He has so hard-and-fast a gripThat nothing from his fist can slip.Well-buttered eels you might find o'erwhelmIn tubs of liquid slippery elmIn vain-from his detaining cinchThey could not struggle half an inch.'Tis lucky that he so is plannedHis breath he draws not with his hand,For, if he did, so great his greedHe'd draw his last with eager speed.Nay, that were well, you say. Not so-He'd draw but never let it go.
2010 Update: The wag of a woman.
8 comments:
Bierce (happy belated birthday, wherever you are) had such a grip on this ditty that he used it again in his definition of TENACITY - presumably because he, or his editors, recognized that posterity would lose its grip on the memory of Ex-Speaker (of the California House of Representatives?) Park, and websearches on this worthy person would turn up nothing.
idest - yes it is, Latin students. Correctly parsed. Very good.
Grip: I'm tryin' to get one.
I need to get a grip on my time management. No wait, I need to wrestle free of the grip other people have on my time. (Yes, I am whining.)
Wow, Doug, that is the most concentrated sexual content in only six words I've ever come across. You couldn't do better if you try!
GRIP, n. - I know plenty that need to get one. Yours truly included. Miss America pageants promote this a great deal!!! Such is life.
I'm borrowing Quilly's newly acquired time management skills.
the amoeba said ...
idest - yes it is, Latin students. Correctly parsed. Very good.
p.s. Hi Doug. If I don't speak with you sooner, have a great weekend.
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Grip: What the operator (Gripman) of the quaint San Francisco cablecars does so professionally every day.
Good eye, Amoeba.
TLP, did you try playtex gloves?
Quilly, see above.
Ariel, I try not to try.
Not if you're Miss America, Thom, I don't imagine.
You have a fine weekend yourself, Karen.
And bless him for doing it, Terry.
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