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Grex Enigma Item 83: Ridley Scott's "1492" opens soon at theaters everywhere!
Entered by remmers on Thu Oct 1 10:36:52 UTC 1992:

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
In fourteen hundred and ninety-three, Columbus sailed the deep blue sea,
In fourteen hundred and ninety-four, Columbus sailed a few seas more,
In fourteen hundred and ninety-five, Columbus took a high dive,
In fourteen hundred and ninety-six, Columbus sailed the river Styx.

8 responses total.

#1 of 8 by shannara on Thu Oct 1 10:50:19 1992:

I've always wondered how that particular poem went,
I only ever hear the first line...

#2 of 8 by md on Thu Oct 1 18:01:48 1992:

In fourteen hundred and ninety-seven, Columbus approached the gates of heaven.
In fourteen hundred and ninety-eight, they made him stand in line and wait.
In fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, Columbus sailed the celestial brine.
In fifteen hundred, er, um...

#3 of 8 by remmers on Fri Oct 2 16:48:49 1992:

My God!  I was planning to add some additional lines to this, and
the ones I had fo 1497 and 1498 are almost identical to what you
came up with.

#4 of 8 by md on Fri Oct 2 18:51:37 1992:

The ones I would've had fo 1492-1496 would've been as yours,
I'm sure.  But I can't think of any mo, bro.

#5 of 8 by i on Sat Apr 4 16:23:14 1998:

In fifteen hundred oh and oh, he decided he wouldn't sail no mo'.
In fifteen hundred oh and one, he looked for some new source of fun.

#6 of 8 by orinoco on Sun Apr 5 03:40:52 1998:

In fifteen hundred and zero and two, he reincarnated himself as a shrew.

#7 of 8 by i on Sat Apr 11 22:00:01 1998:

In fifteen hundred oh and three, he dug a burrow 'neath a tree.

#8 of 8 by orinoco on Tue Apr 14 01:56:48 1998:

In fifteen hundred oh and four, he went down to his burrow & started to snore

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