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: "Sing O Muse, of the clever Odysseus, who with his bold band of paddlers ventured o'er the wine-dark sea, stole the baklava of Hyperion, was tempted by the honeyed words of Calypso, blinded the cyclops Polyphumus with roasted pistachios, had his men turned to swine by the baklava of the witch Circe, escaped the isle of the Baklava-Eaters, and who alone among men heard the call of the Sirens and lived, by stopping the ears of his crew with filo. After these and other adventures he returned to his home in Ithaca, where he revealed himself and vanquished the presumptuous suitors, by alone knowing the secret family baklava recipe of his faithful wife Penelope." Now THAT'S poetry. Apologies to Homer. Dan Harrison Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> wrote: Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Why not Baklava? Dan Harrison wrote: > > 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." - -- Steve (apologies to Edward Lear) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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