8 August 2005

hang man

" A / L I T T L E / L E A R N I N G / I S / A / D A N G E R O U S / T H I N G;

D R I N K / D E E P / O R / T A S T E / N O T / T H E / P I E R I A N / S P R I N G:

T H E R E / S H A L L O W / D R A U G H T S / I N T O X I C A T E / T H E / B R A I N

A N D / D R I N K I N G / L A R G E L Y / S O B E R S / U S / A G A I N . "

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

How does this work again? I choose a letter, right? Okay then, "e."

soulmining said...

"t"...

Anonymous said...

C for confused - as to who you are!?!?!?!
You leave no clues! hahaha!
Give me another!

kumquat said...

:) the only clue you get, and honestly unless you're an 18th century literary student it's not much of a clue, is that these are four lines of poetry from my favourite poet. The first line is famous but I'm giving you the whole quote so you can impress your friends at the proverbial cocktail parties by completing the next three lines. Consider this a free online educational programme! LOL.
thanks for joining in.

soulmining said...

"a" please!

Anonymous said...

This is fun! How's about an "l."

Anonymous said...

noooo, i meant YOU. this is Dj Grrrl, hahahhhaa! i cannot guess who you are! give me a clue please!!

kumquat said...

Ahhh...it's dj grrl. i seee!

well here's a clue. (without giving my name out online!) I did theatre studies with you in the upper sixth, in fact in an old photo album i still have a picture of you dancing with that handkerchief. in the play with the kids going on a school trip, i was the teacher who played opposite andy perry, the young teacher who arrives at the school. if you don't remember me from that you'll never remember me from anywhere so you'd have to email me and i'll say!!

Anonymous said...

Okay, "i."

Anonymous said...

Got the first line. You're right though; that doesn't count for much. How about an "s."

Anonymous said...

Hmm. Let's get all the vowels out, then. "O."

kumquat said...

glad to see you're hanging in there rick!
another thrilling piece of information is that this quote is from Alexander Pope.

Anonymous said...

I remember you saying how much you admire Pope, once upon a time in Pally. So I figured this quip would be his. If you're getting tired of this, I'll go ahead and google. If you're still game, let's see the "u"s. (I've got the first & third lines now. Hopefully it won't be too long before it's all over.)

kumquat said...

[b]Hopefully it won't be too long before it's all over[b]

does this mean you're getting tired of it and just want me to tell you?

Anonymous said...

You may hang me yet! "R" if you please. (Or if you're tired of it goa ahead and tell. I won't mind.)

Anonymous said...

So how many guesses do you get before you're hanged? I've got it now, but for one word. The "what-kind-of spring?"

Anonymous said...

Pierian? Is that, like, as in Perrier?

kumquat said...

LOL, no! as in Mount Pierus, seat of the worship of Orpheus and the Muses.