I had the runs on my recent French course. Not very pleasant so I can
sympathise. Here is my contribution to the, uh, pile.
diarrhoea, diarrhoea
all sticky warm and brown
won't you give me 30 seconds
to get my trousers down
Those subjunctives, right nasty in the wrong place.
Roger
On 09/05/06, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I had a subjunctive once davey-very nasty too!!
> P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
> Sent: 09 May 2006 12:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Poem for Colin
>
> My mate Colin just had a holiday from hell in exotic Lincolnshire, I'll
> spare you all the nitty details but below is a very short verse summary
> (there was worse for him when he came back but I've excluded that) Here
> goes:
>
> A Postcard from Skegness
>
> Got bored stiff. Then came the diarrhoea.
> Can't sleep. Wish it was you that was here.
>
>
> (the grammatically incorrect absence of the subjunctive in the final
> sentence is deliberate as it's a-written in the colloquial)
>
> Dave
>
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