Okay, now for some real Usenet esoterica... for those of you who never stumbled on the newsgroup alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb, this was a group in which all the posts had to be in the form of adjective-noun-verb-verb-verb (for example, to welcome someone to the group, you might write: "alt.warm.welcome.give.greet.extend"). It was a linguistic exercise turned into an art form. In 1996, I adapted Lewis Carrol's Mouse's Tale into this annuvvish format.

Read the original poem first, then my adaptation will make more sense.

       alt.bored.

          Fury-cat.

             met-mouse.

                  commanded.

                       ordered:

                  "alt.obligatory.

                     trial.

                 suggest.

              insist.

           demand

          alt.timid.

             mouse.try.

               prosecute.

                  persecute."

                    alt.frightened.

                           mouse.

                      protested.

                    resisted.

                 trembled:

              "alt.juryless.

                     trial.

                        reject!.

                           refuse!.

                              repudiate!"

                                   alt.

                                    cunning.

                                      cat.

                                 planned.

                              thought.

                           rebutted:

                        "alt.

                     merciless.

                        I.am-law.

                            am-judge.

                              am-jury

                                 alt.

                           worthless.you.

                         will-try.

                     will-judge.

                  will-

                   condemn-

                      to-

                        death!"