nappy rash
That's actually an Ogden Nash poem, entitled "Lines On The Antiquity of Microbes". I'm convinced the title was actually much longer in the Ogden Nash poetry book I'm thinking of, something to do with "Their Probable Origin", but I can't find it anywhere. Yes, I read Ogden Nash as a (very young) child. I blame it for many of my... eccentricities...

And yes, I wrote some hormone-infused poetry as a pimply teenager. I won't burden you with it... or myself, for that matter!

Well, that's a fine how-do-you-do! I go and google for it and discover that it's actually attributed to an American poet I never heard of - Strickland Gillilan. Damn you b3ta, shattering my long-held misconceptions and seriously damaging my opinion of Ogden Nash!

And in case it's not perfectly clear, I'm referring to your FIRST, "Fleas", post, not the "Lola" one! Posting while I'm typing ought to be illegal!
(buggeringfuck, Thu 11 Aug 2005, 15:42, Reply)