Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
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Re: Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
Just for fun, a rewrite:
manna skyborne dropped
breaded, battered, and deep-fried
midst ketchup splattered
everywhere like disco
lights red-stained on White House walls
manna skyborne dropped
breaded, battered, and deep-fried
midst ketchup splattered
everywhere like disco
lights red-stained on White House walls
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Re: Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
Also it doesnt mention a seasonW. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 1:27 pmtoo long, but if you say "double u aitch" for WH, it's the right length for tanka, which is the precursor to haikuTiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 11:11 amYou have entered the realm of great American poetry. In the South it is known as Great Mericun Pomes.
Is it technically haiku?
As a tanka, it rather bland and the split word is problematic (unless you're intending a pun on disco, in which case bonus points).manna drops from thy
skies, all battered and deep fried,
and ketchup splatter
everywhere and disco-
lours the WH walls
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls Would scarcely get your feet wet
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Re: Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
At least they didn't commit the mortal sin of mixing seasonal words
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Re: Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
Seen elsewhere -
If guns had to be refridgerated, the Texas grid would be bulletproof.
If guns had to be refridgerated, the Texas grid would be bulletproof.
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Re: Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
I mean, doesn't ammo sweat?
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
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As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
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Re: Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
We put in a lot of wind farm comm systems in TX, and much of the Gulf Coast for that matter. The energy sector has been building out a lot of it very quietly over the last couple decades.
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Crowell, TX is down one windmill.
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Is that Zeus saying he condemns all windmills or just that one in particular?
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Texas Big Freeze Aftermath
He can bus immigrants around the country, but he can't keep the lights on!
https://twitter.com/Kaylan_TX/status/16 ... 69122?s=20
https://twitter.com/Kaylan_TX/status/16 ... 69122?s=20
Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan wrote: Welp, there goes the electricity on the hottest day of the year. Thanks Greg Abbott
Kaylan_TX @Kaylan_TX wrote: We got a notice to keep our A/C above 82° and not to use large appliances like washers or dryers during the day. What kind of third word bullshit is this?!?!
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Hey Aaabbott!!!
Go ahead secede, and turn your state into a shithole; it's nearly there already.
Go ahead secede, and turn your state into a shithole; it's nearly there already.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end . . .
So do our minutes hasten to their end . . .
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In the sentence, "What kind of third word bullshit is this?!?!", the third word is "of".
I forgot the question.
I forgot the question.
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Forecast high in Wichita Falls today is 112F.
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