The things that niggle...

[dreamflower02]

One of my most favorite gifts I got at Christmas last year was the cast recording of The Lord of the Rings musical.

And I absolutely adore "The Road Goes On"; it's one of my favorite arrangements.

But there's one verse that both amuses and exasperates me. Tell me what is wrong with this?

Sweet pink trout

Comments

[claudia603]

heh, I tend to get fixated on stuff like that, too! :D

[dreamflower02]

Yep. "Fixated" is the perfect word. Why can't I just enjoy the song, which is delightful?

[mumstheword54]

Maybe the poet figures the goat would rather be in a butter churn than in a cream separator?
Or maybe the cream separator would be too difficult for a trout to operate?

Or maybe -- maybe pink trout are too sweet to use separators and would rather work a butter churn!

On the other hand:
"Life is but a dream -- stream -- cream -- beam -- meme."

[dreamflower02]

Well, if I was a goat, I'd prefer a churn to a cream separator, but I think I'd really prefer neither, LOL!

I believe either one would be too hard for a trout to operate; but I do love your list of alternate rhymes. Especially "meme".