ogden nash

     

In one of his cute couplets he quipped, "A bit of talcum is always walcum"

Trivia about ogden nash

  • This master of light verse mused, "God in His wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why"
  • This poet with a wry sense of humor was born in Rye, New York in 1902
  • He wrote "The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat"
  • This poet thought, "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker"
  • "In the world of mules there are no rules"
  • He wrote snappy ad copy before turning to light verse like "The Bronx? / No, thonx!"
  • A stamp issued in 2002, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, included the full texts of 6 of his whimsical poems
  • He wrote, "What would you do if you were up a dark alley with Caesar Borgia and he was coming torgia"