Friday, 25 May 2018

MORE FUN with IMPEACHMENT

WORDPLAY post #118
CREATIVE WORDPLAY involving anagrams and Scrambletown maps, and reviews of online poetry and song-lyrics; this post is a continuation of 'FUN WITH IMPEACHMENT' (blogpost #116): earlier in 2017). 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May 2018. 




Scrambletown Maps re Impeachment
(continued from the previous post)








CLICK HERE to get to "STILL MORE FUN WITH IMPEACHMENT" to see followup Scrambletown maps.




Sunday, 20 May 2018

Tremendous Thrice-Monthly WORDPLAY May '18 #3

WORDPLAY post #117
Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, verse, etc. 




CLASSIC: A dog, a panic in a pagoda. GOOFY: God, No! Pin taco-catnip on dog?

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



REPUBLICANS in Canada



HOT LINKS: Review the entire collection of IMAGINARY NAMES for 

    ATLANTIC CANADA, and for WESTERN CANADA






1) Not 'Limbo', Bob - Milton. 2) Tip: E. Kansas is a snake-pit. 3) A man, a pain, a mania - Panama.
HOT LINK to NEW WORLD PALINDROMES - complete series


Tuesday, 15 May 2018

FUN with IMPEACHMENT

WORDPLAY post #116

CREATIVE WORDPLAY involving anagrams and Scrambletown maps, and reviews of online poetry and song-lyrics
.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May 2018. Wordplay item #1 was updated from earlier posts in 2017. To start, you might want to review the blog "Disloyal States". 
  
1. Constituent Words

How many words of 4 letters or more can be made from the letters of ... 

         MENDACIOUS  ???

              EMOLUMENTS  ???

See the surprising lists of answers at the bottom of this blogpost.



2. Scrambletown Maps:
TOWNS SUPPORTING 
I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T 

Examples can be found in the earlier blog "Disloyal States".



The following maps show most of the possible entries for the Atlantic states:

















3. Limericks About IMPEACHMENT


A: LIMERICKS POSTED ONLINE:      OEDILF.com 
Once you've entered the site, find the verse you want by scrolling down a bit and entering the WORD USED (e.g. 'impeachment'), or the LIMERICK APPROVED (e.g. '35900'). 

#35900 (2008) mephistopheles, re Nixon "Though the highest position was reached"
#24291 (2006) Mad Kane, re Bush/Cheney "I am blissful, contented, and happy"
#26587 (2007) Mad Kane, re Bush/Cheney "I beseech you, dear Congress, impeach"
#39409 (2007) SheilaB, re Nixon "The cover-up, massive, not teeny,"
#60860 (2010) skipjordan, re Bill Clinton "A president's intern got press"
#70913 (2011) Len Farano, re Bill Clinton "An aide took her duties too far"
#76018 (2012) MikeAq, re Bill Clinton "For Bill Clinton, Lewinski went dotty"
#98319 (2017) Giorgio Coniglio, re Donald Trump "Half the populace sadly keeps coping"
#99429 (2017) Len Farano, re Donald Trump "Much advice, but he's clearly unreachable"


4. Parody Song-Lyrics About IMPEACHMENT
(this section is a Work-In-Progress: Please check periodically for updates)

A: PARODY SONG-LYRICS POSTED ONLINE      AmIRight.com


"Bob Dylan vs Donald Trump" (2017) Michael Pacholek re Donald Trump
 [to the tune of "The Times They Are a-Changin' "]

"Bob Mueller's Song" (2017) Barry J. Mitchell re Donald Trump 
[to the tune of "King Herod's Song"]

"Impeachment Seems To Be The Hardest Word" (2018) Phil Alexander re Donald Trump 
[to the tune of "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"]




Answers to puzzle #1




  Over 170 words. And that's no lie!







Continue the fun at 'MORE FUN WITH IMPEACHMENT'.



Thursday, 10 May 2018

Enthralling Thrice-Monthly WORDPLAY May '18 #2

WORDPLAY post #115
Periodic postings of palindromes, Scramble-Town Maps (creative cartography), binomial phrases, limericks, 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


CLASSIC: Able was I ere i saw Elba.  GOOFY: Passable was I ere i saw Elba's sap.

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


DEMOCRATS: Adore Mt., SC.  REPUBLICANS: Spaceblur IN
HOT LINK to the Anagram Sister Cities Initiative - complete collection


1) ME, Bangor - frog nab'em.  2) No, not Lima - Hamilton ON. 3) A man, a poem or Romeo - Panama.
HOT LINK to NEW WORLD PALINDROMES - complete series






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