When an eel has a maw
with a pharyngeal jaw,
that’s a moray.
When the jaws open wide
and there’s more jaws inside,
that’s a moray.
When it skulks in a reef
and has two sets of teeth,
that’s a moray.
When an eel bites your thigh
and you bleed out and die
that’s a moray.
This was blatantly stolen from an old twitter thread.
@dgar When you look and you note,
You need a bigger boat,
That's a morray.
@dgar When an eel climbs a ramp to eat squid from a clamp, That’s a Moray. Courtesy of NYT
always nice
@dgar
When you make bechamel
But want cheese sauce as well
That's a mornay
When you identify
a custom or way
That’s a more…
@dgar
When the bottles you see
are all antiquity,
that's amphorae!
When they're pointy on end,
and the clay needs a mend,
that's amphorae!
@dgar When surrounded by fjords and your friend is called Bjorn, you're in Norway.
@dgar … +++ …
@dgar I recently recited this poem to my children during a school holiday visit to Sydney Aquarium, and frankly I think the other parents should have given me a standing ovation, rather than snatching their kids away.
@acatinatree :awesome: :Koala: :kangaroo:
@dgar
When the moon hits your knees
And you mispronounce trees
Sycamore!
@dgar in this moment, I love you like a son / poet living in my basement.
Apr 8, 2026, 2:27 PM@dgar
When you’ve got things to say
But have not got all day
Furthermorey
Apr 8, 2026, 2:32 PMWhen shat on by a gull
On the island of Mull
Tobermory
Apr 8, 2026, 2:38 PMWhen the world’s goin’ to hell
And Trump’s plans remodel
Mount Rushmoré
Apr 8, 2026, 2:40 PMWhen a nuclear stan
Says “Bro look here’s my plan”
Uranium oré
Apr 8, 2026, 2:44 PM
@dgar I feel like this might have just won the internet today!
@dgar can haz cheezburgr
@dgar When learning to scuba-dive the instructor took me down to a moray and coaxed it partially out of its hole. If I'd know this I would have kept my distance.
@dgar I hear it with a melody in my head. It should have been a song in "The sound of music"
@GustafIII It’s a reference to this song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_Amore
@dgar There is seriously shit like those aliens in the Alien movies? How did I not know this? Oh that scene where the alien's little head inside its mouth is slobbering over Weaver's character grosses me out something fierce.
@dgar @jonny When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray
https://archive.ph/2021.06.22-180701/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/science/moray-eels-eat-land.html
@dgar That's not a jaw, that's what we in the UK call a mole grip.
@dgar Still delightful.
Are you an ITALIAN who has been hit in the eye with a bigga pizza pie?!? You may be entitled to compensation.
@dgar a classic
@dgar hereby I officially stop calling it “monkey wrench” and start using a proper wording “moray eel wrench” effective now
@dgar Love it!
Jun 24, 2026, 4:07 AM@dgar Take your troops to Iran
And get handed your can,
That's a foray...
They called me Mr. Enormous Phallus.
Now I’m just one of pathetic fellas.
That’s a moray.