Sunday 30 December 2018

VERSE for EXCURSIONS: Limericks about THE GREEK ISLES

WORDPLAY post #149 (sneak preview,  #4 in the collection "The Twelve Posts of Christmas" - see Dec 2nd through Dec 24th)
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2018, based on travels in Greece in the autumn of 2017. The verses presented here have also been web-published at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated over 100,000 carefully edited limericks.

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post

If you want to sing these and other verses about travels in Greece, click on this link to our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" and check out this song!

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Beach near harbour at Agios Giorgios, Heraklia

Learn more about this intriguing off-the-beaten-track island here








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A good historic perspective can be found in a 2011 article in Vinography:
 "Wine from the caldera: the incredible viticulture of Santorini"
Wikipedia discusses the Assyrtiko grape varietal here








MORE PHOTO-MEMORIES FROM SAILING THE CYCLADES












 
Fishing boats at Koufonisi

Saturday 15 December 2018

VERSATILE VERSE: Limericks about WRITING LIMERICKS*

WORDPLAY post #147
SATIRE COMPILED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2018. Today's verses have been published at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated 100,000 carefully edited limericks. Thanks are due to OEDILF contributing-editor MikeAq who kindly supported this effort by agreeing to my linking to some of his verses. Please check out the links at the bottom of this post.

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. Please also note the list of songs about limerick verses listed at the bottom of this post.

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Copyright MikeAq, 2018
Link to "Fundamentals"




Copyright MikeAq, 2018 
Link to "Gimerick"


Copyright MikeAq, 2018
Link to "Acrobat"


HOT LINKS TO "SONGS ABOUT LIMERICKS"
Dark Plans (Russian Hacking)
Novel Melodies for Singing Limericks
Simple Twist of Verse
(Another) Simple Twist of Verse
(Yet another) Simple Twist of Verse
Verse



Wednesday 5 December 2018

DISPERSING VERSE: Limericks about ANAGRAMS*

WORDPLAY post #142
SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2018. The involved verses have been published, or remain under review at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated 100,000 carefully edited limericks. Thanks are due to OEDILF contributing-editor MikeAq who consented to providing a link for one of his verses on this topic.

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post

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Copyright 2018 by MikeAq
Link to 'Bitrex/Brexit'











Tuesday 20 November 2018

Enthralling WORDPLAY Nov '18 #2

WORDPLAY post #145
Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, etc. 


SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post






HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3




Review the entire collection of anagram-town names (based on 
P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S) here.




HOT LINK to NEW WORLD PALINDROMES - complete series



Saturday 10 November 2018

Unthrottled WORDPLAY Nov '18 #1

WORDPLAY post #143
Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases,  etc. 

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys and other spoofs on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post




Review the entire collection of anagram-town names (based on 
P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S) here.





HOT LINKS to collections of Classic/Goofy Palindromes #1,#2,#3



HOT LINK to NEW WORLD PALINDROMES - complete series



Monday 5 November 2018

U.S. ELECTION WEEK REVIEW: A Look Back at our 2016 Prediction

WORDPLAY POST #141: REMINISCENCE and PREDICTION


SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2016, revised February, 2017.
SONGLINK: On "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", post #122, a parody-song "Election-Race Anagrams" deals with the distribution of anagrams based on the words R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S and D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-S.
 As shown below, a non-biased assessment using an automatic anagram generator suggests that Republicans would have a yu-uge advantage over Democrats in a contest based on the number of anagrams; however, the generation of plausible anagrammatic locales incorporating postal codes is a more complex matter, and results in a tighter 'race' than would otherwise be expected. A conspiracy theorist might note that the word 'ruble' is embedded in the word "REPUBLICANS", but the editor does not wish to give any credence to such a possibility. There is however some relation between anagrams derived and party leanings, policy and support that is shown in the 2nd slide.
  This material was developed before the election of November 2016, with the initial hope that it might be helpful in predicting election results. Many of the factors in the analysis have remained unchanged today in 2018, although there are some new twists. Many of the same factors contribute to today's analysis, including the mysterious role of the word 'ruble'. 


CLICK HERE TO REVIEW
http://www.edifyingnonsense.com/2017/02/creative-electoral-cartography.html




And, a bonus electoral analysis map for interested readers who are into ANAGRAMS...









Saturday 20 October 2018

CONVERSITY: Limericks rebutting NATIONALISM*

WORDPLAY post #140 

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, October 2018. The involved verses  are under review at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated 100,000 carefully edited limericks. Thanks are due to OEDILF contributing-editor MikeAq who offered a verse for this collection. Please see the link at the end of the post.

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post

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Copyright 2018 by MikeAq
Link to 'Alt-Right'