http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4754 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 18:40:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4754#post-13435 Thu, 20 May 2010 17:32:53 +0000 PluckyMunky 13435@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In my Oxford Dictionary of Words that are Almost Never Used (O.U.P 2006), 'shriven' is a recognised word, Mr Hunter. </p> <p>I did enjoy your poem and I hope we have many more to come from your pen. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4754#post-13305 Thu, 20 May 2010 05:19:08 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 13305@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I was going for "shrove", of course, but was waylaid by practicalities. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4754#post-13303 Thu, 20 May 2010 02:59:15 +0000 PluckyMunky 13303@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That's a beautiful and moving poem, Mr Thompson. Shriven is a nice word, too. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=4754#post-13288 Wed, 19 May 2010 21:03:11 +0000 Hunter F. Thompson 13288@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The Hedgehog and the Swithy Tove have bedded down together.<br /> The way they look, we know they are of quite a different feather.<br /> They made us wink, they made us shrug: their discomfort is a given,<br /> And with all the terrible things they'll do, not likely to be shriven. </p>