Tag Archives: platypus

like a strawberry

Posted on August 15, 2015 by AnElephantCant

I love you like a strawberry I love you more than lime you can be sweet you can be sour but you are always mine I love you more than cola drinks As much as Irn Bru sometimes you fizz … Continue reading →

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AnElephant is Distressed at Eye Test Request

Posted on May 30, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant even spell aquarium The fancy tank thing that some folk keep a wee fishy in But that is a red herring Has absolutely no bearing On this post he only says it for a rhyme for optician Because AnElephant … Continue reading →

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AnElephantCant Be A Mere Cat

Posted on October 24, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant see in the dark There is a very good reason for that Though he eats lots of carrots And very few parrots He can’t purr or have whiskers or the night sight of a cat AnElephantCant sit up and … Continue reading →

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The Phone-Billed Platypus

Posted on September 19, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant be sure about anything Regarding this most bizarre of all nature’s creatures Odder than a golf-mad giraffe Or a heffelump who is daft He discusses the famously incomprehensible duck-billed platypus He knows that the plural is obviously platypuseresses And … Continue reading →

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Animal Vegetable or Minstrel?

Posted on August 15, 2012 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always be serious Some animals just make him laugh A wee chunky donkey A wild funky monkey And there is nothing half as daft as a giraffe The kangaroo and alpaca amuse us Orang-utans have us holding our sides … Continue reading →

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