hamlettethedame ([info]hamlettethedame) wrote,
2005-08-10 04:17:00
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"Eletelephony"

by Laura E. Richards

Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant...
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone...
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)

Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee...
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!!!!!)

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[info]hamlettethedame

August 10 2005, 09:21:57 UTC 6 years ago

This is one of my favorite poems of all time, and the second one I can remember memorizing (the first being "The Night Before Christmas", but I can only remember the first 8 lines or so of that one).

[info]lanyn

August 13 2005, 19:36:13 UTC 6 years ago

I've never heard of this one before, but it cracks me up. Considering I work with call accounting software in the day job, it's particularly amusing.
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