Pho Makes You Phart

rhyming phun phacts response

source: McCormick

by Joe Váradi

I was reading Roy’s Fail Well
Just the other day,
When it comes to funecdotes
The man is Il Duce —

(Il Duce rhymes with Tina Fey,
not with deuce, nor Bruce,
pair it with Manila Bay,
not loose, or goose, or moose.)

I apologize, you see
how quickly I digress —
I’ll return to my main topic …
You’re still with me — Yes?

Referring to the passage
Roy devotes to gas,
not the kind that heats your home,
the kind you need to pass,

he made the claim you see above,
with typographic elegance,
that Vietnamese noodle soup
causes heavy flatulence.

Which experts might we consult?
First to mind was Linh,
or Rosemary, the travel writer
who clued me in on phin …?