scribbler

Jan 21, 2011 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

A TASTE OF SALT

Some people don't have much to do
and I'm about to prove that's true
in this tale about a learned buddy
a statistician named McGillicuddy.

Not long ago he got to thinkin'
'bout dinosaurs and all their drinkin'.
To be sure that his facts weren't wrong
he called Asian paleontologist, Fong .

How long did dinosaurs hold sway ?
How much water did they drink each day ?
and during their long domination
what was their average population ?

Now that he had the facts to start
he immersed himself in math's cold art
using equations, numbers and chaos theory
he worked until he became weary.

He calculated all the water on earth
including in the sea's vast girth.
The result of his research is this:
we all drink recycled dino-piss.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
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Editing Stage: Editing - draft

About the Author

Region, Country: South Carolina, United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Frost, Burns, Longfellow, Poe, and Johnson. I guess you've noticed these are all past masters. Other than folks on site I don't read any contemporary poets .

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Comments

mona

14 years 6 months ago

lol

That was much fun
I enjoyed the reading

scribbler

14 years 6 months ago

salt

now lets toast ourselves with a cold glass of water lol..................stan

scribbler

14 years 6 months ago

salt

Gotta share a smile every once in a while.......................stan

scribbler

14 years 6 months ago

hey shirley

just a bit of nonsense based on a factual study lol..................stan

pleiades

14 years 6 months ago

a hearty hardy har har from

a hearty hardy har har from me!
(and a rather porcine snort for good measure)

i always feel as if i've stumbled upon a hidden gem
when i come across a well conceived, well written
humorous verse

i'd love to know the inspiration for this ...
(what WERE you thinking? ...oh, to be inside your head)

terrific rhyme and meter, and a fabulous title for this poem!

cheers
p

scribbler

14 years 6 months ago

salt

Nothing but echos in my head lol. Inspiration was a study I read once where a person actually calculated approx. how much an average dinosaur drank per day. he then multiplied by average population of said at any given time then he multiplied by length of dinosaurs' reign. He next calculated the amount of water, fresh and salt, on earth today. This resulted in the conclusion that all water on earth had passed through a dinosaur at least TWICE. Boring enough for you?.......................scribbler

pleiades

14 years 6 months ago

my eyes just rolled back into

my eyes just rolled back into my head ...

scribbler

14 years 6 months ago

lol

where they are bathed in salty tears lmao...........stan

scribbler

14 years 6 months ago

salt

the good thing about names is you can make one up to rhyme with anything lol. Appreciate your visit..............scribbler

lovedly

7 years 8 months ago

same taste salt

salt taste does not change
since 2013 to 2017
it could have been
0001 also
salt like poet's desires are salty
gosh some one(wanky) also do praise me
it's been ages since dawn we met
remember scribbler yet
with no regret yes
LOL as usual
poetry is now becoming
very natural