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Question: Have you ever heard "An Ode to Spot"!?
From Star Trek TNG!.!.!.Data to his cat Spot!.
(in honor of all the cat poems today!.!.!.a major fave of mine)
Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses!.
I find myself intrigued by your sub-vocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection!.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents,
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance!.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion!.
Oh Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array;
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Saw that episode!.
Here's a little ditty my dad is fond of reciting!. *ahem*
Three decrepid rodents
Three decrepid rodents!.
Observe how they motivate
Observe how they motivate!.
They all persued the agriculturalist's spouse,
She decapitated their tails with a Connecticut cleaver!.
Have you ever observed such a monstrosity in your life as
Three decrepid rodents!.
Don't know the original author, dad and his fraternity brothers, I suspect are the culprits!.
Thanks again for all the poedification!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Ironic that Data did not consider Spot to be sentient!. Cats are one of the most perceptive creatures I know!. Their whole world is controlled by their senses!. Maybe because he might have considered them unfeeling!? Just because he thought Spot may not understand - does not disprove being sentient!. Well, maybe Y/A does display that!! ?Www@QuestionHome@Com
I had skimmed over the Data reference - and was absolutely blown away by your erudition!.!.!.!.!.only to find that it wasn't written by you! I love this!. Can we all have a go at turning a simple nursery rhyme or something into an ode by Data!? I am going off now to see what I can do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
It's bad enough
another poem about a cat
furry, fuzzy, feline thing
but to have to resort
to read, it seems, every word
with dictionary!.!.!.!.
I'm off to see Spot the dog!
Maybe that ode contains
words less than finger counts! lolWww@QuestionHome@Com
Ofttimes I engage in reflexive interrogatory contemplation and aver, declare, and assert, "Now this is the manner desirable for all sapient individuals engaged in oral or literary interchange!. Youse is my kind of gal!Www@QuestionHome@Com
I have actually heard this poem!. This illustrates the difference between a poem composed by a computer and one composed by a Human Being, real or virtual!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Nope, never heard it!. But, can picture Data reciting this!. BTW, he was my favorite character!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
NopeWww@QuestionHome@Com
Live long and purr-sper!.!.!.
D!Www@QuestionHome@Com