{"id":1996,"date":"2018-05-27T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T07:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2018-06-26T06:30:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T06:30:30","slug":"grumps-to-andrew-nonsense-verse-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/grumps-to-andrew-nonsense-verse-no-5\/","title":{"rendered":"GRUMPS TO ANDREW &#8211; NONSENSE VERSE No. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where does the Womble Wimble?<br \/>\nAlas, nobody knows,<br \/>\nHis step is neat and nimble<br \/>\nHis existence otiose.<\/p>\n<p>He steals in to have his breakfast<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re asleep in bed<br \/>\nAnd when the clock shows half past<br \/>\nHe has panicled and fled.<\/p>\n<p>His taste has great acuity<br \/>\nhe hangs bells upon his ears<br \/>\nAnd because of their opacity<br \/>\nHas created groundless fears.<\/p>\n<p>Such fears are really baseless<br \/>\nHe is a gentle soul<br \/>\nAnd even through osmosis<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t toughen up his role.<\/p>\n<p>Why does the Womble Wimble?<br \/>\nExperts cannot agree &#8211;<br \/>\nHe&#8217;ll fit into a thimble<br \/>\nThen grow taller than a tree.<\/p>\n<p>His Wimble we shall always need<br \/>\nHowever much we grumble<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no sight can exceed<br \/>\nThe Womble scoffing apple crumble.<\/p>\n<p>So long may the Womble Wimble<br \/>\nAnd do it with such grit<br \/>\nThat makes our back teeth tingle<br \/>\nWhen thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p>December 1996<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does the Womble Wimble? Alas, nobody knows, His step is neat and nimble His existence otiose. He steals in to have his breakfast When you&#8217;re asleep in bed And when the clock shows half past He has panicled and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/grumps-to-andrew-nonsense-verse-no-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/notablesoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}