Doghead's Cosmic Bar
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Go for it. I wouldn't have posted it if I hadn't wanted people to use it.
An even funnier idea would be to try to get some of it published without mentioning the source. There's so much pretentious nonsense that gets written and published, that you could probably find a poetry editor to fall for it and start fawning over its "significant contribution to the semiotics of alienation" or "post-modern insights into the existential despair of our Age". Or some such bollocks. Of course, it would have to make much less sense than my example
An even funnier idea would be to try to get some of it published without mentioning the source. There's so much pretentious nonsense that gets written and published, that you could probably find a poetry editor to fall for it and start fawning over its "significant contribution to the semiotics of alienation" or "post-modern insights into the existential despair of our Age". Or some such bollocks. Of course, it would have to make much less sense than my example
On NPR Saturday morning, the announcer read an excerpt of some Middle Eastern dictator's (or possibly terrorist's) poetry. I swear that it sounded just like Vogon poetry.
Somehow, I think I must've done something very, very wrong.
o0 The Oddity 0o: There's not a single rustling bush so fleet,
There's not a single rustling bush so fleet -
There's not a single rustling bush you goon,
There's not a single rustling bush you goon.
o0 The Oddity 0o: There's not a single rustling bush so fleet,
There's not a single rustling bush so fleet -
There's not a single rustling bush you goon,
There's not a single rustling bush you goon.
Oops - sorry. You're only allowed 2 different returns from a plugin per response, and you have to specify them to stop them repeating.
Quick hack:
copy plugins 1-4 respectively into 4 new plugins 5-8,
add a 2 to the end of each plugin name in the response at the point of it's second usage. 1-4 get used twice in the first 2 lines, so change to 5-8 for the next.
eg:
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin5) (plugin5),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin74).
You'd need 7 sets of plugins for a 14-line sonnet at that rate, but that's not time consuming if you just copy each set.
Quick hack:
copy plugins 1-4 respectively into 4 new plugins 5-8,
add a 2 to the end of each plugin name in the response at the point of it's second usage. 1-4 get used twice in the first 2 lines, so change to 5-8 for the next.
eg:
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin5) (plugin5),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin74).
You'd need 7 sets of plugins for a 14-line sonnet at that rate, but that's not time consuming if you just copy each set.
Aargh! My brain's too tired - that should be:
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin6) (plugin4),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin42).
you don't need sets 7 or 8...
Sorry - it's 3AM and I can't do this now. I'm pretty sure that will work, but there's a redundant pair of plugins somewhere.
(plugin1) (plugin2) (plugin3),{br}
(plugin12) (plugin22) (plugin32) -{br}
(plugin5) (plugin6) (plugin4),{br}
(plugin52) (plugin62) (plugin42).
you don't need sets 7 or 8...
Sorry - it's 3AM and I can't do this now. I'm pretty sure that will work, but there's a redundant pair of plugins somewhere.
Not too bad...
o0 The Oddity 0o: I thought I saw a bounding stag in sleet,
I thought I saw a glowing moon so neat -
I thought I saw a drifting cloud you loon,
I thought I saw a rustling bush, you goon.
o0 The Oddity 0o: I thought I saw a bounding stag in sleet,
I thought I saw a glowing moon so neat -
I thought I saw a drifting cloud you loon,
I thought I saw a rustling bush, you goon.
lol...
What I came up with is SO much more complicated and varied than that... and will probably never work. Well, off to go alter what I have and try to avoid keyphrases within keyphrases.
What I came up with is SO much more complicated and varied than that... and will probably never work. Well, off to go alter what I have and try to avoid keyphrases within keyphrases.
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