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Paul Ruse Paul Ruse i(A112097 works by) (birth name: Paul Desmond Ruse)
Born: Established: 1921 Cottesloe, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon With a Smile and a Song Paul Ruse , Glen Waverley : Sid Harta Publishers , 2011 Z1854586 2011 selected work poetry 'This book contains mostly light rhyming verse, but there is also some equally lighthearted prose. The prose consists mostly of comments on what the author feels is a misuse of the English language; for example, our present-day reluctance to use commas before conjunctions such as 'and' and 'but', even when a pause is obviously needed.

With the verse, like Ogden Nash, whom he greatly admires, he is not afraid to modify, even mangle, words to fit in with his rhyming scheme.

Many of the verses include little digs at some of our petty human foibles and weaknesses. A few are simply having fun with words for the sake of a sometimes outrageous pun, along the lines of this little example from an earlier work:

QUICK, BEFORE IT FREEZES

This is my ice-cream in the sun.
I put it there to make a pun.
A pun is what it's all about:
I like one that is well-thawed-out.

If you like puns and rhymes, and fun with words in general, you should enjoy reading this book.
1 Who's This Speaking? or, All Men Are Different, but Some Are More Different than Others i "Today (4/7/76) is the 200th anniversary of the Ameri-cans", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 105)
1 Westward Ho-Ho i "I much admire the discoverer type - Columbus, Curie, Fleming, Sir Edmund and his Sherpas,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 104)
1 Much Ado about Very Little Really; or, Avon Fun i "Once there was this chap called Wm Shakespeare, who met a girl,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 104)
1 Quick, Before it Freezes i "This is my ice-cream in the sun,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 103)
1 Signs of the Times; or, Call Me Anything Else, but Please Don't Call Me Early i "Once there was a Mr and Mrs King, who had twin sons, and wished them to be famous;", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 103)
1 The Competition i "Drink up, drink yp, faster, kiddo!", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 103)
1 That's Not a Pole You're Sitting On, It's a Czech; or, Come On In, the Telephone Booth Is Fine i "Once upon a time, or twice upon two times, there lived a chap", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 102)
1 Only on Sunday i "One subject about which I claim to have no knowledge whatsoever,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 101)
1 Beanfingers; or, What's One Man's Peat Is Another Man's Compost Heap; or, Sorry, but Your Wandoo Won't Do i "One subjest on which home gardeners tend to be quite vehement", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 100)
1 Don't Handle That Line; or, Fishermen, Blow Your Gaff; or, Scene from a Different Angle i "Some people's idea of derring-do", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 99)
1 Kitchen Kapers; or, Don't Kill the Cook, Let Electricity Do It i "I like a toaster", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 99)
1 She Missus the Point; or, Don't Shout, You're Disturbing the Neighbours' Quarrel i "Wives, husbands say, are dandy,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 98)
1 Ode to a Money-Lender; or, It's Nice to Have Someone You Can Count On i "It's odd how all the junk you throw out with the rubbish isn't worth a second peek,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 97)
1 The Mean of Averages; or, Statistics Never Figure i "'It comes out even in the end.'", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 96)
1 Raising Cain over Able; or, Your Style Is Impeccible, but Your Spelling Is Terrable i "I hate to quibble", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 95)
1 Plane to Sea; or, Is it the Write Word? i "Manking can be divided roughly into two groups, or sections,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 94)
1 A Lass and a Lack; or, You Can't Have Fun Without the Other; or, You Never Can Tell i "In these days of Women's and other kinds of liberation,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 93)
1 There's Just No Justice; or, Somebody Has to Win, But Who? i "Some people would insist that life is a dead loss for us,", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 92-93)
1 Beauty's Dwelling-Place; or, The Goal Is Where You Find It i "The young, who crave adventure go wherever the hell they're sent.", Paul Ruse , 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Matter of Selection : 1955 to 1986 1987; (p. 92)
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