It's spring!

I've just seen and heard the first lawn-mower.

Nerd? Who, me?

From clothsprogs, who got a rather different set of scores.

Pseudo-Burns poem - done

If you're going to Mel's Burns Night party tomorrow, warning, spoilers ahead. Read if you wish, of course.

I started with this:
http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/459.htm

and ended up with something called "Humphrey, the Sinister Haggis". It assumes you know the basics of haggis-hunting (the beastie has a round, smooth body, a long white furry tail from which sporrans are made, and the legs on one side are longer than those on the other so it can run round mountains: to hunt, chase it the wrong way round the mountain, and it rolls down into the nets.)

Five verses, plus chorus.
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