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Wowbagger

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Brian Bilston
« on: 15 November, 2022, 01:05:14 pm »
I've decided we need a thread for the Internet Bard.

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Tim Hall

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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #1 on: 16 November, 2022, 02:28:32 pm »
His "Three Postcards" popped up on my instagram feed. It's written for rememberance day.

It's a bit dusty in here.
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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #2 on: 16 November, 2022, 11:36:45 pm »
I posted one of his haikus elsewhere, but it's worth repeating.

Tied up all night with
A haiku dominatrix
And her three-line whip.
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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #3 on: 28 November, 2022, 06:51:49 am »
Quote from: Tim Hall on 16 November, 2022, 02:28:32 pm
His "Three Postcards" popped up on my instagram feed. It's written for rememberance day.

It's a bit dusty in here.
...and yet he also does funny and political stuff. And visual jokes.

This is the one that first really turned me on:

https://brianbilston.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_1802.jpg
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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #4 on: 30 November, 2022, 02:27:12 pm »
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hellymedic

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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #5 on: 03 December, 2022, 05:04:53 pm »
Yesterday's Bad Salad was tasty…
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Wowbagger

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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #6 on: 01 June, 2023, 09:02:12 pm »
From yesterday:

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WHAT DON CORLEONE DID NEXT
 
upon retiring
from the mafia,
 
he wove aquatic mammals
out of raffia
 
let me tell you
how I learnt this news:
 
he made me an otter
I couldn’t refuse

#WorldOtterDay
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hellymedic

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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #7 on: 14 June, 2023, 02:04:01 pm »
It's Brian's birthday today.
A date he shares with an orange-haired former US President.
Brian is Not Pleased!
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Feanor

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Re: Brian Bilston
« Reply #8 on: 14 June, 2023, 02:10:15 pm »
Yes indeed his pome of the day "Unhappy Birthday to Me" is, as usual, excellent:

https://twitter.com/brian_bilston/status/1536617374148874241
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