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Member since 2003 · Posted 28 Aug 2003 · 3 comments

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester on a stolen bus but when he got there the shops were shut and his eyes were full of pus

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[n/a] richa 28-Aug-03/1:39 PM Reply

like the first two lines, admittedly the first is nicked.

Set up well but flounders, why are his eyes full of puss?

[5] Don-Quixote 28-Aug-03/2:52 PM Reply

short, sweet.. but im left hanging.. why?

tip: if your going to do miniatures.. make sure you dont leave any holes in the paper when you turn it in.

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[n/a] Nicholas Jones 12-May-04/3:09 AM Reply

I've always assumed that, in the original, the half rhyme was meant to imply that really Dr. Foster had stepped in a piddle right up to his middle, and it was in fact a sewage related incident.