A very old person named Joule
Showed signs of beginning to drool.
When asked to desist,
He irascibly hissed
“It’s that stuff that they put in my grool!”

A rival of James Prescott Joule
Once called him “An absolute Foule”.
“Is it feathers I moult?
Was my father a colt?
Do you call me a dolt?” inquired Joule.

ElizaD - 27 March 2008 10:43 AM

Nah*.  We trust you.  Mostly.

*(UK for “nope")

Nah - ‘nope’ is UK for nope, ‘nah’ is UK for nah . . .  obviously ; )

From here on I intend to introduce J.P.Joule into every possible conversation, and to rhyme him unflinchingly with “cool”, against all comers.

Me too.  Once again Wordorigins edumacates me!

Unless, of course, Thomspon was the third Belgian detective ...

Zythophile - 28 March 2008 01:53 AM

Unless, of course, Thomspon was the third Belgian detective ...

You’ve been hitting the Loch Lomond again, haven’t you Snowy!