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August 22, 2020, 09:42
haberdasher
CAIRO unveiled
Enough!

Here are the results of our excursion to the Middle East, and the respective authors:
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1.
A man who would soar over Cairo
In a miniature autogyro
Often says,”Listen friends,
Mind the great Khamsin winds
Flying gyros is not for a tyro!"
-- Geoff

2.
An unemployed fellow from Cairo
In the post office cashing his Giro*
Did not know what to do
But the cashier knew
"Just sign at the bottom in biro."**

*In the UK a "Giro" is a welfare check which can be cashed in any post office
**And just in case the word isn't common over there, a "biro" is a ball point pen
-- BobHale

3.
I know a young lady from Cairo
Whose home is resplendent with heiro-
Glyphics on every door
And I've never been sure
If it's proper to scoff, or admire-o.
-- haberdasher

4.
"The low row is yours, but the high row"
Said a gardener while gardening in Cairo
"Is the row that I'll hoe -
I'll go high, you go low -
Hoe your own row and do not hoe my row!"
-- BobHale

5.
Firecracker* sellers in Cairo
Have little luck selling pyro-
Technical wares
All the frights and the scares!
It's better to sell pens from Biro**

*That's FIRE- with one syllable, not two as in "FI-er"
**Yeah, yeah, there's a short "i" in "Biro," but I'll pretend it rhymes. Heck, I doubt I could even pronounce his name! László József Bíró was Hungarian, and I can't understand most Hungarians when they speak Aueracun!
-- Geoff

6.
On a menu, the pizza in Cairo
Was mistakenly put in the 'fry' row
"A pizza's NOT fried,"
The chef angrily cried.
"The pizza belongs in the 'pie' row!"
-- BobHale

7.
In Egypt's a beautiful Cairo,
Though IL has a Cairo and pyro-
Maniac, too.
(To this lim bid adieu
It stinks and is making my eyes roll!)
-- Kalleh
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The voting went one each for 3, and 4, and 6, so Bob wins, two to one. Congratulatins, Bob, and Good Work, everyone!

Which Leeds us to the next site, which he has graciously already posted here.
August 22, 2020, 17:35
Greg S
It makes no difference, but pretty sure 4 got 2 votes mine and Geoff's. That's why I like the Polls, too easy to miss a vote, this way.


Regards Greg
August 22, 2020, 19:01
Kalleh
I much prefer the polls, too. Otherwise, you have to pore through these comments.

It looks like it is Bob's turn then! Bob, don't make it too hard, please?
August 22, 2020, 19:16
BobHale
Already posted! And it's Leeds which is the easiest place to rhyme that I could think of.


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