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Tickling Fish

 

 

Once upon a time in Alongalongalo

I was taught to tickle fish by an old Eskimo

I will tell the trick to you, if you howl “Bomballoo!”

all the way to Timbuktu, in reverse

 

To tickle Koi one must learn to speak in Mayonnaise

Goldfish should be chundered to in Carrotalian

Skate enjoy a skithering along their spineytines

Whereas Tuna like their tozies chuckatetting

 

Carp and Cat and Octupi begin to mimic Parrotpies

and whistle while you’re tickling their chods

Herring begin smelling if they don’t get tickled twice

and they start to whiff a bit of sminky floo

 

Pike prefer a pokeyprod upon their tingletans

but Mackerel are happy to be mizzled

Clownfish, however, are a rude and noppy type

and should only get a tickle in the chopples

 

Now I’ve given you the basics of how to tickle fish

you must keep this information up your nose

Never howl “Bombaloo!” from this day on or else

you may find that fishies come in sneezes unexpectedly

and they’re VERY hard to wipe along your sleeveses

 

 

 

nonsense comp

◄ Truth or Dare

Mavis ►

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sat 24th Mar 2012 20:56

Well done, Laura. Your poem whips along with great panache, just daring the reader to challenge its new words. (Like it knows a secret dictionary available only to the select few.)

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shoeless

Mon 19th Mar 2012 13:05

:) I bobbed on to catch up with your poims laura ... glad i did haha right cheered me up .. fishes come in sneezes unexpectedly what an image

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Andy N

Sat 17th Mar 2012 10:15

brill, Laura.. change in style for you i think but i can see you enjoyed writing it.. x

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Thu 15th Mar 2012 11:54

The slithy toves have it. Ticked I am said he.
Ta much, Nick

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Barbi Touron

Thu 15th Mar 2012 00:02

Oh you wonderful thing you, thank you for such a delightful poem. What a treat! Hearts and Ponies, I'm outta here.

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Yvonne Brunton

Wed 14th Mar 2012 01:01

Thanks for the lesson in tickling fish 'cos now my fish have had their chips!

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Laura Taylor

Tue 13th Mar 2012 09:08

Many thanks y'all - proper enjoyed writing this actually :D

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Nick Coleman

Mon 12th Mar 2012 19:19

dunno 'bout the fishes, it certainly tickled me!

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winston plowes

Mon 12th Mar 2012 18:31

Brilling :-)

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 12th Mar 2012 15:59

A really worthy creation with the sort of stuff that stretches the imagination, and some
invented words that deserve a place in a modern dictionary.
Uberfallarious!!

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kealan coady

Mon 12th Mar 2012 15:34

this is great, really good lines and words.
Where to start, sminky floo, dont know wat it is but love it. pokeyprod, brilliant.
chopples, class.
Overall a great poem grin worthy but also academic, nice.

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Mike Hilton

Mon 12th Mar 2012 14:44

Love it Laura, smashing!

I tickled my favourite fish once but it got angry and bit me in the cod piece!

So I battered It!

Seriously though I love this poem.

Mike

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