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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 4:49PM

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Nether Stowey. The annual round-robin recital of Rime of the Ancient Mariner has been completed in a record 0:29, reports a member of the Abridged Coleridge Society. "We left out the parts that were drug-induced," says our source, initiating a lively panel discussion that will almost certainly degenerate into fisticuffs and bawdy singing.

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The Lost Limericks: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A crazy old coot hits the sauce

And tells of a dead albatross

That stank up the deck

As it hung on his neck

And made everyone terribly cross.

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Ha! Do you know where I could get a pint of laudanum?

nanatehay

September 17, 2009 04:52 PM

I forgot that the poem is actually a limerick.

Steve Blevins

September 17, 2009 04:56 PM

Steve, you're a doc. What does a guy need to do to get a scrip for a pint of laudanum? I've been having a little trouble...um...sleeping recently, yeah, that's it.

nanatehay

September 17, 2009 04:57 PM

Nether Stowey sounds like a fun place:)

Drew-Silla

September 17, 2009 05:09 PM

I'd like to write a long, thoughtful comment, but a Person from Porlock seems to be at the door.

Hells Bells

September 17, 2009 05:15 PM

laudanum is preferable to tomato juice. rAted!

Chuck A. Stetson

September 17, 2009 05:35 PM

Opium and all of it's derivatives are terribly evil. That's why I quit all of them. Last week. Well, four days ago, to be honest. But I will never touch them again. And that's the truth. True story.

Michael Rodgers

September 17, 2009 08:47 PM

What's peom and where can I get some, just for recreational use?

:)

;)

Tinkerertink69

September 18, 2009 05:56 AM

Tink, I'll bet you have the ingredients for poem in your home right now. Google for one of the many online recipes. I'm told it's easier than pipe bombs.