To splother or not to splother. 18 September 2016
From time to time there are new posters in the Quick Crossword site who object to the unusual nature of the comments section. Often they just grumble a bit, a few people respond trying to explain why this is a unique forum and things go back to normal. The Speedy comments on 18 September caused one of these posters to complain, but he/she did it in verse, using a limerick like a good QCC old timer, which proves that it's not hard at all to become a splotherer even if you think you don't want to.
The crosswords themselves make me happy
But comments are quite often crappy
I've often detected
They are not connected
But fit for a baby with nappy!
But comments are quite often crappy
I've often detected
They are not connected
But fit for a baby with nappy!
chrissie2016
18 Sep 2016 07:30
I like the crosswords
I like the splother
But crappy rhyming
Please don't bother
It's not that I dislike a ditty
But I much prefer it when it's witty!
18 Sep 2016 07:30
I like the crosswords
I like the splother
But crappy rhyming
Please don't bother
It's not that I dislike a ditty
But I much prefer it when it's witty!
RapscallionCymraeg chrissie2016
18 Sep 2016 10:58
Oh Chrissie, it is with respect,
I feel that I must interject.
Your poem was both wise and witty,
A prerequisite for a ditty.
If Lilac wants to pen a verse,
Perhaps, it shouldn't be so terse!
Comments here, have subjects ranging,
Every day the topics changing.
Based loosely on the crosswords clues
But also on our personal views.
If varied chatter's not your bag,
Agreed, this place may seem a drag.
Myself, I find the splother great,
Informative, articulate.
So Lilac, just relax and see,
Just what a grand place this can be! :o)
18 Sep 2016 10:58
Oh Chrissie, it is with respect,
I feel that I must interject.
Your poem was both wise and witty,
A prerequisite for a ditty.
If Lilac wants to pen a verse,
Perhaps, it shouldn't be so terse!
Comments here, have subjects ranging,
Every day the topics changing.
Based loosely on the crosswords clues
But also on our personal views.
If varied chatter's not your bag,
Agreed, this place may seem a drag.
Myself, I find the splother great,
Informative, articulate.
So Lilac, just relax and see,
Just what a grand place this can be! :o)
Ode, from an old cracked pot.
We may be guilty of childish things,
and our comments be not purely spiritual,
but when the youth within this worn out body spreads its wings
and its outward appearance strives to itself deny,
pay attention, watcher, do not let it prey upon one’s mind,
for an oddment within these column inches you may find,
a notion, perhaps of sentimental fondness,
vested with power or influence, infinite, endless,
a hoard of valuables: rhymes and recollections.
The words, words, words, we offer:
it is not an object beyond criticism, the splother,
Given to mishaps, although we try,
if we offend, then please, simply pass us by.
We may be guilty of childish things,
and our comments be not purely spiritual,
but when the youth within this worn out body spreads its wings
and its outward appearance strives to itself deny,
pay attention, watcher, do not let it prey upon one’s mind,
for an oddment within these column inches you may find,
a notion, perhaps of sentimental fondness,
vested with power or influence, infinite, endless,
a hoard of valuables: rhymes and recollections.
The words, words, words, we offer:
it is not an object beyond criticism, the splother,
Given to mishaps, although we try,
if we offend, then please, simply pass us by.