You asked by txt for my opinion.

Love the Spiderman one, to fix the metre in the Labyrinth one how about making the last two lines

Defeated him soundly
With Ludo's help

Glad to see your continuing contributions to the wonderful world of DDs.

Thnaks Bob. Thing is, the stress in "defeat" is on the second syllable, so either way you need to say "DE-feat-ed" (in which case I prefer the way the original line scans).

How's your packing going, by the way?

Due to work constraints elsewhere, I am finding myself more and more unable to devote the time to my duties as DD Emperor that I feel they deserve.

For the good of this thread in particular and Double Dactyls everywhere, I would like to respectfully abdicate the throne in place of Empress Jo the First.


(fanfare) All Hail Empress Jo!!!

As my last official act as your beloved and respected and admired and never-argued-with Emperor, allow me to submit the following (keeping in mind that a geographical area is a name even though, for DD purposes, this may be seen as somewhat of a cheat) :

Jiggery Pokery
Midlands of Iowa
Sent to this board a new
Gal with finesse.

Writing her DDs so
Uncomplicatedly.
Keep it up, Jo, you are
Sure to Empress!

Welcome Empress Jo!

I will kick-off this new reign...

Lexily, Lexily
Jesse E. Sheidlower,
OED editor,
Fav'rite of mine.

Shall we inform him of
CJ's great project where
Incomprehensibly,
Lim'ricks define?

A few caveats are in order. First, we must say "fav'rite" and "lim'ricks" for this to work. Also, I have no idea what Jesse's real middle initial is. Lastly, we must say "Scheidlower" with 3 syllables.

um...., er........

Two things:

1. Shouldn't I have been asked first? and...

2. What are my empressed duties?

Lexically Flexically
Little Jo Jemison
New to the wordcrafter's
Lexical vein.

Superimposedly
Found herself plunked on a
Dubious throne for a
Dactylous reign.

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Jiggery Pokery
Marquis de Sade, (The)
In polite circles was
Oft heard to quip:

"Don't tell me I'm a bad
Disciplinarian,
Or you might feel the sharp
End of my whip!"

Good try, Cat! Unfortunately, Marquis de Sade, (The) is only five syllables. Shall we all pitch in and see if we can make it six somehow?

Hm....

Compte Marquis de Sade?

COM te mar KEE de Sade... (I think he was a Count)

At the climax of S&M, they say, the Masoschist implores, "Hurt me," and the Sadist replies, "I won't."

"Ah! Ecstasy!!"

Whippery quippery
Patron of Sadism (???)
In polite circles would
Frequently quip

"Tell anyone I'm a
Disciplinarian
And you will feel the sharp
Lash of my whip."

Nice one Jerry! I prefer your second verse to mine. I also forgot I tend to speak French with a bit of a southern accent sometimes (don't know where I picked it up from), so I actually pronounce "Sade" as two syllables - not that I say it very often...

It's set me thinking how I sometimes frenchify (what is the correct French version of "anglicise"?) my English - both in pronunciation and turn of phrase. No wonder I get the odd odd look!

Oh goody! Another place in which to waste my already limited time! My thanks (I guess...) to Chris for referring to these threads over in OEDILF.

At the risk of being *too* pompously self centered, howzabout:

pishety-toshety
Eric L Andersen
new to the forum and
full of himself

offering puffery
Self-referentially
hoping you'll not put him
back on the shelf!

Oh, so glad to see more double dactyls I am so jealous that Eric has a double dactyl name! Eric, I love yours....except we might reword that seventh line so that the rhythm is a little better. Any attempts, guys?

My daughter's name is Catherine, and I have told her that she must marry a man whose last name is a dactyl!

Jo, welcome to the double dactyl throne, and I loved your acceptance dactyl! BTW, if your real last name is "Jemison," I am jealous of you, too! Is it "Josephine Jemison?"

Fairily, Verily
Hans Christian Andersen
Author of stories like
Princess and Pea.

One of my fav'rites, the
Emporer's nude, and with
Implausibility,
He does not see!

Poachery coachery
Robin of Nottingham's
Merry Men frolicked and
Poached royal deer.

Upsetting government,
Anticorruptionist,
Genuine folk hero,
But, was he queer?

Aussily, Aussily
Virge the Australian,
New to the forum, eats
Kangaroo soup.

Virge likes Koala bears,
Writes all those lim'ricks, he's
Incontrivertibly, (Thanks, Shu!)
Part of our loop!

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Thanks Kalleh

Ipsilly Wipsilly
Peter the Spiderman,
Feeling effects of his
Fragile male pride,

Loses his squirt and gains
Hypochondriasis
Fed by the veiled threat:
Here Comes the Bride.

Virge, that is a wonderful DD!!

I've been delinquent in my empressed duties, I fear. Of course, I have no idea what those duties are.

In honor of my confusion...

Higgeldy Piggeldy
Empress Ms. Josephine
Wrote on the walls of her
Baudy Boudouir.

Send me a man who knows
Phytogeography.
This room's as dull as a
Lousy film noir.

Lazily Hazily
Virge of Antipodes
Quasi-poetic'ly
Twiddles his thumbs,

Knowing that he is no
Phytogeographer,
Scribbles a verse about
Spreading his gums.

Another joint effort (and possibly more relevant this side of the pond):

Cyberman Schmyberman,
Christopher Eccleston,
Fighting the Daleks who
Exterminate.

He's the new Dr. Who,
Post-metamorphically
'Cos Paul Mcgann had to
Regenerate.

OK, jo & virge, I'll bite. What's a phytogeographer?

(Such erudition on this board ... )

A colleague has pointed out some quite intriguing slime molds growing near our office. I couldn't help noticing the double-dactylity of their latin name. And yes, the canine reference is really a common name of this particular specimen.

Slippery Gloppery
Fuligo Septica
Dog vomit slime mold is
really quite neat

Slimy and yellow and
Myxomycotious
Watch where you step 'coz it
Grows at your feet

That's vile, Eric! Great DD though.

And nice limericks on the other thread, too!

Thanks, Cat!

I seem to be on a roll. I'll answer Hic's question on behalf of Jo, if I may:

spatially, temp'rally
biogeographers
study and document
patterns of life.

phyto and zoo are
Just other prefixes;
Subspecializing will
Keep them from strife.

(Note that 'zoo' is 'zo-oh' in this context, but I'm pretty sure anyone here will have picked that one up)

Oh, these are great, guys! Eric, I know just what you mean; sometimes I suddenly think of DDs all day...while I am in a bit of a drought right now!

Hic, phytogeographer is the study of the geographic distribution of plants. It seems like it would be a useful word.