Monthly Archives: March 2013

Dancing Disa-Stars

Posted on March 31, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant skip the light fandango He can’t do a Samba or Rumba He knows who his pals are When he dances the Salsa Because he looks like a dummy but dumber Herr Strauss’s compositions are wasted on this guy He … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged bee hive, belly dancing, boogie, can can, cha cha, charleston, dance floor, elvis, fred astaire, ginger rogers, If you can’t find a partner use a wooden chair, jailhouse rock, jive, lawn mower, mastodon, old time movie, rock n roll, rumba, salsa, samba, skip the light fandango, strauss, twist, wall flower | 19 Comments

Bandol Gold

Posted on March 30, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant stay away from Bandol It is his favourite place in the civilised world A Mediterranean jewel So warm and so cool Just the thought of it makes his wee tootsies curl His hotel on a hill is Les Galets … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour, travel | Tagged armada, bandol, centre ville, glaswegian, la med, les galets, lou reed, medieval cannon, mediterranean, perfect day, renecros beach, renecros plage, var | 16 Comments

Mediterranean Medicament

Posted on March 29, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant deny he’s ecstatic So delighted il parle Francais instead His Boeing 737 Transports him to heaven He is back on the shores of the Med His first stop is in sun-kissed Languedoc A little place called Valras Plage The … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour, travel | Tagged bandol, boeing 737, bouches-du-rhone, camargue, cassis, chateau d'if, european capital of culture 2013, herault, languedoc, le vieux port, marseille, notre dame de la garde, roussillon, scottish colourists, valras plage | 20 Comments

Waiting – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on March 28, 2013 by AnElephantCant

Friday Fictioneers AnElephantCant make a rhyme this week And his story has double the words So you can poo poo him You can even sue him Or just read every second verse The idea is to write a very short … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Poetry | Tagged 100 words, flash fiction, friday fictioneers, irn bru, short story, tupperware | 38 Comments

Light-heartedly Half-hearted*

Posted on March 27, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant claim to have politesse It is his rudeness that sets him apart In this post he proves it Any doubt he removes it He explains the international fart AnElephant’s mummy is a sensitive creature He takes very good care … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged bagpipes, blowing in the wind, castanets, eiffel tower, fjord, kilts, Norway, norwegian blue, norwegian wood, politesse, rudeness, spain, stars and stripes, thor, tom dick and harry, trumpet voluntary, viking sea lord | 21 Comments

For Honest Men and Bonnie Lasses

Posted on March 26, 2013 by AnElephantCant

In his sleep he takes a bus trip To a town on the Ayrshire coast He remembers going to school there He is still haunted by those ghosts It no longer looks the same of course In a dream things … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Poetry, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious | Tagged ayrshire, beach in france, bonnie lasses, bus trip, coast of france, glasgow, honest men, robert burns, sandgate, schooldays, south side, tam o'shanter | 6 Comments

Pardon me boys, is that the Cat that Chewed your new Shoes?*

Posted on March 25, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant keep on walking forever He doesn’t want to wear out his shoes He is just a big boy So his face beams with joy When his journey means he goes on choo choos It certainly should not surprise either … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged Alps, amiens, amtrak, australia, calais, chemin de fer, choo choo, columbia river gorge, damperton-sur-leven, erskine bridge, France, glasgow, iron horse, italy, mont blanc, oregon, portland, river clyde, sydney, ter mer ter vert, train | 8 Comments

What is Brown and Sticky?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant pretend that he is normal Sometimes he does get up to daft tricks When he and his chum for a lark Go exploring in the park They both make sure that they carry beauty sticks A boy can’t really … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged adventure, double secret, dragons, empty handed, experiments, fence, hydrosonic, ice cream, magic wand, multi-flavoured, multi-functional, scientist, sticks, wiggly, wobbly | 14 Comments

Funky Story Hunky Glory

Posted on March 23, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant stop loving Mr Bowie Although his name is too difficult to rhyme His music is amazing If perhaps slightly crazy Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes but I can’t trace time AnElephant is down in darkest Yorkshire On a strange night in a mining … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged a starman waiting in the sky, ashes to ashes, berlin trilogy, ch-ch-changes, david bowie, funk to funky, heroes, hunky dory, it’s the freakiest show, jean genie, just for one day, life on mars, Look at those cavemen go, major tom, sound and vision, space oddity, spiders from mars, the stars are out tonight, ziggy stardust | 15 Comments

School’s Out Forever

Posted on March 22, 2013 by AnElephantCant

What do you see when you look through the glass Asks the patiently urgent schoolmaster Trees and the sky and the clouds floating by But one boy has a different answer Birds to be caught and moose to be shot … Continue reading →