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Depends

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So much depends

on the

little nut

that holds

the wheel

on the

red wheelbarrow

(Apologies to William Carlos Williams)

red wheelbarrow

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Dave Carr

Mon 25th Feb 2013 06:46

Didn't the Williams team start in wheelbarrows? I heard they could change a wheel in under 4 seconds. After that the natural progression to Formula 1 was inevitable.

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Julian (Admin)

Wed 20th Feb 2013 12:00

Which came first, Dave, the wheelbarrow or the Williams which, as we all know, is a formula one racing Carlos. And, who is the wheel nut here?

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Dave Carr

Tue 19th Feb 2013 21:54

I think a wing nut is most appropriate here. It has to be a little nut to emphasize its importance but a little white nut? You'd be thinking Tommy Steele.
I added a chicken. Some people are hard to please! :-)

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Yvonne Brunton

Sat 16th Feb 2013 10:44

Clearly more important than the one holding the handles!

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John Coopey

Fri 15th Feb 2013 22:30

The beauty of the poem is not in what it says but what it leaves unsaid.
How little is the little nut? - an amoeba is a little thing, but Luxembourg is a little country.
Is the nut a Whitworth, AF, metric? The poet rightly leaves us to make up our own minds.
Likewise, is the nut in or ex situ? - the essence of the nature of the wheelbarrow; for if it is ex situ the wheel will not function and the barrow (and its load) will have to be carried. Clearly it will no longer be a WHEELbarrow - a metaphor for life itself.
Next it begs the question 'What colour is the nut?'
And finally, WHERE'S THE FUCKING CHICKENS!!

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Dave Bradley

Fri 15th Feb 2013 08:03

Oh no not the red wheelbarrow again!

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Ann Foxglove

Fri 15th Feb 2013 07:56

Indeed! :)

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