Re: [Paddlewise] Heroic baklava

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 11:24:33 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Dan Harrison wrote:

> Having inspired a fellow Paddlewiser to poetry, I guess I shouldn't
> complain.  But a LIMERICK???  Given the Greek origins of baklava, I
> would have hoped for something a little more, well, epic:
> 
<epic snipped>

Wow.

> Now THAT'S poetry.  Apologies to Homer.

Sounds a lot like Mick Dundee "That's not poetry. THIS is poetry." :)

One takes one's muse where one finds her. Yours is Greek, mine is
Irish/English.

Steve

> > baklava is the original Power Bar. 
> > Whenever someone helpfully
> > points out that there's stuff in my beard, my practiced reply is, "I
> > know, I'm just saving it for later." It might even survive a quick
> > roll.
> 
> A hirsute old paddler just cheered,
> "It has come to pass as I feared.
> Two guillemots and then
> Some ducks and marsh hen
> Nosh the baklava in my beard."

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