Apr 06 2012

Friday Cephalopod: A reader submission!

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In the waters off Papua New Guinea
Gerald M Dollar went swimming;
At the bottom of Milne Bay he did see
A cuttlefish…errm, a cuttlefish…umpty-tumpty-imming.

Hey, don’t look at me that way. I thought all cuttlefish posts were supposed to be poems. It’s not my fault I suck at it.

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'Tis Himself

6 April 2012 at 7:34 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Leave the poetry to the experts.
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eric

6 April 2012 at 8:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

…a photography contest winning?
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=8)-DX

6 April 2012 at 8:06 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

PZ waxes poetic. Cuttlefish is not amused.
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echidna

6 April 2012 at 8:26 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

And the most recent post at the Cuttleblog is, for once, not in verse.
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StevoR

6 April 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

So PZ is warning Cuttlefish to avoid prose and stick to poetry otherwise PZ will invade his domain and wax poetic then?
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reynoldhall

6 April 2012 at 8:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Actually, yes…it is your fault that you suck at rhyme. Perhaps you should stick to science and fighting superstition next time.

At least you admit that it’s bad since it’s obvious that there is a lot of improvement to be had. Unlike the religous who think that their ramblings are intellectually delicious whose self-delusion is just sad.
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Cuttlefish

6 April 2012 at 9:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Just call it “free verse”, and you’re set!
Though you still couldn’t rhyme on a bet–
Well, unless you are me,
In which case, the word “free”
Will refer to the payment you get.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/cuttlefish/2010/07/10/free-verse/
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dubocn74

6 April 2012 at 9:21 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Read it out with a wild-eyed intensity. Then you can claim that you’re a slam poet.
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neal

6 April 2012 at 9:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

… a cuttlefish a-cuttlefishing.
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Glen Davidson

6 April 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

The cuttlefish is about as much amused as it is cuddly.

Glen Davidson
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twist

6 April 2012 at 10:09 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

It looks a wee bit disapproving…
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GDad

6 April 2012 at 11:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Awwww…. they should call it a “cuddlefish.”
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DLC

6 April 2012 at 1:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Nah, just write some oddly resonant prose, read it to the backing of some soft snare drums, and claim you’re a beat poet.
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eddyline

7 April 2012 at 10:01 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“umpty-tumpty-imming”…you’re channeling Bertram Wooster, I believe.