Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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HUMPTY TRUMPTY

Humpty Trumpty wanted a wall

Humpty Trumpty had a great fall

All the Would-be King’s horses

And all the Would-be King’s men

Could not put Humpty Trumpty together again


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Social Distancing

Six feet between us

Consider six feet under

It’s a no brainer


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Unusual U.S. Place names 7 – Pipestone

PIPESTONE – (Pipestone County) Minnesota

Named for stone quarried

for hand-carved calumet pipes

Ritual peace pipes


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Journalism student tries a headline

Doctors wanted to try a Bottle of Bleach on Trump’s Brain but were Unable to find One.


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Unusual USA place names 6. – Reminderville

REMINDERVILLE, Ohio

In Summit County

Name from Clement  Reminder

An early mayor

 


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Obscure words explained 92. – breviloquent

BREVILOQUENT

Concise or terse style

He was a man of few words

barking out orders


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Just joking 2.

A horse walks into a bar and orders a drink

The bar-tender asks, How Come the long face?


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Unusual USA place names 5. – Quamba

QUAMBA, Kanabec County Minnesota

formerly Mud Creek

changed to an Ojibway word

Quamba  means mud hole


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Unusual USA place names 4. – Koo Chi Ching

KOO CHI CHING, Koo Chi Ching County, Minnesota

Sounds Chinese some say

but these are Ojibway words

The place of inlets

Note: The inlets being on Rainy lake and the Rainy River