Okay, now for some real Usenet esoterica... for those of you who never stumbled on the newsgroup alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb, this was a group in which all the posts had to be in the form of adjective-noun-verb-verb-verb (for example, to welcome someone to the group, you might write: "alt.warm.welcome.give.greet.extend"). It was a linguistic exercise turned into an art form. In 1996, I adapted Lewis Carrol's Mouse's Tale into this annuvvish format.
Read the original poem first, then my adaptation will make more sense.
The Mouse's Tale
- alt.bored.
- Fury-cat.
- met-mouse.
- commanded.
- ordered:
- "alt.obligatory.
- trial.
- suggest.
- insist.
- demand
- alt.timid.
- mouse.try.
- prosecute.
- persecute."
- alt.frightened.
- mouse.
- protested.
- resisted.
- trembled:
- "alt.juryless.
- trial.
- reject!.
- refuse!.
- repudiate!"
- alt.
- cunning.
- cat.
- planned.
- thought.
- rebutted:
- "alt.
- merciless.
- I.am-law.
- am-judge.
- am-jury
- alt.
- worthless.you.
- will-try.
- will-judge.
- will-
- condemn-
- to-
- death!"