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Stephen Whiteside
 Post subject: The Platypus
PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:45 am 
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The Platypus

© Stephen Whiteside 05.10.10

He’s very shy, but not a wus,
The spur-heeled, duck-billed platypus.
He’s not the duck-billed pussyplat.
I do not think he would like that,
Or plussypat or patyplus.
There really isn’t an excus
For anything but platypus!
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Maureen K Clifford
 Post subject: Re: The Platypus
PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:55 pm 
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Very clever Stephen

Cheers

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Heather
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What a tongue twister. Very Dr. Suess Stephen.

Heather :)

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Neville Briggs
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Very Ogden Nash, I thought... ;) ..actually very Stephen Whiteside :)

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