Words and rhyme - game

[Diana Delafield]

Don't poke
anyone with your umbrella!

In Vancouver, on Hallowe'en, little girls dressed as Cinderella
have to carry a frilly "brolly" as part of their costume

(even our very rare snow is so wet we carry umbrellas in winter)

 

[iluvtodd]

The log flume
ride is popular on hot summer days

 

[Diana Delafield]

The log flume
ride is popular on hot summer days

It never ceases to amaze
when skaters add yet another revolution to a jump

 

[NanaPat]

It never ceases to amaze
when skaters add yet another revolution to a jump

It may be more kind to call someone plump
than to use the f-word (no, not that, the 3-letter one)

 

[iluvtodd]

Is it a bird,
or a plane?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Is it a bird,
or a plane?

I loved using archaic phrases like "I would fain..."
when I was learning how to read

(I went to a Montessori kindergarten. We were kind of weird little kids, but it was fun.)

 

[iluvtodd]

Who will lead
the parade?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Who will lead
the parade?

The tiniest nick out of a blade
can give a skater an unexpected nasty fall!

 

[iluvtodd]

Who will throw the ball
to start the game?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Who will throw the ball
to start the game?

Because of her Olympic fame,
Riku Kihara did that!

(If you didn't see the video clip, her partner lifted her to his shoulders and she pitched the opening ball from there at a Dodgers game in Los Angeles .)