473rd Verse, Same as the First

[tealin]

Twenty-four hours to Thud! on the wall,*
Twenty-four hours to Thud!
Take one down, fill it up with work and sleep and stuff and try not to think about how long an hour is,
Twenty-three hours to Thud! on the wall!

*Because hours are traditionally measured on clocks, and most clocks can be found on walls.

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I'm getting it at lunch, which is ... three hours away. Three hours! But I won't let myself read it until after work, because while I may be able to put it down, I won't be able to extract it from my brain, and that won't be much good for the board cleanup. Belligerent trolls really don't belong in a preschool show.

[nikitaspy.livejournal.com]

I think perhaps that would make it interesting. But then again I'm raised in a country where stories of child-eating trolls are traditional children's entertainment. :-D

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Well, if we're going for traditional, break out the red-hot iron shoes, eye-gouging pokers, cannibalism, incest, and infanticide ... The children's television content controllers will just love that.

[nikitaspy.livejournal.com]

I have actaully seen red-hot branding and cannibalism portrayed in puppet-style shows for children when I was younger. But that wasn't even one of the scary shows for children on No. TV in the 80's. He he he.