It's before clothes on and after clothes off that the damage is discernible, Doug. Also in the interim, waiting for twigs to catch. You are not alone in being mystified by footyspeak.
Bill
On 11/07/2013, at 2:45 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, Ive always thought you could put more clothes on, but at some point you cant take any more off....
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> Up here, I have no idea how footy discourse works, Bill....
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> Doug
> On 2013-07-09, at 4:05 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Snap and snapette
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>> Temperature Contest
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>> Cold's not like hot.
>> You can withdraw when icy,
>> imagine temperateness,
>> even as your core closes down.
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>> Heat involves fully,
>> inhabits you,
>> overflows, pours
>> through your pores.
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>> Part of you realises
>> when cold, that warm
>> is a possibility,
>> however remote.
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>> But overall I'd rather be hot.
>> Cold 's too close to death.
>> Cool, dry intake? Better
>> warm, moist breath.
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>> Found Friday night footy poem
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>> found some space
>> had more time than he knew
>> feeding forwards
>> an inverted torp-looking thing
>> that's home if it's got the wheels
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