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nandiniv: There is an Ogden Nash style poem to be written on women waiting in a scan center to get their ultrasounds done, with belly-full of water but never enough. Sigh.

ChimpOverlord: Progress might have been alright once, but It went on too long. -Ogden Nash

erskinetimes: On spring days in LA, I feel like I’ve married one of Shakespeare’s dreams (to borrow from the great Ogden Nash).

cyberalgo: “Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.” —Ogden Nash

nickjismymuse: Ogden Nash was always a favorite as a kid. Humorous.

duncanokum47251: To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.,Ogden Nash,Marriage, Loving, You ,

bsdfortune: A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. -- Ogden Nash

anarchpetditty: This isn't as strong as Ogden Nash, alas:

leverus: I selfishly hope it doesn't happen! And maybe it won't. I'm just really aware that I didn't see ChatGPT coming, at all. If you tell ChatGPT to write a poem about the moon in the style of Ogden Nash, it will do it. The poem will be mediocre but not terrible.

HyperformGroup: I asked Google Bard to Write me an Ogden Nash poem about MAGA complaining about George Soros

TrueQuotation: There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed. — Ogden Nash

Stepaniekdsua: Time is like the ocean, always there, always different. ~Ogden Nash

countcol: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” Ogden Nash

MelanieJaxn: Indoors or out, no one relaxes In March, that month of wind and taxes, The wind will presently disappear, The taxes last us all the year. ~Ogden Nash

neutralusage: Also, I forgot to say, this is not me! It's from a musical "One Touch of Venus" by Ogden Nash. A weird little piece, too.

MKTexas: Celebrating Ogden Nash: "Maybe I couldn't be dafter, But I keep wondering if this time we settle our differences before a war instead of after." 1902–1971 America's Best Known Humorous Poet image: Patrick Fore

DAngeledes: Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker Ogden Nash

Gex_the_Bot: This looks like looking at pictures of puppies at Ogden Nash's cottage!

MKTexas: Celebrating Ogden Nash: "Some primal termite knocked on wood. And tasted it, and found it good. And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today." 1902–1971 America's Best Known Humorous Poet image: Library of Congress

davidlrroche: ALCS Statement for 2022/23 comes in at a whopping £103.24 for library/photocopying royalties for this poetry collection five years after publication. Take that, Ogden Nash.

MelanieJaxn: Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, And realio, trulio, daggers on his toes. -Ogden Nash

MKTexas: Celebrating Ogden Nash: "God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why." 1902–1971 America's Best Known Humorous Poet image: VD Photography

RaspiArduino: I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall I'll never see a tree at all. -- Ogden Nash

FireLan16232455: God in his wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why. Ogden Nash.

steventuality: A Caution To Everybody Consider the auk; Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk. Consider man, who may well become extinct Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked. Ogden Nash

LoriLFoster: "Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you." Ogden Nash

MKTexas: Celebrating Ogden Nash: "Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up." (Earn the respect of others!) 1902–1971 America's Best Known Humorous Poet image: Jan Antonin Kolar

daisybrock84: It wasn't the cough that carried him off It was the coffin they carried him off in - Ogden Nash, World Poetry Day Probably knew this poem at 4 years old. My parents were weird

RaspiArduino: Tell me, O Octopus, I begs, Is those things arms, or is they legs? I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou, I'd call me us. -- Ogden Nash

Harsha_Sayings: To keep your marriage brimming, whenever you are wrong, admit it; whenever you are right, shut up. ~ Ogden Nash 21/n

SchognRichards1: God in His wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why. Ogden Nash

uvaxemax: The trouble with a kitten is that When it grows up, it's always a cat ― Ogden Nash.

MKTexas: Celebrating Ogden Nash: "Humor is the best means of surviving in a difficult world." (Do your part, laugh a little today!) 1902–1971 America's Best Known Humorous Poet image: Siviwe Kapteyn

welfordwrites: A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. Ogden Nash

MosesHawk: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash

walterhpierce2: This quote from Ogden Nash I have put into my W) Management and Leadership category. To study more quote-posters from the topic of Management and Leadership go to:

peedeelou: A Hartsville, SC native as described by Ogden Nash He played for nine of the sixteen MLB teams that existed back then. He was 2-2 pitching in two World Series(1940- Detroit & 1947- NYY) and was on a WS winner in the ‘47 Series with the Yankees over the Dodgers in 7 games.

OwainEvans_UK: The Lord's Prayer in the style of Ogden Nash by Claude. It manages some internal rhymes.

QueeredR: "I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, were it not for making living, which is rather a nouciance." ~ Ogden Nash, (1902-1971), U.S. poet & humorist "Our best chance lies in humour"

HostaDaylily: My daughter's sketch-a-day Behold the Zebra on the plains, And shudder at his mighty manes! Ogden Nash

ADANALIHAS98551: Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.,Ogden Nash,life,

marykhamala88: People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.,Ogden Nash,humorous,

naharkanta2022: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” - Ogden Nash

butia110876: I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.,Ogden Nash,Tongue, Dogs, Juice ,

AletheaKontis: “The trouble with a kitten is THAT, eventually it becomes a CAT.” ~Ogden Nash

sridharkswamy: only once. then you learn. if you are wrong accept it. if you are right shut up. - Ogden Nash

BrianD49431327: The ostrich roams the great Sahara its mouth is wide its neck is narra it has such long and lofty legs Im glad it sits to lay its eggs. The ostrich by Ogden Nash

tobiBowale: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

OwainEvans_UK: Claude (unlike GPT3.5 and I think GPT4) isn't mode collapsed onto a single bland prose and poetry style and can even mix styles in a single poem (tho Shakespeare bleads into Ogden Nash here).

sudhirrao61: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

jheckbert: "Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash

JMaurer1: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

welfordwrites: You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. Ogden Nash

robert_macnabb: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

c_jessen: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

davytheslavy: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

originalmiks: RIP ogden nash, you would've loved twitter

manou44: Reflection On The Fallibility Of Nemesis He who is ridden by a conscience Worries about a lot of nonscience; He without benefit of scruples His fun and income soon quadruples. Ogden Nash

olittle1: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

EdnChina: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

FreemansBrain: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

macbeestje: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash (an American poet)

nohate251: "Happiness is having a scratch for every itch." Ogden Nash FAHMAAN RULING AS RAVI

MaestroClassics: Free poetry & literature curriculum guide based on the Ogden Nash verses for the Carnival of the Animals CD/MP3

leahmar30086231: Poets aren't very useful because they aren't consumeful or very produceful.,Ogden Nash,poets, poetry,

MelanieJaxn: Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. ~Ogden Nash

Prodiance2710: Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.,Ogden Nash,Children, Happy, Parents ,

SpyderLord6412: Here's a good rule of thumb Too clever is dumb.,Ogden Nash,intellect,

StoriesGiga2345: People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.,Ogden Nash,humorous,

Fisherno8311: Middle age is when you have met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else and usually is.,Ogden Nash,birthdays, age,

bsdfortune: "Reflections on Ice-Breaking" Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker. -- Ogden Nash

LisaDEFG: "Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you." - Ogden Nash (art: David Tanner)

DanielMwasya39: There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends.,Ogden Nash,repentance, apology,

Nicsysca990: Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.,Ogden Nash,Progress, Long, Gone ,

Gregory83310371: People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.,Ogden Nash,humorous,

gokomartha_lane: In the world of mules there are no rules.,Ogden Nash,quips, comments,

RaspiArduino: The Preacher, the Politician, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie! -- Ogden Nash

fuggindigit: Nothing pleases kiddies more than swears and titties. (Ogden Nash gives me a thumbs up from Heaven)

mimosa52862716: Ex Visiones - Terrestrial Happiness There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. ~ Ogden Nash

Wasgrou7792: Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.,Ogden Nash,fantasy, imagination, monster, monsters,

chikuwa100q_bot: 10. Candy is dandy/ but liquor is quicker. [Ogden Nash]

marylolagouge: A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. ~Ogden Nash

cyberalgo: “Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.” —Ogden Nash

Cargo_Pal: A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. ~Ogden Nash

jstannehill: Crime & Punishment made me love to read books. Don Quixote made me laugh and cry while I was reading it. Moby Dick turned me on to historical adventures. And collections of Ogden Nash helped me lighten up.

chikuwa100q_bot: 10. Candy is dandy/ but liquor is quicker. [Ogden Nash]

isilgupsirhc: The panther is like a Leopard, Except it hasn't been peppered. Should you behold a panther crouch, Prepare to say "Ouch"! Better yet, if called by a panther, Don't anther. -Ogden Nash

Dailies54153708: ‘he’s like a plumber when you need a plumber’ –Kurt Weill / Ogden Nash he’s like a new journal arriving on the morning the old one’s full he’s like the postman coming when you’re about to post a letter 6.III.23

YogiScottL: "Happiness is having a scratch for every itch." ~ Ogden Nash

wtul_playlist: Just played: Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash - Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)

chikuwa100q_bot: 10. Candy is dandy/ but liquor is quicker. [Ogden Nash]

MaestroClassics: Free poetry & literature curriculum guide based on the Ogden Nash verses for the Carnival of the Animals CD/MP3

ChrisRRegan: This is the home Ogden Nash lived in. Mildly amusing short poems about zoo animals really paid well in the mid 20th century.

chikuwa100q_bot: 10. Candy is dandy/ but liquor is quicker. [Ogden Nash]

DrRussellBrown: The Panther By Ogden Nash The panther is like a leopard, Except it hasn't been peppered. Should you behold a panther crouch, Prepare to say Ouch. Better yet, if called by a panther, Don't anther.

gafr60: A gourmet challenged me to eat A tiny bit of rattlesnake meat, Remarking, "Don't look horror-stricken You'll find it tastes a lot like chicken." It did. Now chicken I cannot eat Because it tastes like rattlesnake meat. (Ogden Nash) My favorite poet in grade school.

DrMaryRogan: The spring is sprung the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdy is - the bird is on the wing , no thats absurd - the wing is on the bird . Ogden Nash

j0h9y_: “A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.” — Ogden Nash Eloise PRIYANKIT X DMF SOON

RaspiArduino: I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall I'll never see a tree at all. -- Ogden Nash

QcDailyQuote: Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.



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