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  • TurquoiseTasticTurquoiseTastic Kerygmania Host
    edited July 18
    Amanda B Reckondwyth wrote: »
    Come clean my messy house for me.
    And since we've wed I guess it's free!

    Have a drink or two on me
  • RoseofsharonRoseofsharon Shipmate
    Have a drink or two on me
    Don't be stingy, I'd like three!


    Won't you buy my pretty flowers?


  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    They'll only live for several hours.

    Won't you sit and rest with me?
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    Then help me up -I need a pee!


    Join me for a skinny dip
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Join me for a skinny dip
    Served with one tortilla chip


    Tell me where is fancy bred?
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Tell me where is fancy bred?
    Let me show you. Come to bed.

    Would you like to swing on a star?
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Would you like to swing on a star?
    Or get sloshed with me in some grubby bar.

    Eleanor Rigby - picks up the rice in the church

  • Net SpinsterNet Spinster Shipmate

    Eleanor Rigby - picks up the rice in the church
    Her late lover left her in the lurch

    Shall we pick peaches for the picnic?
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Shall we pick peaches for the picnic?
    Or would turnips be a better trick?

    Thank you @Net Spinster for your line. That gives an even greater poignancy to the well known previous one. Anyway, now my actual offering,

    Is this a dagger that I see before me?

  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Is this a dagger that I see before me?
    Or another Poirot returned to bore me?

    Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    Bring them to me on a tray.

    Do you want to hear me sing?
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Do you want to hear me sing?
    What's that? Can't hear a thing.

    Come ye in peace, or come ye in war?
  • Net SpinsterNet Spinster Shipmate
    Come ye in peace, or come ye in war?
    Alas you are so much a bore.

    Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
    If the shoe fits, wear it!

    Animal crackers and cocoa to drink
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    edited July 21
    Animal crackers and cocoa to drink,
    you'll find plates and teacups piled up in the sink.

    'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    [aside] I'm as guilty as anyone else, but remember: the first line is an invitation.[/aside]
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    edited July 21
    Ah, thanks!

    What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
    Take him to find a decent tailor?

    Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to strawberry fields




  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to strawberry fields
    Tractor beam be damned! Activate shields.

    Come with me to a secret place
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Come with me to a secret place
    Google maps can easily trace.

    Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    edited July 21
    Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light?
    My clothes are a mess and my hair looks a fright.

    Will you come and follow me if I but call your name!
  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    I'd follow except I've just gone lame.

    Oh come with me to paradise!
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Oh come with me to paradise!
    And wear your finest snake disguise.

    A slice of apple pie, my dear?
  • Net SpinsterNet Spinster Shipmate
    A slice of apple pie, my dear?
    I should fear your madeira, I hear.

    A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach?
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    "A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach?"
    Said Cary Grant to Archie Leach.

    We'll sing the old songs that you used to sing.

  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    We'll sing the old songs that you used to sing.
    Back when Edward VIII was king.

    Drink to me only with thine eyes
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Drink to me only with thine eyes
    And then go join the back-room guys.

    The circus is coming to town. Let's go!
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    The circus is coming to town. Let's go!
    There's lions and elephants - Oh, what a show!

    If you knew Susie, like I know Susie ...
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    If you knew Susie, like I know Susie ...
    You'd go to the pub and get quite woozy!

    Let's all go on an ocean voyage.
  • Baptist TrainfanBaptist Trainfan Shipmate
    Let's all go on an ocean voyage:
    assuming there's no computer outage.

    Wherefore art thou, Romeo?


  • CameronCameron Shipmate
    Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
    Now I’ve a bun in the oven, you go?

    Let’s lay down on the green, green grass
  • Net SpinsterNet Spinster Shipmate
    Let’s lay down on the green, green grass
    and feel the ticks marching on to mass

    Shall we be trotting home again?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Shall we be trotting home again?
    In the howling gale and the pouring rain?

    Will you come into my parlour?
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Will you come into my parlour?
    We'll listen to some Mahler.

    Come and join our choir, won't you?
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Come and join our choir, won't you?
    And sing atonal dirges that are not true.

    They went to sea in a sieve, they did.

  • CameronCameron Shipmate
    They went to sea in a sieve, they did
    Let’s surf alongside on a dustbin lid

    Come with me to my little old hut
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    Come with me to my little old hut
    I’ll not come with you. I’m no mutt.

    Will you come? If the night has a moon, full and bright?
  • FirenzeFirenze Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Will you come? If the night has a moon, full and bright?
    I prefer my dates in broad daylight


    Lay your sleeping head, my love,
    Human on my faithless arm
  • CameronCameron Shipmate
    Lay your sleeping head, my love,
    Human on my faithless arm
    I find a bit of Auden
    Always works just like a charm

    Take me to you, imprison me
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    "Take me to you, imprison me"
    Said the masochist with ill-concealéd glee.

    There's a deathly hush in the close tonight

  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    There's a deathly hush in the close tonight

    Till a sudden loud noise made me run off in fright.

    The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
  • Net SpinsterNet Spinster Shipmate
    The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
    To bad that there a Jabberwock be.

    Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
    You won't be sorry, by Saint Eloy!

    Have a gin and tonic, do!
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    "Have a gin and tonic, do!"
    "No, Cork Porter's my preferred brew."

    I wandered lonely as a cloud

  • CameronCameron Shipmate
    I wandered lonely as a cloud
    Ignoring the rules among the crowd

    Let’s play cards, come try your luck
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Let's play cards, come try your luck
    And with two pairs you won't be stuck.

    Have some Madeira, my dear
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Have some Madeira, my dear,
    With luck it will come out your rear.

    How would you like to stay up all night?
  • BroJamesBroJames Purgatory Host
    How would you like to stay up all night?
    I’ve got some Viagra, now turn out the light.

    Bring me sunshine, in your smile
  • CameronCameron Shipmate
    How would you like to stay up all night?
    These little blue pills should work just right.

    Come for a swim in my brand new pool
  • Raptor EyeRaptor Eye Shipmate
    Bring me sunshine, in your smile
    But hide your teeth or I’ll run a mile!

    Come for a swim in my brand new pool
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