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Grex Enigma Item 167: She Swallowed All the Cities Up
Entered by remmers on Sun Apr 3 17:47:27 UTC 1994:

[Copyright (C) 1991 by John H. Remmers]
 
 
        She swallowed all the cities up,
        The shining cities, many-hued,
        A lesser girl'd have spit them out,
        But she did swallow every one.

        She crushed the country in her fists,
        The spray of rivers soaked her dress,
        The powdered meadows caked her form,
        Her strength was second but to none.

        She tied the sky into a bow
        So to her flowing hair adorn,
        Had anyone remained to watch
        They'd see her carving up the sun.

47 responses total.

#1 of 47 by rcurl on Sun Apr 3 19:03:43 1994:

I believe that that is on schedule for ca. 8x10^9 years hence.

#2 of 47 by gerund on Mon Apr 4 05:14:18 1994:

Haven't I seen this posted before, or am I just imagining I did?

#3 of 47 by remmers on Mon Apr 4 11:31:52 1994:

Yep, it's a rerun.  Just like on TV.

#4 of 47 by gerund on Mon Apr 4 15:07:51 1994:

Cool.

#5 of 47 by kami on Mon Apr 4 21:06:59 1994:

ick!  sounds like something Shel Silverstein would think of. Unpleasant, 
greedy child.  Did she even think to wash her hands?

#6 of 47 by carl on Mon Apr 4 23:09:21 1994:

Or ask for a bromo?

#7 of 47 by other on Tue Apr 5 05:23:22 1994:

Attack of the fifty foot woman, revisited...

#8 of 47 by sirnose on Thu Apr 7 03:30:04 1994:

I feel kindla like that right now... Mmmm... Old-World flavor..

#9 of 47 by snowth on Thu Jul 24 03:39:02 1997:

I'd think that'd give you a tummy ache, especially with how old it is. (Did
somebody remember to put it in the fridge? I didn't.

#10 of 47 by orinoco on Sat Aug 9 02:48:12 1997:

If you put the sun in the fridge, would the sun freeze? 
Or would the fridge explode?
What is the sound of one fridge popping?

#11 of 47 by snowth on Mon Aug 11 01:08:02 1997:

the same sound as 20 fridges popping, only quieter.

#12 of 47 by i on Sat Nov 8 01:48:08 1997:

Even if there's no little guys stationed at the light switches inside to 
hear?

#13 of 47 by snowth on Sat Nov 8 03:53:41 1997:

Yes. 

Next question?

#14 of 47 by orinoco on Sat Nov 8 03:57:40 1997:

Maybe.

#15 of 47 by i on Sat Nov 15 18:15:57 1997:

How does the sound of the 20 fridges popping change as the pop inside
goes flat?

And which way do you go from the North Pole to get to the center of a
triangle?

#16 of 47 by lee on Wed Nov 19 01:49:58 1997:

soda or pop?
north

#17 of 47 by orinoco on Wed Nov 19 19:57:01 1997:

No, up.

#18 of 47 by lee on Sat Nov 22 00:46:23 1997:

same difference

#19 of 47 by orinoco on Sun Nov 23 22:36:55 1997:

No, they're two distinct differences.  I'm appaled at your sloppy reasoning,
lee.

#20 of 47 by lee on Wed Nov 26 02:36:02 1997:

hey i like sloppy joes

#21 of 47 by orinoco on Fri Nov 28 18:08:06 1997:

But that's a horse of a different colour.

#22 of 47 by i on Fri Nov 28 23:25:11 1997:

I thought that sloppy joes were a *bovine* byproduct.

#23 of 47 by snowth on Sat Nov 29 06:04:41 1997:

Only in france, dear.

#24 of 47 by i on Sat Nov 29 16:33:35 1997:

But what if the bovine behind pokes across the border into Spain while
the teeth are munching on French tomato plants with roots that are partly
in Andorra?  Will our quest for sloppy joes end in success, defeat, or
a Pyreneec victory?

#25 of 47 by orinoco on Sat Nov 29 21:26:31 1997:

All of the above.  Next question?

#26 of 47 by snowth on Sat Nov 29 21:44:32 1997:

Where are the marshmellows? What's the point of life if you don't have
marshmellows?

#27 of 47 by orinoco on Sun Nov 30 03:45:37 1997:

In the cupboard above the sink.  Next!

#28 of 47 by i on Sun Nov 30 15:08:03 1997:

How many hogs can a groundhog hog if a ground hog can't ground hogs?

#29 of 47 by snowth on Sun Nov 30 19:09:18 1997:

Ground up hogs. Mmm, tasty.

#30 of 47 by lee on Wed Dec 3 00:09:29 1997:

pork chop anyone?

#31 of 47 by snowth on Fri Dec 5 16:45:52 1997:

Only on Wensdays, dear.

#32 of 47 by lee on Sat Dec 6 00:41:25 1997:

oh right no meat fridays

#33 of 47 by i on Sat Dec 6 02:00:05 1997:

Do those things at White Castle count as meat?

#34 of 47 by snowth on Sun Dec 7 18:14:37 1997:

Which, the fries?

#35 of 47 by i on Tue Dec 9 03:11:03 1997:

No, the fast-moving higher-protein stuff that you usually get with 
your fries.

#36 of 47 by lee on Wed Dec 10 01:13:29 1997:

milkshakes?

#37 of 47 by snowth on Wed Dec 10 22:50:29 1997:

Oh. The elephants. I get it now. Lots and lots of elephants. With red-painted
toenails.

#38 of 47 by lee on Fri Dec 12 23:49:52 1997:

gray and from denmark?

#39 of 47 by i on Sat Dec 13 18:59:16 1997:

Nope - dipped in Dutch chocolate.