Humor: Worst of Fortunes for Sunday August 14, 2016

There once was a man from Sydney Who could put it up to...
There once was a man from Sydney Who could put it up to her kidney. But the man from Quebec Put it up to her neck; He had a big one, now didn't he?

There was a young lady named Hall, Wore a newspaper dress to...
There was a young lady named Hall, Wore a newspaper dress to a ball. The dress caught on fire And burned her entire Front page, sporting section, and all.

There was a young lady of Gloucester Whose friends they thought...
There was a young lady of Gloucester Whose friends they thought they had lost her Till they found on the grass The marks of her arse, And the knees of the man who had crossed her.

While travelling in farthest Tibet, Lord Irongate found cause...
While travelling in farthest Tibet, Lord Irongate found cause to regret The buttered-up tea, A pain in his knee, And the frivolous tourists he met. -- Edward Gorey

You never gain something but that you lose something...
You never gain something but that you lose something. -- Thoreau