More About People by Ogden Nash When people aren’t asking question They’re making suggestions And when they’re not doing one of They’re either looking over your s And then as if that weren’t enough 1
Lines to Be Embroidered on a Bib or the Child Is Father of the Man, But Not for Quite a While by Ogden Nash So Thomas Edison Never drank his medicine; So Blackstone and Hoyle Refused cod-liver oil; So Sir Thomas Malory
The Sniffle by Ogden Nash In spite of her sniffle, Isabel’s chiffle. Some girls with a sniffle Would be weepy and tiffle; They would look awful,
The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash Belinda lived in a little white ho With a little black kitten and a l And a little yellow dog and a litt And a realio, trulio, little pet d Now the name of the little black k
The Solitary Huntsman by Ogden Nash The solitary huntsman No coat of pink doth wear, But midnight black from cap to spu Upon his midnight mare. He drones a tuneless jingle
The Perfect Husband by Ogden Nash He tells you when you’ve got on t And helps you with your girdle wh
What Almost Every Woman Knows Sooner or Later by Ogden Nash Husbands are things that wives hav And with whom they breakfast with They interfere with the discipline And forget anniversaries, And when they have been particular
I Never Even Suggested It by Ogden Nash I know lots of men who are in love And to fall out with their loved o They are conciliatory at every opp Because all they want is serenity Yes, many the swain who has finall
The Termite by Ogden Nash Some primal termite knocked on woo And tasted it, and found it good! And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor toda