One of the many cultivations of the advanced drinker is the ability to quote poetry while drinking in an advanced state. It is a wonder what a difference quoting the right sort of poetry will make to a convivial evening's end. Indeed, many will wonder how quoting poetry even started. Poetry deals with all the great subjects: death, life, trees. Stand up and quote the following delightful poem about trees by Joyce Kilmer:
I see that I shall never think
A poem as lovely as a drink.
Then have a drink. You may realise at about this point that the poem has been entirely deforested and has no trees in it. Perhaps it is a case of not being able to see the forest for the pint glass. Better have another drink while you think about it some more.
2 comments:
Joyce was a bloke, of all things.
I just remembered the first time I realised boys could be called 'Julian'. I was reading one of those Ashton-Scholastic books you used to get your parents to buy through book club, and discovered that one of the boy characters was called Julian. Uncontrollable juvenile tittering followed, "THAAAAAAAAAAAT'S A GIIIIIIIIIIIIRL'S NAME!"...
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