The One Line Poem Game (1-50 Words) Showing 1,701-1,750 of 5,070

[Roger]

The optical illusions tear the world apart

[Roger]

Especially when everything turns to Op Art.

[Preston, Moderator]

What makes the whole thing even better

[Preston, Moderator]

The made another one to get a

[Preston, Moderator]

view to show the way they did the tricks

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Which makes it one of my top picks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3RSo...

[Preston, Moderator]

One more thing to add to this rhyme.

[Preston, Moderator]

The wild thing is they do it all in real time.

[Roger]

Astonishing. They are quite a foursome

[Roger]

And their film and props crew are also awesome.

[[deleted user]]

The last film I saw was Insidious part 2...

[[deleted user]]

That shit had more thrills than the eleventh Doctor Who. :P

[Preston, Moderator]

King I know it sounds crazy like we are fools,
But you cant say 'sh*t" because that's against the rules.

[[deleted user]]

Sorry about that, I swear a lot,
I've read your rules once but forgot.
(won't happen again)

[Roger]

Yes, best not get co-mod Preston in a fury

[Roger]

That's my advice to you, King Yuri.

[Roger]

:-))

[Roger]

There's such a lot you can do with an asterisk

[Roger]

But just make sure you don't use an obelix.

[Preston, Moderator]

Yes, if you use the Washington Monument,

[Preston, Moderator]

You be punished with extreme debasement.

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They will lock you in the basement,

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and call it employment,

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You will have to work all day without a salary,

[Preston, Moderator]

Which they once called slavery but now call efficiency.

[Preston, Moderator]

So touch any obelisk except the Washington Munument,

[Preston, Moderator]

Or you'll end up working for life for the government.

[Roger]

In Egypt an obelisk is a benben,

[Roger]

a stone needle erected by men.

[Preston, Moderator]

The Washington Monument is different then,

[Preston, Moderator]

It's a stone needle erected by men.

[Preston, Moderator]

Pharaoh Thutmose III made two benbens as a set,

[Preston, Moderator]

Men in London and New York stole the ancient duet.

[Preston, Moderator]

In Egypt the foreigner's did browbeat and wheedle,

[Preston, Moderator]

Until they snatched Egypt's history now called Cleopatra's Needle.

[Roger]

In fact, that was cheap Victorian propaganda,

[Roger]

As even an archaeologist from the Uni of Ruwanda

[Roger]

Could tell you. You see, Cleopatra couldn't even sew

[Roger]

So she had no need of a needle, not even now.

[Roger]

Then came the day when Hollywood had to mail her,

[Roger]

They wanted her played in the movie by Elizabeth Taylor.

[Preston, Moderator]

The needle in London has iron at its base,

[Preston, Moderator]

The in New York looks tippy with no brace.

[Preston, Moderator]

The big stone artifact is very tall

[Preston, Moderator]

It would be crushing if it did fall.

[Preston, Moderator]

You could be sitting there making a wish,

[Preston, Moderator]

The next thing you know, you go squish.

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don't bother coming very dressy,

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Getting squished is very messy.

[Preston, Moderator]

People sing and clown around,