Best line in "Delaney's Donkey"

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OptionVotes
Hagan, Fagan was students of psychology, 1
They all commited suicide 1
With a grip just like a Scotchman on a five pound note 1
The jockey who was riding, little John MacGee, 0
He came to assist them, but still it wouldn't budge 0
The crowd began to cheer it. Then Rafferty, the judge 0
The day Delaney's donkey ran the halfmile race. 0
Helping the community 0
Stood there in unity, 0
They hurried to the place 0
Libr'rals and tories, 0
Radical superlatives 0
The whigs, the conservatives, 0
It kicked her in the bustle and it laughed "Hee Haw!" 0
Was so thoroughly disgusted that he went to have his tea 0
Well, the day Delaney's donkey won the halfmile race.0
Then the Bookies drew aside, 0
Cheered it, steered it to the winning place 0
They picked it up and carried it 0
They seized it and harried it, 0
The Second Enniskillen's and the Life Guards too 0
The Garrison Artillery 0
P'lice, and auxil'ary, 0
Hogan, Logan and all the bally crew, 0
There was Riley pushing it, shoving it and shushing it 0
The donkey gave a sneeze and blew the darn stuff out of sight 0
They bought it, brought it, then without apology 0
Swore they'd shift it with some dynamite 0
She started poking it, grabbing it and choking it 0
Hogan, Logan and Mary Ann Macgraw, 0
There was Riley pushing it, shoving it and shushing it 0
Attacking it and shoving it and smacking it 0
Hogan, Logan and ev'ryone in town lined up 0
There was Riley pushing it, shoving it, shushing it 0
And when the starter dropped his flag 0
Got it to the post 0
They oiled and embrocated it, 0
They rubbed it, scrubbed it, 0
Then he took a rag 0
Riley slyly said "We've underrated it, why not train it?" 0
And a tail to let you know which end he wanted to be fed 0
A leg at ev'ry corner balancing his head, 0
Tempo'rily lazy and permanently tired 0
They might as well have tried to push the Town Hall down 0
The donkey was eyeing them, 0
They started off to cheer it but it changed its mind again 0
It raced up, braced up, ready for the best of 'em. 0
When it saw them, it was willing then 0
Starter, Carter, he lined up with the rest of 'em. 0
Delaney lay exhausted, hanging round its throat 0
They couldn't budge the donkey a quarter of an inch 0
The muscles of the mighty never known to flinch, 0
The day Delaney's donkey ran the halfmile race. 0
Ev'rybody cursing it 0
Riley reversing it, 0
Winking, blinking and twisting out of place 0
Openly defying them 0
Now Delaney had a donkey that everyone admired, 0


The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, 10 July 2008 10:33 (seventeen years ago)

They all commited suicide

It's that Manics moment.

Mark G, Thursday, 10 July 2008 10:35 (seventeen years ago)

With a grip just like a Scotchman on a five pound note

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Tom D., Thursday, 10 July 2008 10:37 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Saturday, 12 July 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)


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