Yes, its time for an old chestnut to revive an dying discussions area!
Change just one letter in the word below (without changing the order or repeating) to create a new word.
One go per person... how many will contribute? One or One Hundred? (There are over 800 poets profiles in our showcase).
And don't drive this thread into a dead end!

COAT

BOAT

BRAT

BRIT

BRIM

Trim

Trip

TRAP - and I can think of one to follow.

TRAM? ;-)

NO... It was supposed to be CRAP... And now I think we can see who the
troublemakers are. ; )

CRAB ;)) (as in apples and crustaceans)

Uh oh... Now we're breakin' all the 'rules' ; )
Suivante (ça doit sûrement être une femme)...

I'm not a rule breaker - I'm just following in your footsteps - you say crap, I say crab. Next...

ps Will you be making a poem out of all these words Winston?

Either that or it's some psychological experiment ; )
Next word please...

Drab (what happened to tram?)
T'avais raison, Francine, c'était une femme.

زواج peut le testicule tour carrée et la pourriture dans les coins

I'm not playin' any more! :(

Don't be that way Ann - take another turn : )

I think Ann has the moral highground here (although I had exactly the same couplet as Isobel in mind too) so I will offer..

Tram

to

Pram

(not being a troublemaker anymore)

:)

Jx

oh bloody hell, you set a simple task and people just go off on one! I started this and therefore I will adjudicate, (Much blustering / stomping and gnashing). And yes, All the usual suspects have shown up (or shown themselves up, or let themselves down, or let WOL down, and in doing so let the whole world wide web down!) Now children, this is what we have so far (and no arguing) (TIC) The Headmaster -

COAT - WP
BOAT - PB
BRAT - CD
BRIT - F
BRIM - DB
TRIM - AN
TRIP - VC
TRAP - I
TRAM - AF
PRAM - JA

PRAT

I hope you're not referring to Winston!

There was this girl in a sexy COAT
who took a ride in a little BOAT
she met this guy who was a real BRAT
but she thought "Well, at least he's a blue blood BRIT"
his love for her got full to the BRIM
Cos she was so groovy and pretty and TRIM
sadly her virtue took a TRIP
she fell into the parent TRAP
they call her a bike or an old TRAM
cos now't poor lass is pushin' a PRAM!

Not sure if you could CRAM any more into that little ditty?

:)

Jx

I is ticced you took the CRAP so I is going to give it back...

ps I'm guessing that Tommy's word meant arab - which was a perfectly valid contribution - though I'm not sure what the rest of it meant. I'm not voting for a change though since I like the turn of events. Up the revolution!

Nice one Ann.

So far we have -

COAT - WP
BOAT - PB
BRAT - CD
BRIT - F
BRIM - DB
TRIM - AN
TRIP - VC
TRAP - I
TRAM - AF
PRAM - JA
PRAT - SB

Remember to make it easy for the next poet. Win x

Drat!

Drag

Hi Val... It one go per person (as stated at the top) sorry.

We are still on DRAT Ladies and Gentlemen.

Win

Hoops sorry Winston.Seeing Isobel,Francine and Anne`s frequent photos confused me.

How about DRAB Winston? I don't know about driving it into a dead end but I think you are definitely taking away some of the lustre by restricting it to one entry per poet. Not that many poets are particularly active on here and of those not that many get involved in discussion.

I guess you started the thread so you make the rules. I'll go away and start a revolution in Bolivia...

(exit stage, stamping foot and huffing and puffing)

Yes... DRAB and DRAG : )
Maybe IT IS some sort of experiment, since you can only contribute once...
He did say 'bloody hell' you know ; )

DRAM!

How about letting people having another go after 10 others have posted or something...Oh all right I'll shut up and go back to the corner

DRAT. You mean I won't get another go?

Which PRAT thought of that?

:)

Jx

Another go! haven't got a prayer..

PRAY

OK now just stop it you lot! As I said at the start I want to see how many WOL poets can contribute to a thread, ONE GO EACH or I will get the cane out!

13 have left their mark so far, don't make your name the last, give the next person a chance.

COAT - WP
BOAT - PB
BRAT - CD
BRIT - F
BRIM - DB
TRIM - AN
TRIP - VC
TRAP - I
TRAM - AF
PRAM - JA
PRAT - SB
DRAT - JR
DRAM - JW

@Isobel Arab and the French is for Winston's pique of petulance and involves a body part and a geometrical shape that has problematic junctures.

CRAM

CRAP

YES - That's the spirit : )

CRAN

Thirty seven and a half gallons of herring! That's a whole lot of herring.

:)

jx

CRIPES! (And a little bit EUGH!) But I'm not participating so don't tell me off Win! xxxxx

Change a letter. 16 have left their mark so far, let's see how many we can get.Don't make your name the last, give the next person a chance to make a new word.

COAT - WP
BOAT - PB
BRAT - CD
BRIT - F
BRIM - DB
TRIM - AN
TRIP - VC
TRAP - I
TRAM - AF
PRAM - JA
PRAT - SB
DRAT - JR
DRAM - JW
CRAM - Y
CRAP - CG
CRAN - GS

We might need some Scot's folk to help us with the next bit. I would offer a Scot's word...and being Scots by birth would feel entitled...but, obviously, as one has shot one's bolt (Winston rules) one would hesitate to suggest that a bunch of Scots who might be related in some way, would be the obvious next word...or not....as the case may be.

:)

Jxxx

Or how about a type of cereal that loosens you up - not oats John - though that may loosen you up in alternative ways...

What about those things they call fish but aren't really?

Have no idea what you are talking about Dave - would those be the fishes you find on grassy knolls?

Enough of your fishy knolls....this is starting to stick in my...thingummy...whatsit?

:)

Jxxx

Oh! I know! MERMAIDS!! (Not sure if I understand this game . . . .)

No - you are a bit adrift with MERMAIDS Ann - too many letters and nothing like the last one (CRAN) - can I remind you that you aren't allowed to contribute anymore either - so no spelling it out...

Sticking with the sea theme, I suppose we could still have the crustacean - sometimes found on fishy grassy knolls...

Oh come all ye fresh faced newbie poets - give us some 4 lettered poetry.

Hi! I am in fact Ann Foxglove's twin sister Pam Sproxglove and I say the answer is . . . . OH NO! That Winston's just put a carrier bag over my head and I'm being bundled into the boot of a car and . . . (she was never seen again - thank god!)

I think we should have a new rule written into the constitution - no sisters allowed to participate - even inebriated poetic ones...

All other types of insurrection welcome - you really can't beat a big insurrection.

BRAN - seems suitable at breakfast time

I am planning a new thread distantly related to this one . . . SCRABBLE!!!!! But don't tell Mr Plowes!

BECAUSE I think it's time he realised that out of the eight million members of WOL, there are always going to be about 13 who are bored/intelligent/nosey/into everything and totally bonkers enough to participate! And of course I am only talking about myself here! (Except the intelligent bit!) xx

You rotten lot - It's a no win situation!

Cyan

Dyan
Dyad
Doad (Scots)
Load
Toad

Oh ye little rebel - someone blow the whistle!

Ann, yes of course you are right. I suspected this would be futile right from the off. Neverthless I will persevere for now.

Moxy, your Cyan attempt has changed 2 letters (following from our last valid entry of BRAN from Greg) and therefore all your other efforts are invalid. Have another go (ONE go!) Win

BRAG

Change a letter. After much shenanigans 18 poets have left their mark so far, let's see how many we can get. Remember to give the next person a chance to make a new word.

COAT - WP
BOAT - PB
BRAT - CD
BRIT - F
BRIM - DB
TRIM - AN
TRIP - VC
TRAP - I
TRAM - AF
PRAM - JA
PRAT - SB
DRAT - JR
DRAM - JW
CRAM - Y
CRAP - CG
CRAN - GS
BRAN - GF
BRAG - FD

BUT GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!

Plus, we're making it less of a DRAG... ; )

Ah ha -- I only changed one letter, not two. Here's Mr Alkman's procrastinated/alluded 'CLAN'!

"We might need some Scot's folk to help us with the next bit. I would offer a Scot's word...and being Scots by birth would feel entitled...but, obviously, as one has shot one's bolt (Winston rules) one would hesitate to suggest that a bunch of Scots who might be related in some way, would be the obvious next word...or not....as the case may be.'

Whereabouts in Bolivia are you starting your insurrection, Isobel, I think I shall join you? ;D

Moxy, ? BRAN to CYAN involves changing 2 letters surely. Win xxx

What we have here, Win, is a Sliding Doors phenomenon. I have followed Jon's allusion rather than the Greg's later 'Bran' so:
CRAN to CLAN to CYAN etc is valid in the forked path.
I took the Hight Road and you took the Low Road and I'll be in Somewhere afore ye. M x

Ah yes, Moxy, Well it has been some time since I have visited the high roads of the north, which if I remember right are a tonic for the senses! Win x

Ladies and gentlemen poets, we are still on BRAG!

BRAS....is this allowed Win..or am I making a tit of myself

No Problem there Gus ;-)

Oooh it's going to be hard for the next person! Thank heavens I am not allowed to play anymore!

Trust Gus to plunge in deeply with his visionary use of the english language... and since Winston seems to favour him, we shall not go braless.
Bolivia is a hostile place Moxy - I decided to come back and do some more bear baiting.
I must say though - in all honesty - Win has given us a lot of entertainment - much of it quite deliberate, I'm sure!

BRAY

Seamus Kelly was led astray - now he can say...
Let us PRAY