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Forum » Topic: The Late, Great William McGonagall http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 15:05:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php Son of Barnabas on "The Late, Great William McGonagall" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433#post-79403 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:52:45 +0000 Son of Barnabas 79403@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ You will, JB, you will The All New Jeni B on "The Late, Great William McGonagall" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433#post-79399 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:36:32 +0000 The All New Jeni B 79399@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Eh? I have no Aston Martin. I've never even met him! Son of Barnabas on "The Late, Great William McGonagall" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433#post-79394 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:28:24 +0000 Son of Barnabas 79394@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ In the year of our Lord two thousand and eleven, There arose such a scandal that for justice people cried out to heaven. For it came to light that many souls found their telephones had been hacked, And it made them mighty angry - and that's a fact. They summoned the man responsible from across the sea, And called to give account Rupert Murdoch - for it was he. They questioned him severely, and put him in his place, And then for good measure they pushed a custard pie in his face. And now the time has come to end this poem of mine, About the dreadful hacking scandal, which will be remembered for a very long time. Or closer to home, how about: There once was a bonny wee Scottish lass Who sought to impress us with her list of connections and her bonny wee Aston Martin. She claimed to know everyone, from greatest to least, top to bottom and back to front, But all they were interested in was a look at her beautiful countryside, (Which was actually quite attractive on the outskirts of Dundee). beau-jolly on "The Late, Great William McGonagall" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433#post-79377 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:52:18 +0000 beau-jolly 79377@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Όλοι σκεφτήκαμε τη ζώνη του ευρώ απορροφημένη και τώρα η οικονομία είναι fucked Oh, how we laughed. The All New Jeni B on "The Late, Great William McGonagall" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433#post-79375 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:45:43 +0000 The All New Jeni B 79375@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Ah yes. McGonagall. Our local 'poet'. theumpire on "The Late, Great William McGonagall" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=28433#post-79365 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:27:52 +0000 theumpire 79365@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Almost since life began I’ve been a dedicated fan Of Terence “Spike” Milligan (You know The Goons ‘n’ all) It was he In nineteen hundred and sixty three Introduced me To the great William McGonagall (if you don’t know who he was, or your memory is a little bit sticky – follow this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall#List_of_poems">link</a> and look him up in Wiki). His disaster poetry – The Tay Bridge Disaster, Wreck of the Thomas Dryden in Pentland Firth, etc, etc – would hardly find a sympathetic audience today. Would this, for instance, meet with your approval? “’Twas on the eleventh of March, two thousand and eleven, More than twenty five thousand brave Japanese souls found themselves on their way to heaven." If he were alive today, he would be limited to some of the great scandals of the day – can anyone provide me with an MP’s expenses verse, or a phone-hacking couplet? Maybe a few lines on the Libyan uprising or a Greek Financial Meltdown.