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threedogpeople · Sep 27, 2005

Which one are we playing???

wheezer?
fez-zer?
gezer?

Are my Mid-West roots showing? Is it "nee-zer" or "neh-zer"?

poetinahat · Sep 27, 2005

Pthom, I know the feeling!

3Dog, I always thought it was "neh-zer" (even with my own midwestern roots!). But I could be wrong.

In the words of the great Ernie Banks, "Let's play two!"

Pat~ · Sep 27, 2005

It's Nebuchad"neh-zar"...and I confess to cheating a bit...the people that lived in Gezer were pronounced "Geh-zrites", but the city is Gee-zer. (It also was conquered by the Assyrians about a century earlier, but I used a little poetic license...)

Should we use fez-zer??

threedogpeople · Sep 27, 2005

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
He conquered the city of Gezer.
A history buff, I'm not

threedogpeople · Sep 27, 2005

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
And he worked all his life as a "fez-zer",
his nick-name was Hatty

Pat~ · Sep 27, 2005

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
He conquered the city of Gezer.
A history buff, I'm not
But when put on the spot

Pthom · Sep 27, 2005

<¯¯¯¯¯ is gonna wait till there's a more reasonable word to rhyme to.

poetinahat · Sep 27, 2005

Reasonable... I say "Feh"

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
And he worked all his life as a "fez-zer",
his nick-name was Hatty
Hailing from Cincinnati

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My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
He conquered the city of Gezer.
A history buff, I'm not
But when put on the spot
He's up there with Julius Caesar

Pthom · Sep 27, 2005

Oh, what the heck:

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
And he worked all his life as a "fez-zer",
his nick-name was Hatty
Came from Cincinnati <--adjusted meter
Where he read The Curse of Ka’zar

I should just give up.

but there's a prompt missing.

so

here:

The nebula glowed infrared

Pat~ · Sep 27, 2005

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
And he worked all his life as a "fez-zer",
his nick-name was Hatty
Hailing from Cincinnati
He was known to be quite a cool dresser.

A flea and a fly in a flophouse

Pat~ · Sep 27, 2005

Pthom said:
Oh, what the heck:

My dad's name is Nebuchadnezzar
And he worked all his life as a "fez-zer",
his nick-name was Hatty
Came from Cincinnati <--adjusted meter
Where he read The Curse of Ka’zar

I should just give up.

but there's a prompt missing.

so

here:

The nebula glowed infrared

Um...I think infrared must be in the same rhyming dictionary as Nebuchadnezzar... (the one I don't have)...

reph · Sep 27, 2005

The nebula glowed infrared
The astronomer went back to bed

Pat~ · Sep 27, 2005

The nebula glowed infrared
The astronomer went back to bed
He dreamed of eclipses

poetinahat · Sep 27, 2005

The nebula glowed infrared
The astronomer went back to bed
He dreamed of eclipses,
trails like an ellipsis ...

Pthom · Sep 27, 2005

The nebula glowed infrared
The astronomer went back to bed
He dreamed of eclipses,
Trails like an ellipsis ...
Orion's belt swam in his head.

When Edison talked about current

Meaney · Sep 27, 2005

The nebula glowed infrared
The astronomer went back to bed
He dreamed of eclipses,
trails like an ellipsis ...
and woke next to a horse's head.

[non-astronomers, click here]

reph · Sep 27, 2005

When Edison talked about current
He spoke in contractions, like "weren't."

Meaney · Sep 27, 2005

The nebula...

Damn.
By the way, poetinahat, I'm searching for verb agreement on line 4!

Funnily enough, Pthom, the Horsehead Nebula is in the constellation of Orion.

Meaney · Sep 27, 2005

When Edison talked about current
He spoke in contractions, like "weren't":
"If it weren't for distance...

Pthom · Sep 27, 2005

Ha!

A flea and a fly in a flophouse
Waded through writings by Wodehouse

Pthom · Sep 27, 2005

Meaney said:
Funnily enough, Pthom, the Horsehead Nebula is in the constellation of Orion.

Does it glow infrared?

Pthom · Sep 27, 2005

When Edison talked about current
He spoke in contractions, like "weren't":
"If it weren't for distance...
and that awful resistance,

poetinahat · Sep 27, 2005

Meaney, re: line 4 above: End your search. There's no verb in the line. "Trails" is a plural noun.

When Edison talked about current
He spoke in contractions, like "weren't":
"If it weren't for distance...
and that awful resistance,
I'd buy a house... but I prefer rent."

Picking up the random entry from earlier:

A flea and a fly in a flophouse
Waded through writings by Wodehouse
The flea preferred Jeeves

Meaney · Sep 27, 2005

Here we go again...

Pthom said:
Does it glow infrared?

You won't believe me if I say yes, but: "The red glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis."

1.
A flea and a fly in a flophouse
Waded through writings by Wodehouse
"These scribbles are plum!"

2.
When Edison talked about current
He spoke in contractions, like "weren't":
"If it weren't for distance...
and that awful resistance,
this lightbulb would be more transpurrent."

3.
The wicked ol' witch of the West

reph · Sep 28, 2005

1.
A flea and a fly in a flophouse
Waded through writings by Wodehouse
"These scribbles are plum!"
"They're not! You're so dumb!"

3.
The wicked ol' witch of the West
Served poison to every tenth guest

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