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Anoney on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Anoney — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:37:06 +0000

An eloquent lady of Edgebaston
Desired the Athenian Option
So she said to Liam Byrne
Stand up and be firm
It’s the difference between spin and a hard-on

Justin Pickard on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Justin Pickard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:13:35 +0000

I met an eloquent lady in Edgbaston;
The candidate, an iconoclast on
The Lords' abolition,
A return to sortition,
Her speech left us speechless in aston

ishment. And the prevailing wind, she'd intuit;
“Hereditary peers? Well, they blew it,
We need revolution,
A fresh constitution,
And we can win if we put our minds to it.”

Guy Aitchison on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Guy Aitchison — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:21:20 +0000

I vote for Dougthedug's effort so far.

Bit of a joint effort this one....

I met an eloquent lady in Edgebaston
Who said "Liam, you're puling a fast one
With this Britishness thing
It's Brown you're aping
But when we put our minds to it
Us voters see through it
And that's why you're not going to last son!"

Anthony Barnett on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Anthony Barnett — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:59:48 +0000

From Joan and Judith

An eloquent lady of Brum
Considered the Minister scum
“Though you put your mind to it
We all see right through it
You’re just banging the nationalist drum!”

Dougthedug on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Dougthedug — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:08:50 +0000

I met an eloquent lady in Edgbaston,
But her gene pool was not a deep vast one,
Her comment below,
was tabloid and slow,
"If we only put our minds to it", I hope is her last one.

britologywatch on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

britologywatch — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:57:19 +0000

I met an eloquent lady in Edgbaston

Who like Enoch's constituent in Wolverhampton

Stirred dreams of rivers of blood,

But said you, Liam, can stop the flood,

And we'll get on fine if we only put our minds to it.

Anthony Barnett on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Anthony Barnett — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:30:52 +0000

Rule 101 is fine by OK

Keith McBurney on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Keith McBurney — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:51:00 +0000

Brown's Empire Clothing Dilemma:

I met an eloquent Lady in Egbaston

who asked why I had no skates on

It took me a while

Then I gave her my smile

in remembering I had nothing else on

So I asked what to do

and she gave me a clue

that naked was not going to do it

But it may take me a while

before you give me your smile

if we only put our minds to it.

(Rule 101: There are no rules!)

Not logged in on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Not logged in — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:38:01 +0000

(From the under-consciousness of G.Brown)

I met an eloquent lady from Edgbaston
Whose eyes I really got lost in
We put our minds to it
But Oh England, we blew it
And now we’re all stuck with Dave Cameron

Guy Aitchison on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Guy Aitchison — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:50:00 +0000

I met an eloquent lady in Edgebaston

Who I asked what it meant to be Briton

She replied with an air

"I'm an Aussie, don't care

You can be too if you put your minds to it!"

Hat-tip Guido

Not logged in on "'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition"

Not logged in — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:46:15 +0000

A most eloquent lady of Edgebaston
Was entranced by Gordon Brown’s carry on
Inspired by his grits
She declared "All can be Brits!
If only we now put our minds to it!"

'An eloquent lady in Edgbaston' - OK summer competition, Anthony Barnett

Anthony Barnett — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:16:48 +0000

Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Following my post about the fabulous call to modernity, fraternity and Britishness by Borders and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne, we are launching OK's summer limerick competition. The limerick must begin with:

"I met an eloquent lady in Edgbaston."

and end with:

"if we only put our minds to it."

As I report, Byrne writes about how he met "an exceptionally eloquent lady from Edgebaston" who convinced him that all we needed to to so sort out Britain for the best is to: "put our minds to it". The Minister describes how he was immediately convinced.

The winner will get a free copy of The Athenian Option. Competition closes Saturday, 30th August.