A lousy little poem by MAR

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A lousy little poem by MAR

Legg inn av Larsy » 04 jun 2007 17:07:10

Vox populi, vox Dei

We need a simpleminded service, with a modicum of choice,
Said the Vicar and his wardens in a unity of voice;
It will bring the young folk running, and is surely bound to seize
The praise of all the county when they commemorate its ease.
'I agree', said Miss Quite-Rightly, with a fervent modern air,
'But we must ensure arguments for the Eucharistic prayer:
In Advent and first Sundays we employ the one called D,
(Though the blessed congregation think the chorus rather twee);
And I note in version A, as set for Ordinary Time,
That the Synod marked it optional; omitting it is fine;
And the same thing goes for F, said in Epiphany I guess
(Which used to be a Feats-day but is now a Season ('S')).
Alternatively B or C instead of D's OK
And option 'O' may star or go-so that's clear, anyway.'
They chorused their agreement, and they raised a corpulent grin
As they pondered the approval their silly plans would win.
And if the congregation said it didn't suit them quite,
They'd simply hold another vote, until they got it right.
O the joys of simple services and modern liturgy:
So clear, so bright, so black and white, compared with BCP.

Michael Andrews-Reading

http://www.prayerbook.org.uk/upload/pub ... /pub26.pdf

I particularly like the phrase "said it didn't suit them quite," and
the clever rhyming of "D" with "rather twee."

I suppose this "really wasn't very nice" of me, so I'll throw in a
picture of my aunt and her husband (still can't find any pictures of
myself on the web; I'd share them if I could) ...

http://www.southalabama.edu/history/gal ... big/27.jpg

Gjest

Re: A lousy little poem by MAR

Legg inn av Gjest » 04 jun 2007 19:11:10

On 4 Jun., 17:07, Larsy <ravinmaven2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Vox populi, vox Dei

We need a simpleminded

Usual Freudian slip - I wrote "simple"

service, with a modicum of choice,
Said the Vicar and his wardens in a unity of voice;
It will bring the young folk running, and is surely bound to seize
The praise of all the county when they commemorate

Try "contemplate"

its ease.
'I agree', said Miss Quite-Rightly, with a fervent modern air,
'But we must ensure arguments

Another Freudian slip; try "arrangements"

for the Eucharistic prayer:
In Advent and first Sundays we employ the one called D,
(Though the blessed congregation think the chorus rather twee);
And I note in version A, as set for Ordinary Time,
That the Synod marked it optional; omitting it is fine;
And the same thing goes for F, said in Epiphany I guess
(Which used to be a Feats

Try "Feast"

-day but is now a Season ('S')).
Alternatively B or C instead of D's OK
And option 'O' may star

Try "stay"

or go-so that's clear, anyway.'
They chorused their agreement, and they raised a corpulent

No, that's you again; I wrote "corporate"

grin
As they pondered the approval their silly plans would

Try "that their plans would surely" (unlike you, I can scan)

win.
And if the congregation said it didn't suit them quite,
They'd simply hold another vote, until they got it right.
O the joys of simple services and modern liturgy:
So clear, so bright, so black and white, compared with BCP.

Michael Andrews-Reading

http://www.prayerbook.org.uk/upload/pub ... /pub26.pdf

Yawn, more off-topic stuff from a wannabe-troll; how pathetic.
Douglas Richardson must be really glad he made his support for you
public.

MA-R

Larsy

Re: A lousy little poem by MAR

Legg inn av Larsy » 04 jun 2007 19:51:01

Yawn, more off-topic stuff from a wannabe-troll; how pathetic.

Yawn indeed. It would have taken Alexander Pope to enliven that sort
of vestry dithering to the level of poetry.

If you call me a "wannabe-troll," that means technically I'm not a
troll. Works for me ... =)

Gjest

Re: A lousy little poem by MAR

Legg inn av Gjest » 04 jun 2007 20:41:27

On 4 Jun., 19:51, Larsy <ravinmaven2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yawn, more off-topic stuff from a wannabe-troll; how pathetic.

Yawn indeed. It would have taken Alexander Pope to enliven that sort
of vestry dithering to the level of poetry.

If you call me a "wannabe-troll," that means technically I'm not a
troll. Works for me ... =)

No, John; although it's just yet another thing that you're not very
good at, you are a troll all the same. If you wish to continue to
squander your small potential by continually broadcasting your idiocy
to the world (and demonstrating that you're too dim even to quote
accurately), that's your call. You can keep apitting into the wind
all you like, and I'll keep posting on mediaeval genealogy.

MA-R

Larsy

Re: A lousy little poem by MAR

Legg inn av Larsy » 04 jun 2007 20:50:19

No, John; although it's just yet another thing that you're not very
good at, you are a troll all the same. If you wish to continue to

If I don't even succeed at trollery, it's hard to see what the
enormous fuss has been all about.

accurately), that's your call. You can keep apitting into the wind
all you like, and I'll keep posting on mediaeval genealogy.

....or you can share more of your "poems" with us, if you like. We're
not particular. We're happy that "D" rhymes with "twee."

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