Poetic Gems of McGonagall

[McClef]

Maybe we need McGonagall Suppers!

[Macman]

Maybe we need McGonagall Suppers!

A little bit of McGonagall goes a long way; it reminds me of Vogon poetry!

[O'Callaghan]

But Canuck's poem is too good. It falls far short of the true awfulness of McGonagall.

[McClef]

But that's the whole point of William Topaz's verse - it's so awful it's good!

[Lallans]

But Canuck's poem is too good. It falls far short of the true awfulness of McGonagall.

See, that's the thing- any coof [favorite Burns word] can write bad poetry but McGonagall had that spark of genius that eludes ordinary mortals: a regular person can no more fully imitate him than they could Shakespear or Burns. Mind you, the McGonagall genius was to regular poetic genius what anti-matter is to matter- he was if you will the Bizarro World version of Walter Scott, who I tend to think was the poet that most influenced him (sorry Sir Walter).

Anyway, it seems unfitting that McGonagall does not speak for himself here, so I am attaching the thundering conclusion to his above-named epic poem "The Tay Bridge Disaster":

"... I must now conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay,
That your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."

Genius, I say, genius!

[Tony]

A little bit of McGonagall goes a long way; it reminds me of Vogon poetry!

In Pratchett's Discworld, the Nac Mac Feegle take to war with a Gonnagle, a battle poet with poems so bad it strikes fear into the heart of the enemy. Coupled with the mousepipes, the oppostion has nae chance.