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The Edward de Bono Creative Team^TMBONTOS - Vol 10

There are specific forms of poetry like Limericks, Haiku and the Malaysian Pantun. Each of these have a very formal structure as to number of lines, meter, syllables etc. The meaning is often also tightly prescribed - especially the Pantun.

The Bonto is a new formal type of poetry for use on the net.
There are four lines in each poem.
Rhyming is aa bb.
Syllables: as yet undecided (5, 6 or 7)
Content:

First line: sets out some extraordinary behaviour. The more bizarre the better.
Second line: gives the explanation for the bizarre behaviour.
Third line: gives the result or outcome of the behaviour.
Fourth line: provides some "philosophical" reflection on life in general but arising from the situation.

SIMPLE TALE

Simon's stopped by a psycho pieman,
"Eat this pie, or prepare to die, man!"
Simon knocked the pieman out.
Pressure victims should show no doubt.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

LONG DIVISION

Bruce had questions found no answers
Changing approach path improved chances
That he would get satisfaction
Too hard a question leads to inaction
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

SUSPECT CASE

Who killed cock robin - do you know?
No-one's found the arrow and bow
The police dragnet's been done by proxy
What's your policy on autopsy?
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

THE ONLY WAY

Incoming's known as "afferent"
Outgoing's known as "efferent"
Champagne down the drain dispense.
Affluence turns to effluence!
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PADDING UP

Bob declared he's just hit seven,
Followed by a nine and eleven,
Found he was golfing at the cricket.
Always think to check your ticket.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

ISOBARRED

John tip-toed out on the plain
Because there seemed a chance of rain
The drought became a national disaster
We should sack the weather forecaster.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

EPILOG

I came home when I found in surprise
My house had been bugged by some corporate spies
If the microphone's water-logged they can't hear
Flooding one's house is a bit severe.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PROGRAMMED RESPONSE

Bill Gates wrote BASIC for the PC
So we could program more easily
BASIC can get quite complex.
Sometimes a label's the key to success.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

WRONG TREE

Warren submerged his boxer hound
His bath was left with a ring around
Used much soap to cleanse impropriety
A ring of grime now dogs society
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

GENESIS NEMESIS

Programming languages change so fast
Seems they're seldom built to last
Hard to keep the platform stable
Welcome to our tower of Babel!
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

OUT OF THE FRYING PAN

Shadrach and Meshach grabbed Abednego
Off to Bel Shazar's place they go
Ignored the invitation, too
Bring-Your-Own-Meat barbeque!
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

VICE SQUAD

Darren, chef, stole meat enough
All the carcasses turned out tough
Squeezed the meat so it wasn't priceless
Consuming passions lead to vises
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

MARKET FORCES

MacDonald penny-pinched for years
Ignored his workers' greatest fears
Closed the company, did them harm
Old MacDonald sold the farm
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

OMNES EODEM COGIMUR

The Emperor finally wore his new clothes
So subjects would follow the fad in droves
Causes clothing industry trouble
Perhaps we all need a Body Double
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

CALIBRATION

John's friends, of his job, make mock
Works to tune the atomic clock
"Easy task", his friends were raving.
Who considers daylight saving?
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

DUODECIMAL

Swallowing coins, obsessive Lauren
Loved the shilling, farthing, florin
Still her curiosity lingers
When did people have twelve fingers?
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PRETEXT

Troubled Peter
The bonto's meter
Syllabic predator
Trust the editor.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

GREEN MEN

NASA boys bounce probe on Mars
Drive the cameras round in cars
Just like slot cars, cosmic billiards
Big boys' big toys all cost milliards
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

WORKING THEORY

Keynes sought unemployment falls
Baron of Tilton's wisdom calls
All his peers wouldn't understand
Labour supply floats free of demand
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

NO FANGS

Bought my shark an electric toothbrush
For its birthday - didn't cost much
Plugged it in and came to grief
Electric eels must have false teeth.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

RTFM

QED, RSVP
FTP, HTTP,
AOK? i.e. intention?
Acronyms cause apprehension
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PRIDE

Androcles roars in the lion's den
Reads that his life's a mess again
The lion eats him, kills all hopes
Don't read Shaw to misanthropes
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

MIXED ADVICE

Suitors faxed the Duke of York
To use a cloth bag for his pork
Threading on the bag was breakin'
A stitch in time can save your bacon
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

TUMBLER

Reg the dare-devil suited up
Then dived into a tiny cup
"He's gone crazy!" we surmised
ill prepared is ill advised.
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

CLOT FACTOR

Nurse experienced some confusion
Mixed up blood types pre-transfusion
Rhesus factors are imperative
It's better to be positive, harder negative
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

SPOONFUL OF SUGAR

Jan drowns sorrows on the phone,
Boyfriend said "You're on your own"
Margueritas were at fault
Bitter pills need a grain of salt
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PUNCHLINE

Stef the stand-up comic stopped
Thought his new routine had flopped
Manages, later, laughs to invoke
He who laughs last missed the joke
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

INNOVATION

Alex's job description's tough
Works hard doing "Things and Stuff"
Instant promotion a new title brings!
Get a promotion, do "Stuff and Things"!
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

CASE EN POINTE

Ballerina pirouettes in her stew
To home cooking she's somewhat new
Follows the recipe to the letter
Mixed ingredients taste much better
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PRIVATE PARTS

Soldier lives in a sentry box
Uses the roof to dry his socks
Makes them whiter by using bleach
Keep everything within arm's reach
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

WINDUP

Skindiver tied a five mile tether
To his boat, for all rough weather
Used the propellor like a winch
Ensure your escape route is a cinch
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

TRACKING SYSTEM

Beth tied herself to a railway line
To chiropractically realign
Back's much better, no more straining
We all benefit from training
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

TRUNK

Herbert's doctor prescribed trees
As homeopathic remedies
His wife asked "Are these right amounts?"
With Herbs, it's not the size that counts
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

COMIC GENIUS

Bob wore purple hooded suits
With arms crossed over, rubber boots
And magic ring and mask again
It's awful to suffer phantom pain
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

UNBALANCED

Betty balanced a globe on her nose
Then struck a peripatetic pose
Concluded on her way to work
Aristotle was a jerk
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

NOTHING UP TOP

Bob put his poodle in his hat
Along with a pet mouse and his cat
Didn't do as they were told
'Tis no wonder men go bald
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

WRITER'S BLOCK

Bob put felt pens behind each ear
To write down all that he could hear
No success, he realised later
It's hard to write on waxy paper
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

PILTDOWN MAN

Bob made love in a big peat bog
Found the going quite a slog
Bob's girlfriend was quite indignant
Never wind up six months stagnant
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

CAVEAT EMPTOR

Bob breeds leeches, to make riches
Taught himself from books with pictures
Books implied there are dollars in it
There's a sucker born each minute
ŠSteve Smith & Edward de Bono Creative Team 1997

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