tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post4975246298706157167..comments2013-10-04T21:06:15.756+01:00Comments on Dodophobia: Ode to Mount Unpronounceable.Cameron MacDonald Gazzola Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460898271918397890noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-48568879734132058312010-08-02T13:53:46.683+01:002010-08-02T13:53:46.683+01:00Wow, thanks Simon! The wedding's not until 29t...Wow, thanks Simon! The wedding's not until 29th October. Right now we're struggling through the last couple of months of being apart. But the wishes and the lines are much appreciated.Cameron MacDonald Gazzola Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460898271918397890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-48429957901329745812010-08-01T03:34:30.789+01:002010-08-01T03:34:30.789+01:00Hope the wedding and all since went wellHope the wedding and all since went wellirishkitchengardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104304816335270006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-22994049626067646302010-08-01T03:23:59.821+01:002010-08-01T03:23:59.821+01:00The Volcano, in Iceland is fuming one more time,
...The Volcano, in Iceland is fuming one more time, <br />And for a poet theres a problem for I cant find a rhyme.<br />Now Ive been told Ive a talent for the vocal. <br />but I just cant say the word Eyjafjallajökull<br /><br />Its twisting me tounge, Its wracking my palete <br />and its punding me brain like a hard swung mallet<br />the eruptions in Iceland but the ash cloud is local<br />But I just cant say it - Eyjafjallajökull<br /><br />Its wreckin' me head and its causin' frustration<br />Unclimbable mountain of tough pronounciation<br />Im try'n and Im cry'n and I yet might beat it<br />But Eyjafjallajökull just has me defeated<br /><br />See, Id like to write a poem but its causing me panic<br />That I cant say the name of that Nemisis volcanic<br />Tried saying it early, tried saying it later<br />And I'm down in the dumps - what a miserable crater<br /><br />Its causing annoyance, thats what its doin'<br />And like every politician its blowing and its spewin'<br />And up goes the lava and down come the flights<br />Eyjafjallajökull gives me sleepless nights<br /><br />And were queing in the airports, waiting on the planes<br />Jumping on the ferry boats and racking our brains<br />The trips been cancelled, the service cut in half<br />And Eyjafjallajökull is having a laugh<br /><br />Try it yourself, every murderous syllable,<br />Torturing your tounge like something evil and killable<br />Vulcanologists use it, Newsreaders refuse it,<br />Eyjafjallajökull - why did they choose it<br /><br />Iceland - A nice land of glaciers and Bjork,<br />But the banks there are buggered and theirs thousands out of work<br />The economys battered and bloody and gory<br />Eyjafjallajökull whats the bleedin' story?<br /><br />Say it with me reader, lets say it together<br />Eyjafjallajökull means its dusty auld weather<br />If you shout it at your screen maybe I'll learn,<br />Eyjafjallajökull - burn baby burn<br /><br />Its after going off again, you must be bloody joking,<br />Wish to high heavens it would give up the smoking,<br />Travel plans pounded Jumbojets grounded,<br />Peope must be wishing they could fly the planes around it<br /><br />I suppose, I should be happy Im not stranded overseas<br />Because pronounciation problems arent much compared to these<br />If I knew the right prayer I'd be happy to pray it<br />Eyjafjallajökull - I just wish I could say it<br /><br />But saying such a mouthful is troubling and taxing<br />And me tounge can't cope with an Icelandic accent<br />For its supercalifragilisticexpialidoc-al<br />But I cant get my head around - Eyjafjallajökull<br /><br />And whats it mean, whats the translation,<br />No one seems to know in the whole United Nations,<br />Were the victims of nature, its a bit of a farce<br />Eyjafjallajökull means a pain in the --- neckirishkitchengardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104304816335270006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-17421754101305531222010-05-18T15:51:21.716+01:002010-05-18T15:51:21.716+01:00Yeah well I tried to pronounce it properly, but wh...Yeah well I tried to pronounce it properly, but when even my agile tongue can't manage to wrap itself round a word, you KNOW it's a horror! And now, when I think I may finally have it, I can't really be bothered looking it up to check. :-|Cameron MacDonald Gazzola Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460898271918397890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-43659050718359199872010-05-17T05:33:11.587+01:002010-05-17T05:33:11.587+01:00I like the way you refer to Mont Unpronounceable! ...I like the way you refer to Mont Unpronounceable! I hear the newscaster mention the name of the damn volcano and think WTF???<br /><br />Anyway, I wish Sue and I could make it there for the wedding. I would love to visit Scotland. even though I'm English by ancestry... but you have given me a pass for that!<br /><br />Take care my friend. Loved the poem!<br /><br />MikeMike Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776637481914854350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-7257034552330574232010-05-16T22:53:06.170+01:002010-05-16T22:53:06.170+01:00Thank you Geoff.Thank you Geoff.Cameron MacDonald Gazzola Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460898271918397890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1730190421023421473.post-7227046683865461282010-05-15T22:35:53.889+01:002010-05-15T22:35:53.889+01:00So the ash cloud had a silver - or gold - lining f...So the ash cloud had a silver - or gold - lining for you two. Congrats on the upcoming nuptials.Geoffhttp://geoffnelder.comnoreply@blogger.com