Believe Me

For The American Sandwich

Two incredibly pertinent points you must understand about him.
He's a compulsive liar, therefore you can't believe a word he utters.
He'll never believe a word you say, so your secrets are safe with him.

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It's a filling feast
The American Sandwich
A TRIPLE DECKER
The American Sandwich
It's a filling feast

Have you played The American Sandwich?

Once Upon A Time/Happily Ever After

For The American Sandwich

When a thing has no beginning, where's the appropriate starting point?
When that same thing is without end, how is it possible to finish?
Make yourselves as comfortble as possible, this may take some time.

Writers Block

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P's And Q's minded
I's and T's dotted and crossed

NOT A WORD WRITTEN

I's and T's dotted and crossed

P's and Q's minded

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WITH HINDSIGHT

A perfect transmission,uninterrupted by sinister forces.
Everyday telepathy, as practised by amateur clairvoyants.
Unique to young lovers and soulmates alike...the inexperienced.

Half Life

For THE AMERICAN SANDWICH

Which reminds me - thanks for tea Andy!!

HALF LIFE

She paces her semi-detached bedroom, rocking her head back and forth.

Half her life, rocking; she's trodden a well worn path on her bedroom floor.

It started with country lanes, in another life; another half-life.

Heart

For Naisaiku Challenge 4


The (gift (life) brings) us
Wrapped (in (a (heart) beat); love) true
Hearts (make (love) last) long


The gift life brings us
Wrapped in a heartbeat; love true
HEARTS MAKE LOVE LAST LONG
Wrapped in a heartbeat; love true
The gift life brings us

Gift life brings
In a heartbeat; love
MAKE LOVE LAST
In a heart beat; love
Gift life brings

Life
A heartbeat
LOVE
A heartbeat
Life

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Heart
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Heart
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NaisaiKu Challenge 3

NaisaiKu Challenge
University Challenge
Which one is harder?
NAISAIKU CHALLENGE
Which one is harder
University Challenge
NaisaiKu Challenge?

Composites are ignored
With filter from THE STONES ERA
STEERING a double ton
OR PUT ANOTHER WAY
Two hundred INTEGERS
Sieve of ERATOSTHENES
The Prime acknowledgement

Prime Numbers 1-200
A Prime Number has just TWO factors; ITSELF and ONE
Integer means number
Chart 1-200 as follows:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112

113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128

129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144

145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160

161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176

177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192

194 195 196 197 198 199 200

1 is not a prime number it only has ONE factor. It goes.
2 is the only EVEN Prime Number. It stays
Ignore all other EVEN Numbers (99 in total)
Sieve Composite Numbers; Numbers with more than TWO factors.
Factors of 3 = 9 15 21 27 33 39 45 51 57 63 69 75 81 87 93 99 105
111 117 123 129 135 141 147 153 159 165 171 177 183 189 195
Factors of 5 = 25 35 55 65 85 95 115 125 145 155 175 185
Factors of 7 = 49 77 91 119 133 161
Factors of 11 = 121 143 187
Factors of 13 = 169
All of these numbers go (54 in total). 3 5 7 11 and 13 stay.
We have used THE SIEVE OF ERATOSTHENES to filter out 154 Numbers
This leaves us with 46 PRIME NUMBERS between 1 and 200


2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43

47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107

109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181

191 193 197 199

Feb 26 2009

ASK ME IF I LIKE HOSPITALS

For TOP Anaphora

Don’t ask me if I like hospitals
Don’t ask me; try asking someone else
Ask me if you really want to know
About why I don’t like hospitals

Overcrowded, congested foyer
Full of theatre gown clad patients
Some are in wheelchairs, others in beds
All of them hooked up to saline drips
All exhausted, stressed and frustrated
Nurses (with clipboards) dashing about
Doctors (with stethoscopes) dressed in white
Porters follow-my-leader, pushing
Trolleys laden with medication
Public address playing pop music
Every few seconds interrupted
By hysterical-sounding voices
‘Such and such a doctor must report
To such and such a ward right away’

This must be why my head is spinning
This must be why my heart is racing
It must be time to make my exit
Atmosphere is intoxicating

Such a chaotic, surreal scene
Along with that antiseptic smell
That lingers inside all hospitals
Causes me to consider reasons
Why I’ve always hated hospitals

The underlying, subconscious fear
Of faulty surgical procedures?
The knowledge that so many people
Enter on their feet; leave in a box?

I don’t know for sure; I only think
That hospitals are nasty places
That it would be good if they were more
Like in ‘Carry On’ films…but they’re not
So no wonder nobody likes them


DIAMOND DAY

Feb 26 2009 - Diamond is one year old

That priceless sparkle
Is all the treasure I need
You are my Diamond
THAT PRICELESS SPARKLE
You are my Diamond
All the treasure I need is
That priceless sparkle

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, DIAMOND!

Reflection

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REFLECTION


























I Googled NaisaiKu - 564 entries.

NaisaiKu-niversal

NAISAIKU-NIVERSAL

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Sunday Scribblings - Trust


THAI ALPHABET

เขา ทำ รองเท้า หาย
‘อะไรวะ เขา เมา มาก’ หล่อน ถอนหายใจ
‘สวัสดี’ เขาหัวเราะ
‘อะไรวะ เขา เมา มาก’ หล่อน ถอนหายใจ
‘สวัสดี’ เขาหัวเราะ
‘อะไรวะ เขา เมา มาก’ หล่อน ถอนหายใจ
เขา ทำ รองเท้า หาย


TRANSLITERATED

Khao tam rongtao hai
‘Arai-wa khao mao mark’ lon thonhaijai
‘Sawasdee’ khao hua-ro
‘ARAI-WA KHAO MAO MARK’ LON THON HAI JAI
‘Sawasdee’ khao hua-ro
‘Arai-wa khao mao mark’ lon thonhaijai
Khao tam rongtao hai


CODED - (THAI NUMERALS)

๕๓๐๔๕ ๕๑๔ ๕๓๕๐๗ ๓๔
๕๔๖๑๕ ๓๔๕ ,๕๕๓๗๖๓๗ ๕๓๔ ๗๗๓๔ ๔๐,
๕๓๗๖๖๑๖ ๓๔ ,๐๗๗๓๔,
๕๔๖๑๕ ๓๔๕ ,๕๕๓๗๖๓๗ ๕๓๔ ๗๗๒๔ ๔๐,
๕๓๗๖๖๑๖ ๓๔ ,๐๗๗๓๔,
๕๔๖๑๕ ๓๔๕ ,๕๕๓๗๖๓๗ ๕๓๔ ๗๗๓๔ ๔๐,
๕๓๐๔๕ ๕๑๔ ๕๓๕๐๗ ๓๔


CODED - (WESTERN NUMERALS)

53045 514 53507 34
54615 345 ‘5537637 5,34 ,7734 40,
5376616 34 ‘,07734,
54615 345 ‘5537637 5,34 ,7734 40,
5376616 34 ‘,07734,
54615 345 ‘5537637 5,34 ,7734 40,
53045 514 53507 34


DECODED

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Now
For something
New
NOW
New
Something for
Now

That’s you
Sweet Talking Guy
Blogger
THAT’S YOU
Blogger
Sweet Talking Guy
That’s You

Fun with words
Spoken and written
‘Naisaiku’
FUN WITH WORDS
‘Naisaiku’
Written and spoken
Words with fun

I don’t ‘Haiku’
I ‘Playful Verse’ – and more
I ‘Naisaiku’
I DON’T ‘HAIKU’
I ‘Naisaiku’
I ‘Playful Verse’ – and more
I don’t ‘Haiku’

If it’s worth saying
It must be worth repeating
Don’t just say it once
IF IT’S WORTH SAYING
Don’t just say it once
It must be worth repeating
If it’s worth saying

Wendy Naisa must know
Nay Say Ku. Or Nigh Sigh Ku; which?
Nay Sigh Ku? Nigh Say Ku?
WENDY NAISA MUST KNOW
Nay Sigh Ku? Nigh Say Ku?
Nay Say Ku, or Nigh Sigh Ku; which?
Wendy Naisa Must Know

Fulfilment

FOR MONDAY POETRY TRAIN REVISITED

FULFILMENT

Sow's Ear

Existing below
the poverty line,
a proud woman
gives thanks to Buddha,
observed by the monks
of Wat Sutapradid

Short of a few Baht,
Yai Phrae , as she’s known,
‘Old Mother Silk’,
scratches a living
helping to raise pigs
for a few hours a week.

Her payment, not cash;
Ears, trotters, noses
and intestines
she takes to market
in nearby Non Sang
on Wednesday afternoons.

Traded, not for cash,
but rice, or silkworms
in their cocoons.
Yai Phrae is content
with the arrangement.
She walks with head held high.

The Dak Dae – silkworms,
she eats with Khao Nieow -
glutinous rice.
She’s a survivor.
Nothing is wasted;
and nothing discarded.

Cocoons become thread,
spun on an old wheel.

Below her shack
the thread is tie-died,
and a makeshift loom
transforms thread into cloth.

Cloth becomes dresses,
jackets and trousers,
accessories.
Practical magic;
sow’s ear, now silk purse.
Poorest girl now best dressed.

Twenty years later,
her shack is transformed
into a home.
No cash is involved.

There’s still work to do,
but her life is complete.

Silk Purse

***

The cocoons are boiled to release the fibres,
so they can be spun into thread. This process
also cooks the cocoons’ residents; silkworms,
which are edible.
When alive, the silkworm is Tua Mai, in Thai.
Once cooked, it is known as Dak Dae.
The word for ‘silk’, generally, is Mai. More
specifically, ‘silk thread’, but used in reference
to silk items.
The word Phrae, is used exclusively in reference
to a length, or lengths, of silk fabric.

Saturday

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SATURDAY

Kippax, Kop
Stretford End
North Bank, South Bank
Fan-base blend
Murmur – calm
Cheer – thrill
Chant – passion
Whistle - shrill
Man to man
Heart to heart
Mouth to mouth
From the start
Outside Left
To Inside Right
To Centre Forward
Goal in sight
In the box
Odds-on bet
‘Keeper dives…
Offside, yet

Half-time news
Who’s in front?
Oohs and Aahs
Comments, blunt
Lukewarm Bovril
Tommy Hall’s
Greasy Joe’s
To line the walls

Second half
Goals galore
Rovers, Rovers
What’s the score?
(Rovers, what’s the score?)
Referee’s
Final blow
Who’s the best?
Now we know
Four-nil win
Fans depart
Pundits probe
Inquests start
Bus-ride home
Glad we came
So much more
Than just a game

Love and Eternity

TOP

MAD KANE

MONDAY POETRY TRAIN REVISITED

For TOP - Aubade

FOREVER AGO

A
lonely
man must wait

At last she comes

Claims her love will last
for ever … never fade

Dreaded vote of confidence
precedes her planned intention

Terms, conditions, warnings, threats
In place of passion – tension
accusations, denials
questionable endeavour

She leaves as dawn announces
the first day of forever

Alone again so soon
a man considers

How rapidly

‘Forever’
becomes
a

distant memory

For Mad Kane's Haiku and Limerick
A CURE FOR LOVE?

When Doctor Love came to town
To cure the ‘stood up’, ‘let down’
He hired a stadium
And The Palladium
Such was his world renown

The tickets were sold out; gone
No seats for the love-sick; none
Intended for only
The sad and the lonely
It turns out that’s everyone

For Monday Poetry Train Revisited
ETERNAL

I wouldn’t want eternal life
A hundred years would do for me
I couldn’t take the stress, the strife
Of living for eternity

Loss of my hair, teeth, faculties
Would make me wish for death’s dark door
I couldn’t cope without all these
An OAP for evermore

I’d try to end it with a knife
Unless I could be shown the proof
That, given with eternal life
The promise of eternal youth