Welp, it is Toosdai and so it is the day for some srs mischiefery with a mashery of Ogden Nashery (illustrated)! Let’s see what today is and if we have Ogden’s words to cover it… we do for our first holiday! For the second, we chose Shel Silverstein! But this post is an Open Thread, so please feel free to discuss and to post your favorite illustrated pomes in the Comments also too!
Today is World Trick Shot Day
According to The Poetry Foundation, one of Ogden Nash’s best comic patterns was to turn cliches on their heads, such as the below. Ogden said that
The trick is that it must be someone else’s cliche and not the author’s own.
I think those people are utterly unreliable
Who say they’d be happy on a desert island with a copy of the Biable
And Hamlet (by Shakespeare) and Don Quixote (by Cervantes)
And poems by Homer and Virgil and perhaps a thing or two of Dante’s.
And furthermore, I have a feeling that if they were marooned till the millennium’s dawn,
Very few of us would notice that they were gone.
Perhaps they don’t like my opinions any better than I like theirs,
But who cares?
If I were going to be marooned and could take only one thing along,
I’d be perfectly happy if I could take the thing which is the subject of this song.
I don’t mean anything that was brought either by the postman or the stork,
I mean the City of New York.
-snip-
What if it has a heterogeneous populace?
That is one of the privileges of being a metropulace.
And heterogeneous people don’t go around bothering each other
And you can be reasonably sure that everything you do won’t get right back to your dear old mother.
[Please read the rest at the link!]
Woozles also have some cool tricks!
Pooties have some good tricks too!
Today is also National Roof Over Your Head Day
A day for being thankful for the things we usually take for granted. We covered Ogden’s roof pome before, so I chose one from Shel Silverstein this time!
falling up
I tripped on my shoelace
And I fell up—
Up to the roof tops,
Up over town,
Up on roof and unconcerned!
Up past the tree tops,
Up over the mountains,
Up where the colors
Blend into the sounds.
But it got me so dizzy
When I looked around,
I got sick to my stomach
And I threw down.
Bet you thought dogs don’t climb on roofs, didn’t you? But yes! With a little more concern, perhaps.
You might consider Falling Up or other Shel Silverstein books for Christmas for your little friends and relatives!
Please to remember that Pootie Diaries post twice a day!
The regular Pootie Diaries post daily at 1:45 pm Eastern (on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern)
and the evening Open Thread Pootie Diaries post at 10 pm Eastern
Please to show ‘em both some lubs!
In Loving Memory of Swampyankee:
Grab mah kitteh belleh VERY carefully!
And almost finally, please note da roolz:
PWBPeeps is a group that posts a daily diary and nightly open thread for animal lovers. We share photos, seek & give advice about pet health and behavior issues, support each other in times of sadness and stress, celebrate together when times are good, and on most days have an inordinate amount of fun.
Tricia, we’ll always miss ya!
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Here are a few not-too-onerous PWB rulez
Violate ‘em and we’ll say that you drulez
- Do not “Troll” the Pootie Peeps Diaries. If you don’t like animal diaries, there’s no need to tell us about it. Just go find some other diary more to your liking.
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For those who missed our Earth Day special, Climate Change helpful hints from the aminals are here!
Finally, if you are missing previous Illustrated poetery, pleez feel free to visit! If you haven’t read them, they’re still amewsing!:
The Serious Poetry of Ogden Nash, Illustrated!
More Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Still More Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Even More Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Still Even More Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Yet Still Even More Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
And Yet Still Even More Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Continuing Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Still Continuing Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Still More Continuing Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
The Resumption of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
More Resumption of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Another Resumption of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Still More Resumption of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
A Bit of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Another Bit of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
More Bits of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
The Return of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
More Returns of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Quick Returns of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Aminal Election Endorsements + Ogden Nash Poetry (Illustrated)! — Note this one has an update!
More Quick Returns of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Even More Quick Returns of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Still More Quick Returns of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Even Still More Quick Returns of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for the New Year, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Doggerel, Illustrated!
Ogden Nash and Martin Luther King! Srsly. Illustrated!
Guess What Day It Is? Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Post Superb Owl Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Guess What Day It Is? Chapter 2 - Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated, for Presidents' Day!
Seriously Grammatical Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry Illustrated, for a Belated Saint Patrick's Day!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated, for April Fools!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry on the WPA Anniversary, Illustrated!
Seriously Sleepy Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Double Party Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for the B's, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Semi-Political!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for Today's Holidays, Illustrated!
Serious Poetry for July 9, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for July 16, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for July 23, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for August 6, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash (and other) Poetry for August 13, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for August 20, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash (and other) Poetry for August 27, Illustrated!
Serious Almost Ogden Nash Poetry for September 3, Illustrated!
Serious Ogden Nash Poetry for September 10, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash (and Other) Poetry for September 24, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash (and Other) Poetry for October 1, Illustrated!
Srs Not-Ogden Nash Poetry for October 8, Illustrated!
Srs Faux Ogden Nash Poetry for October 15, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash (and Other) Poetry for October 22, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash (and Cat) Quotations for October 29, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash (and Other) Poetry for November 5, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash (and Other) Poetry for November 12, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash Poetry for November 19, Illustrated!
Srs Ogden Nash Poetry (and Other Interesting Bits) for November 26, Illustrated!
This is an open thread! Please chat away in the Comments. Enjoy!
PLEASE NOTE: Your humble diarist is NR, so consider yourselves +1!
