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Monday, January 8, 2024

Hat/Cattle Varia Illustrated

Readers are invited to suggest text variations they 
deem worthy of distichalish treatments and images.


     Theme: 
All hat 'n' no cattle

     Variation #1: 
In a headdress weigh'd down with enamel,
Pharaoh, Jr.'s all hat 'n' no camel.

 







     Variation #2: 
"Building strongholds alone's such a hassle,"
 says this prince, who's all hat 'n' no castle.









    Variation #3:
"Darkling nights of the soul...? Hard to handle,"
 laments Pope who's all hat 'n' no candle.

 



     



     Variation #4:
"Peace takes more than a warmonger's prattle,"
 says this chap who's all hat, no Seattle.*
     *Chief of the Suquamish, Seattle delivers 
 his famous "letter" in 1854 as his plea for 
 ecological responsibility and a respect of 
 Native American land rights.









     Variation #5:
Dublin's marsh makes for harsh, toilsome travel,"
points out Pat. "All mud flat 'n' no gravel."














...and no catalogue 
...and no catalepsis 
...and no catechumins 

All hat and no collateral
All hat and no catch-all
All hat and no Keitel 
 
All hat and no Chaparrel 
All hat and no cap 'n' ball 
All hat and no cable 
All hat and no Gable 

All hat and no cackle
All hat and no cabal
All hat and no catcall
All hat and no catapult

All hat and no canticle
All hat and no Cantinflas
All hat and no catafalque

All hat and no cataleptic
All hat and no caterpillar
All hat and no Catalonia
All hat and no Catalhoyuk

All hat and no chattel
All hat and no cuddle
All hat and no Cathay
All hat and no chasuble

All hat and no cachalots
All hat and no cat at all
All hat and no cachet
All hat and no cadaver

All hat and no cakes 'n' ale
All hat and no campanile
All hat and no-can-do
All hat and no captives

All hat and no casuistry
All hat and no kettle
All hat and no kibble
All hat and no COBOL

All hat and no cue ball
All hat and no curveball 
All hat and no curdle
All hat and no kestrel

All hat and no Cosell
All hat and no gaggle
All hat and no atelier
All hat and no battle

All hat and no Natalie
All hat and no paddle
 
All hat and no rattle

All hat and no saddle
All hat and no tattle
All hat and no wattle
All hat and no Catland

All hat and no Cattle of the Sun
All hat and no cattle prod
All hat and no gaggle
All hat and no kettle

All hat and no kleagle
All hat and no Quetzalcoatl
All hat and no capital
All hat and no caput

All hat and nougat'll
All cat and no haggle 
All bat and no cudgel

Runcibl'd Spooner: Rubik

 I bought it years ago 
 but never solved it:
 Rubik's Cube.
      Inform Herr Bickstein's farm hand, 
"Get on stage, Hick!":
 Cue Bick's Rube.
     Moral:
That's entertainment...?

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