Re: A soothing advertisement

Jeff Barnett wrote:

Many years ago, I would drive by the Los Angeles International airport
on the my way to work. Near there, visible from the freeway, was a
billboard advertisement for some SUV or pickup truck - I don't remember
which or the manufacturer. It caught my attention with these three
simple lines:
 
    Climb mountains
    Carry plywood
    Comb beaches (a play on beachcomber)
 
It has stuck in my mind like a little poem. I present it to you all as a
simple puzzle on what makes it coherent. I'll post my observation after
a while. BTW, I assume that many or most of the regulars in these groups
will catch on more quickly than I did.

There are three important features that are at work. The c is repeated,
the rhyme is the same in each line, and the vowels follow a
well-established pattern - i a o. Think of "ding dang dong" and notice
how impossible it sounds if you say "dong ding dang". I could add that
Huey, Dewey, and Louie in Danish are called Rip, Rap and Rup.

  Snip snap snude (nonsenswords)
  Nu er den historie ude (Now that story is finished)

That is one way to end a fairy tale or moral story in Danish.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark