The chef’s peculiarities
\nby cricketjeff on January 31, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nIf you’re ever baking cookies there is lots of time to kill
\nOr the boredom of the process makes you think you’re getting ill
\nSo I started playing poker with an octopus or three
\nWho were sitting in the kitchen eating toast and drinking tea<\/p>\n
Once they’ve divvied up the ante octopuses play for real
\nThey won’t draw to inside straights or bet on pairs because they feel
\nLike a streak of luck has hit them and they’re never going to lose
\nNo an octopus is careful on the hands that he will choose<\/p>\n
As the cookies started burning I was down by thirty quid
\nSeems an octopus is smarter than a cuttlefish or squid
\nTook a break to save the biscuits and to reassess my play
\nCan’t afford to lose my riches to a cephlapod today<\/p>\n
Come on in for calamari it’s been very freshly made
\nI’m no good at playing cards but as a chef I make the grade
\nAnd just because I’m crazy doesn’t mean this isn’t true
\nBut I wonder what I’d whip up if I lost at cards to you!<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nApparently I played cards with an octopus while making cookies because I’m
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