Ode to Bangkok Hotels Part 2
 

I’m back with my Ode, it is part two
And when I am finished I’ll bid you adieu

You know there were those that indeed did fret
By the fact that I did not mention the Somerset

The Grand President & Omni they also include
And so I make mention in this prelude

Serviced apartments they do comprise
For some they make sense I do surmise

To exclude these options would that be remiss?
And do they deliver that 5-star bliss?

Affordable and convenient they may very well be
But I prefer the ambiance of the hotels you see

There are problems in these hotels from time-to-time
Not everything is perfect, not everything is fine

At the Oriental the water is sometimes brown
The cause for which was never found

The Four Seasons is posh, and elegant - all true
It does however lack that important river view

The Marriott has the view; it is certainly 4-star
Some would argue though the boat ride’s too far

A few did stay at the Hilton called Conrad
Their Dim Sum Bob exclaims- “the best he has had!”

The Shangri-La- so close to the BTS station
Can this be the best in this fascinating nation?

So mirror mirror on the wall
Which Hotel is the fairest of all?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Be the hotel new or be it older

Again and again the Penn does outshine
It rises above the rest one more time

My ode is complete and I must take my leave
Have I convinced you all to believe?

Is this the end? Au Contraire
I shall return I do declare!

Alexander Pope is spinning in grave
From the writings of this Houston-bound knave.

Alex mastered the couplet heroic
But reading this stuff, he can't be stoic.



The form is flattered, but not the better
The Pen might cause most to be a debtor.

I read with interest, but I am loyal
Best Hotel-Orchid Sheraton Royal.

You must lust for Starwood points
Why else would you stay in such joints?

Excuse me sir,
but I'm the greeter
Who must inform you of misplaced meter.

THE SHERATON SUCKS!!


bill fantastic!!

Bob, your post doesn't rhyme.

Bob, I'm awaiting your poetic response.

Bob,
We are ALL awaiting!

I beg to differ, this thread I travel
the scriptive art to unravel
who here can write, and who cannot.
Alas! A most talentless lot.

andy has told you how stupid i am so why would you expect poetry that rimes from me???

you got the point didn't you....can you believe i am staying there for 3 nites in june? i am going to drop kathie's name and see if it gets me in the towers or just tossed into the river...

as long as you don't get tossed into the river from the towers I guess its alright, lol

linda would catch me...

There was a young man from Boston he hailed
Whose disdain of the ROS caused him to be jailed

The crime he committed was not that of a fool
All he wanted was a free towers room which was shaped like a pool

When his request was denied off the balcony he threatened to leap
Only to find Linda blocking his way with his favorite cashew nut chicken treat!

Aloha!

not bad...not sure of the rhyme however....you better get to work!! the boss may be watching you....oh, you are the boss....

I take issue with Hanuman's vote
Please Bob not with me lump in same boat.
While his prose is exquisite
I'd hate to waste a visit
To the poetry he's learned by rote.

Who the hell, unless from boredom,
Will this thread read in -this- lame forum,
Displeasing enough to cause dispair,
By all means hawk your shite elsewhere.

Hanuman's quick reply
Is daft, but still found wry.
Though he wrote quite rapid
His verse is not vapid.

How pleasant to know Mr. Gpanda,
Who has written such volumes of stuff.
Some think him ill-tempered and queer,
But I find him pleasant enough.

Your praise is found so gracious
Unlike Bob the rapacious.
One wonders the difference times
Across the ether these rhymes.

What a wonderful breakfast treat! Hanuman, you are a worthy competitor for Gpanda!

With Kathie's post, I beg to differ
Although his verse is so much stiffer
Competition is not the sought goal
We merely seek to lighten the soul*.


*Please note that while the singular is employed, this certainly encompasses the plural.

precious little to do.....

han----great!!!

As I sit here staring at my computer screen,
my mind concocts devlish scenes.
I simply did it for the laughs.
I simply strapped on a roleplay shaft.
The tap tap tap of well worn keys.
My mojo brought them to their knees.
I stayed to fight my frightful foes!
I bested all the online hoes.
I did not falter, I did not sway.
I did not succumb to their font driven brays
You slag, you slags! Leave me be.
I'll bash all online heresy!
I'll bash them with my wit and charm
I'll send those hicks back to the farms
Charm and wit and wordy craft.
Now suck my mighty roleplay shaft!

That's all folks.. Good Night!

My Olive branch was forsaken
So the battle's undertaken.
I notice that he's quite daft
The Monkey God upon a raft.

But, I'll admit that he's funny
Perhaps, he's really God of Bunny.
Cause through the haze of drink and drugs
The most comedic is our Bugs.

Gpanda I'm tired and must sleep.
You have a kind of face that sheep
must count at night, when they can't sleep.

He must be tired. He rhymed sleep with sleep. The earlier stuff was really good. I can say this now that it's late in BKK, he's gone.

BTW, BillT's stuff was also top notch. I do note that there's something about the doggerel form that leads easily to scorn and ridicule. Let's blame Ogden Nash.

Thanks for the compliment- its so sincere.
Coming from a lawyer to an engineer!

Some of us must be out of touch
But, this forum is for travel and such
Not for personals or thinly-veiled porn;
Many readers view this with scorn.

What started as clever now causes distress.
Please, share your comments in a personal address.

To arrfy I note the origin of post
To which hotel BillT feels that he must boast.
The thread has taken a very sharp left turn
Fostering bomhomie is twowards which we yearn.