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Grex Enigma Item 153: I Know It's Extravagant, but What the Hey
Entered by remmers on Fri Feb 4 05:29:04 UTC 1994:

        I know it's extravagant
        But what the hey,
        I like to go out
        For lunch *EVERY* day!

        Not so much the food
        But the travel that's dear,
        'Cause I venture outside
        Of the local sphere -

        And journey to Surrey
        For a taste of curry

        Or to downtown Brussels
        For a plate of mussels

        Or to Guadalupe
        For wonton soup

        Or the heart of Dubuque
        For tomato and cuke

        Or Istanbul, Turkey
        For some nice beef jerky

        Or Ten Downing Street
        For hot cream of wheat

        Or darkest Duluth
        For a Baby Ruth

        Or the Plain of Jars
        For some chewy Mars Bars

        Or to South Dakota
        (Which Nino Rota
        Never saw)
        For a roast macaw

        Or to Santa Fe
        For curds and whey

        Or Texarcana
        For fried banana

        Or New Orleans
        For Boston baked beans

        Or Chicago, Ill
        For steamed land fill

        Or Guantanamo Bay
        For some Frito-Lay

        Or sunny Cannes
        For some moo goo gai pan

        Oh, the food and locale
        Don't have to match,
        Nor to be credible
        Need the food be edible,
        But it's surely a crime
        If the two don't rhyme.

29 responses total.



#1 of 29 by vidar on Fri Feb 4 20:43:52 1994:

Quite apetizing.  Especially after that decapitated bird I saw on my walk
home from school today.


#2 of 29 by remmers on Fri Feb 4 23:03:54 1994:

Was it a macaw?


#3 of 29 by vidar on Sat Feb 5 02:14:12 1994:

I am not sure.  I usually only identify birds that still have their heads.


#4 of 29 by ziggy on Fri Feb 11 16:38:59 1994:

I like it.


#5 of 29 by cain on Thu Feb 17 22:31:37 1994:

You're disgusting.  You animal hater!  Burn the heathen, X!


#6 of 29 by kami on Fri Feb 18 21:58:37 1994:

I think #0 is a delightful bit of fun, probably puplishable in a good kids'
magazine with a bit of clean up (minimal). I just didn't have anything produc
tive to add yet.


#7 of 29 by vidar on Fri Feb 18 22:48:34 1994:

Uff Da.


#8 of 29 by ziggy on Sat Feb 19 20:11:54 1994:

Uff da, 'ta 'ya ta!


#9 of 29 by orinoco on Sat Mar 5 19:35:48 1994:

WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND "UFF DA"?????


#10 of 29 by vidar on Sat Mar 5 22:16:25 1994:

Don't be so rude.  You wanna know something, ask politely and you 
will receive.  In fact, the less you ask the more you shall receive.
If you ask impolitely you will receive nothing.


#11 of 29 by kentn on Sun Mar 6 02:20:55 1994:

So, orinoco, ask the same question, but in upper and lower case
(caps is considered shouting).


#12 of 29 by vishnu on Sun Mar 6 03:28:50 1994:

<vishnu disregards orinoco with a keen disgust>


#13 of 29 by remmers on Sun Mar 6 11:12:53 1994:

Let's get back to the topic, please.


#14 of 29 by vidar on Sun Mar 6 13:01:49 1994:

Yes, let's.  I'm sick of questions pertaning to drift...


#15 of 29 by ziggy on Tue Mar 8 19:44:56 1994:

uff 'da


#16 of 29 by vidar on Tue Mar 8 21:39:26 1994:

SHut up and get back on topic.


#17 of 29 by vishnu on Wed Mar 9 13:47:57 1994:

What's the topic?


#18 of 29 by vidar on Thu Mar 10 00:24:21 1994:

See Re#0


#19 of 29 by aahz on Sun Mar 13 23:32:08 1994:

Re:#18: 'cuse me zig, but it's spelled Uff Da.  (No apostrophie!=P)


#20 of 29 by vidar on Mon Mar 14 19:58:28 1994:

Thanks Peter.
<vidar hugs aahz so tight his eyes bug out>


#21 of 29 by vishnu on Tue Mar 15 12:24:18 1994:

Bug out, man.


#22 of 29 by orinoco on Wed Mar 16 00:34:28 1994:

So, what does Uff Da mean, anyway?


#23 of 29 by vishnu on Wed Mar 16 01:56:51 1994:

Ask vidar.


#24 of 29 by vidar on Sun Mar 20 15:24:21 1994:

Yeah, go ahead and ask me!


#25 of 29 by vishnu on Sun Mar 20 15:29:23 1994:

Do it!  I dare you.


#26 of 29 by orinoco on Mon Mar 21 22:13:24 1994:

ok, vidar, what does "uff da" mean.


#27 of 29 by vidar on Mon Mar 21 22:55:18 1994:

Absolutley everything as a synonym for oops, and futhermore, everything.


#28 of 29 by jaklumen on Tue May 28 06:50:42 2002:

Keep the food coming..


#29 of 29 by gelinas on Fri Dec 20 04:27:48 2002:

For lunch today,
I went astray.
I wandered far
and to a bar.

And there in Sydney,
I dined on kidney.

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