Montague Middleton

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Invented Montague Middleton for Eve's Alliteration Nursury rhyme

contest... that went well!

In case you're wondering... I didn't enter it ;-)

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Montague Middleton’s matronly mother made marvellous munchy meringues Montague Middleton’s most massive midriff made many a menu mistake Montague Middleton met many maidens; Mother made mincemeat of most Montague Middleton’s mother maintained, “Men mustn’t marry Miss ‘Fake’.” Montague Middleton met Molly Milton, many men ‘met’ Molly more Montague Middleton married Melissa; so many mad moans Molly made Montague Middleton’s most massive mansion made more modest mansions mundane Montague Middleton moved Molly in, making Molly both mistress and maid Montague Middleton’s missus made many mouthwatering munchies Montague Middleton’s missus made Monty’s mouth moisten most days Montague Middleton’s missus met Molly, mentioning marital meddling Montague Middleton’s mischievous mistress mocked Melissa’s malaise So: Montague Middleton murdered his missus Montague Middleton married his mistress But: Montague Middleton made a mistake For Montague Middleton’s mistress Can’t bake

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David Kavanagh

Date: 10/21/2024 12:21:00 PM

Is this a tongue twister or a brain buster, because you’ve just messed up an already messed up mind lol! Nah it’s brilliant Terry Some of the lines are fun to read backwards, pure genius! Cheers David

Terry Flood
Date: 10/21/2024 1:22:00 PM

I can’t believe I spent so much time on this, David. Tried hard to have zero non ‘M’ words; that wasn’t gonna happen. Once I had the lines I rearranged them a few times and tweaked them to get something resembling a rhyme. Tough going for something that started out as something I threw together. Glad you enjoyed. Cheers

Lin Lane

Date: 10/21/2024 4:01:00 AM

Perhaps Montague should now be laid to rest. How did you get through typing this without getting dizzy, or is it ditzy?

Terry Flood
Date: 10/21/2024 3:00:00 PM

As I mentioned in my ‘foreword’ I was basically jotting stuff down looking for inspiration for Eve’s contest. Tried all sorts of stuff and finally came up with M.M. Alas it clearly wasn’t a nursery rhyme but it did become something of a challenge. Hope you enjoyed ;-)

Arthur Vaso

Date: 10/20/2024 1:24:00 AM

I have to hand it you this was marvellous, loved this!

Terry Flood
Date: 10/20/2024 2:51:00 PM

Glad you enjoyed this, Arthur. Getting any semblance of rhyme in it did prove tricky… think I came fairly close though ;-)