Conference thebay::joyoflex

       Ogden Nash or Richard Armour or someone like that produced this:
    
    			   O I C
    
       		I'm sorry you've been 6o long
    		But don't be disconsol8.
    		Just bear your ills with 42d
    		And they won't seem so gr8.
    
    A friend taught me the following dialogue.  I think it may be a
    fragment of a longer section:
    
    	"AB! C D FOG!"   "L! M N O FOG!"  "O S A R.  C M?"
    
    Earl Wajneberg

    ABCDQTT?
    
    LMNOQTT!
    
    OSAR. ABCM?
    
    O - LN, LC, N LOEE.

From my father:

	F U N E X?

	S, I F X.

	F U N E M?

	S, I F M.

	OK!  I F MNX!



There was a whole book of these things published (believe it or not!), 
entitled "C D B" (picture of a bee hovering around a flower).  I think
it may have been a children's book, but I'm not sure.

-- Sam

    I own copies of both "C D B!" and its sequel, "C D C?"
    The first book begins with:
    
    C D B!  D B S A B-Z B.  O S, N-D!
    
    Much later, we find:
    
    M N X R L-T 4 U!
    
    One of my favorites is:
    
    I M N D L-F-8-R!
    
    The books are illustrated, which makes the decoding considerably
    easier.

                        When freedom from frustration,
                        Results from calm persuasion,
                        And quiet emancipation,
                        Prevents recapitulation,
                        Then a waxing of elation,
                        And a tacit determination,
                        Nurture the creation,
                        Of authentic celebration!

                                                     SMC
    

		We've gained notoriety    
		And caused much anxiety
		In the Audubon Society with our games.
		They call it impiety
		And lack of propriety
		And quite a variety of unpleasant names!

						--Tom Lehrer

Don't overlook the long string of "-ility" words
Mr. Leher uses in "When you are old and gray" (I think
that's the title)... I'll have to listen to it again
to get them all...

Bruce

    Alan Lerner also had a flair with bizarre rhymes, though not to
    the extremes that Lehrer reached. My favorite is from CAMELOT's
    "Take Me to the Fair":
    
    "And when I choose whom I prefer go,
    I'll take the strongest knight I know.
    And young du Lac seems strongest, ergo,
    He should take me to the cattle show."
    
    --- jerry

Someone looking for "ility" words ?  Here's all of them.  The "ility"s have
been omitted on each word.  There are 528 "ility" words:

ab,absorbab,acceptab,accessib,accountab,actab,adaptab,adjustab,admirab,admissib,
adoptab,adorab,advisab,affab,affectab,agglutinab,ag,agreeab,alienab,alterab,
amenab,amiab,amicab,analyzab,antifert,appealab,applicab,approachab,arab,
assignab,assimilab,assumab,attainab,audib,availab,bearab,believab,biddab,
biodegradab,breathab,browsab,brushab,calculab,capab,changeab,civ,coagulab,
codifiab,coilab,collapsib,combinab,combustib,commensurab,communicab,comparab,
compatib,compensab,comprehensib,compressib,computab,conceivab,conductib,
confirmab,contractib,contract,convertib,corrigib,corruptib,countab,credib,
creditab,crossab,culpab,cultivab,curab,cutab,deb,decidab,decomposab,deductib,
defeasib,defensib,delectab,deliverab,demonstrab,denumerab,dependab,desirab,
destructib,detachab,detectab,deterrab,detonab,dialyzab,differentiab,digestib,
dilatab,disab,disagreeab,discriminab,dispensab,disposab,disreputab,disrespectab,
dissociab,dissolub,distensib,distinguishab,distractib,disut,divisib,doc,drapab,
drapeab,drillab,drinkab,duct,durab,dyeab,edib,educab,electab,eligib,employab,
enforceab,enumerab,equab,equitab,erasab,erect,erodib,exceptionab,exchangeab,
excitab,excludab,exhaustib,expansib,expendab,explosib,exportab,extensib,
extractab,extrudab,fac,fallib,fashionab,fatigab,feasib,fert,filterab,fishab,
fiss,fissionab,flammab,flexib,forgeab,formab,formidab,frag,frangib,friab,fungib,
fusib,fut,gent,germinab,grac,gullib,habitab,hatchab,heritab,histocompatib,
honorab,host,hum,hyperexcitab,hyperirritab,ignob,illegib,illimitab,imbec,
immiscib,immob,immot,immovab,immutab,impalpab,impassab,impassib,impeccab,
impenetrab,imperceptib,imperishab,impermeab,impermissib,imperturbab,implacab,
implausib,imponderab,impossib,impracticab,impregnab,impressib,impressionab,
improbab,improvab,imputab,inab,inaccessib,inadmissib,inadvisab,inalienab,
inalterab,inapplicab,inaudib,incalculab,incapab,inciv,incombustib,incommensurab,
incommunicab,incomparab,incompatib,incomprehensib,incompressib,inconceivab,
incontestab,inconvertib,incorrigib,incorruptib,incredib,incurab,indefatigab,
indefeasib,indefectib,indefensib,indefinab,indelib,indestructib,indigestib,
indispensab,indissolub,indistinguishab,indivisib,indoc,indomitab,indubitab,
inducib,ineducab,ineffab,ineffaceab,ineligib,ineluctab,ineradicab,inevitab,
inexhaustib,inexorab,inexplicab,inexpressib,inextricab,infallib,infant,infert,
inflammab,inflexib,infrangib,infusib,inheritab,insatiab,inscrutab,insensib,
inseparab,insociab,insolub,instab,insurab,insusceptib,intangib,integrab,
intelligib,interchangeab,interconvertib,interfert,interpretab,interster,
intolerab,intractab,inut,invariab,inviab,invincib,inviolab,invisib,invulnerab,
irascib,irreconcilab,irreducib,irreformab,irrefragab,irrefutab,irremovab,
irrepealab,irreplaceab,irrepressib,irreproachab,irreproducib,irresistib,
irresponsib,irretrievab,irreversib,irrevocab,irritab,justiciab,justifiab,juven,
knowledgeab,lab,laudab,leachab,legib,liab,likab,liquefiab,livab,liveab,machinab,
mailab,maintainab,malleab,manageab,maneuverab,manipulab,marketab,measurab,
meltab,memorab,mensurab,merchantab,metastab,miscib,mob,modifiab,modulab,mot,
movab,mutab,navigab,negligib,negotiab,nih,nob,nondeductib,nonenforceab,
nonflammab,notab,nub,obtainab,openab,operab,opposab,packab,palatab,palpab,
patentab,penetrab,perceptib,perdurab,perfectib,perishab,permeab,permissib,
placab,plausib,playab,pleasurab,pliab,polarizab,portab,possib,potab,practicab,
predictab,preferab,pregnab,prehens,presentab,preventab,printab,probab,processab,
processib,profitab,programmab,promotab,puer,punishab,readab,reasonab,recallab,
recognizab,reconcilab,recoverab,rectifiab,reducib,reformab,refrangib,refundab,
releasab,reliab,rememberab,removab,renewab,rentab,repairab,repeatab,reprehensib,
repressib,reproducib,reputab,resectab,resistib,respectab,responsib,retract,
retrievab,reversib,risib,roadab,salab,salvageab,scurr,sect,semipermeab,sen,
sensib,separab,serviceab,serv,sess,severab,shareab,sinterab,sociab,solderab,
solub,solvab,sorbab,spreadab,squeezab,stab,stainab,ster,stretchab,suab,
substitutab,suggestib,suitab,summab,supportab,suppressib,survivab,susceptib,
tact,tangib,taxab,teachab,tenab,tens,testab,thermolab,thermostab,tolerab,
traceab,tractab,trainab,tranqu,transferab,translatab,transmissib,transplantab,
transportab,treatab,trustab,tunab,unacceptab,unaccountab,unalterab,unanswerab,
unapproachab,unassailab,unavailab,unchangeab,unconscionab,understandab,
undesirab,unemployab,unflappab,unforgettab,unintelligib,unpalatab,unpredictab,
unshockab,unsociab,unsuitab,untenab,unthinkab,untouchab,usab,ut,vag,variab,
vendib,venerab,verifiab,versat,viab,vibrat,violab,vir,visib,volat,volub,
vulnerab,washab,wearab,weatherab,wettab,workab


/Eric

    
    re: -.1
    
    This is certain evidence of drug-abuse within DEC....

    re .9:
    
    couldn't you have shortened them further by saying they are "-bility"
    words? aren't they all derived from "ability"?
    
    sm

    But they aren't. "Gentility," "futility," "imbicility" and a bunch
    of others are the *real* interesting ones.
    
    	Jon

    re .12:
    
    oops, missed the "interesting ones". Lept before I looked.
    
    sm 

    re: .10  Or it could just be sen ility?

    
    found this on the net!
 
 
"Hatless Atlas" (stuck shift key poetry):
    
	^<@<.@*			hat less at less point at star
	}"_# |			backbrace double base pound space bar
	-@$&/_%			dash at cash and slash base rate
	!(	@|=>		wow open tab at bar is great
	;`+$?^?			semi backquote plus cash huh DEL
	,#"~|)^G		comma pound double tilde bar close BELL
    
			-- [email protected] (Dave Zobel)