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Does the not so Magic Rubiot (Original Post) malaise Feb 2016 OP
"Obama knows exactly what he's doing to Flint, Michigan. Obama knows exactly..." randome Feb 2016 #1
It wa like ground hog day malaise Feb 2016 #4
A ruba'i is a two-line stanza with two parts (or hemistichs) per line, hence the word rubáiyát lapfog_1 Feb 2016 #2
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Feb 2016 #3
Ah, but the Fickle Finger of Fate wins all. randome Feb 2016 #5
Nice malaise Feb 2016 #6
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. "Obama knows exactly what he's doing to Flint, Michigan. Obama knows exactly..."
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:43 AM
Feb 2016

And so forth.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]

lapfog_1

(29,222 posts)
2. A ruba'i is a two-line stanza with two parts (or hemistichs) per line, hence the word rubáiyát
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:44 AM
Feb 2016

"The Moving Finger writes: and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."


Our very own Rubiot seems to be stuck repeating a single stanza over and over

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. Ah, but the Fickle Finger of Fate wins all.
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:49 AM
Feb 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]
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