informed KGB, then stole bucket. 

Lady traveller, named Miss Brightsky,

She exceeded 'c', speed of lightsky.

She set off from Omsk, took train back from Tomsk,

And returned next week, Sunday nightsky.

Trapped in samovar, were a flea and fly

(English word is 'tea'; Russians call it 'chai');

They played sweet guitar, smoked Cuban cigar,

Though when water boiled, they would surely die. 

You should not pay heed, when the joke's on us; 

Shield you from such filth, we should make a fuss.

What could be appeal, what Chris Steele reveal?

Golden shower file we should not discuss.

Though the IOC* dinged us for doping

Russian hacking teams don't sit moping.

Super dupers are scooping covert medals for duping --

It's a banner year, Vladimir's hoping.

*IOC = International Olympic Committee

FEB 19, waterfowl: feral ducks

 You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

FEB 18, birdlore: Eastern towhees

 You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLIFE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

FEB 17, palinku (poetic novelty): drinks

 You can view them all our verses of this type if you  proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. (Or if you prefer, you can stay on this particular blogsite and look for the offerings for the 17th day of each month -- there are now more than 60 of these.)

FEB 16, mythed opportunities: Leda and the swan

Authors' Note: King T. refers to Sparta's King Tyndareus, husband of Leda. These characters in the story of "Leda and the Swan" were presumably mortal. However, relevant accounts, as depicted in literature and representative art, vary as to the mortal status of the couple's famous offspring (the twins Helen and Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux were hatched as human babies from the oversized eggs.)

"Leda and the Swan"

a subtle rendition with the swan at her feet;

unspecified British sculptor,

Allan Gardens Conservatory, Toronto.

See more views of Toronto's Allan Gardens Conservatory HERE. 

"Leda and the Swan", bronze sculpture,
Bruno Piccirilli, 1945,
displayed at Brookgreen Gardens, SC

Leda and the Swan,
marble and soapstone, 1898, D. M. Ferrary
Sculpture, Lady Lever Gallery, UK

You can take advantage of the whole spectrum of illustrated poems dealing with 'Mythed Opportunities' that we have collected on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

FEB 15, signs of confusion: second collection

This post is the second in a series of 5. You can attempt to get all of this straight by reviewing the collection in the previous post of November 15, 2022 : 

 signs of confusion #1 

toplessness?

as a child, I believed that 'Pickering'
was an abbreviation for 'pickled herring'.
I guess I was wrong

 This post is the second in a series of 5. You can push onwards and  review the collections in these subsequent posts ... 

signs of confusion #3

signs of confusion #4

signs of confusion #5