Reflections on Ice-breaking Ogden Nash 1931

Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.

Reflection On The Fallibility Of Nemesis
by Ogden Nash

He who is ridden by a conscience
Worries about a lot of nonscience;
He without benefit of scruples
His fun and income soon quadruples.

"Fleas"
by Ogden Nash

Adam
had 'em.

I don't mind eels
except as meals.

-Ogden Nash, from Good Intentions

The rabbit's dreamy eyes grow dreamier ( Read more... )

Silly, short poems by the great Ogden Nash. These are the kind of poems you can shout out while intoxicated and/or hyper and/or trying to confuse someone. And they are genius.

The Ant

The ant has made himself illustrious
Through constant industry industrious.
So what?
Would you be calm and placid
If you were full of formic acid?

A Lady Who Thinks ( Read more... )

Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old ManIt is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every Bachelor of Arts ( Read more... )

There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin.

Children's PartyMay I join you in the doghouse, Rover ( Read more... )