Johnny Cash will not leave me alone.

I once shot a man in Reno as he calculated pi.

I once shot a man in Reno ’cause he was a samurai.

I once shot a man in Reno ’cause he smiled and I’m shy.

I once kissed a girl in Reno but I think I might be bi.

I once shot a man in Reno in a game of Jai-Alai1.

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1.(Gone awry)

159 thoughts on “Johnny Cash will not leave me alone.

  1. I shotta manin reno:

    just to steal his tie….

    when i tried to clean his eye…

    cuz he used the letter y….

    too shy to shy!

  2. But *I* shot that man Reno. I tell you, it was I!

    I once shot a man in Reno – in a drive-by gone awry.

    I didn’t shoot no man in Reno – I shot a giant fly!

    I once shot a man in renal, just to make some kidney pie.

    I once shot a Reno vino, when he let a bottle fly.

    I once shot a man in Reno – cops don’t know, because I’m sly.

    I once shot a man in Reno, ’cause he sufferred from a stye.

    I once shot a pig in Reno – he was sleeping in my sty!

  3. I have never been to Reno cos I do not want to die.

    I’ll be scarpered when in Reno since the shooter’s every guy!

    I’ve not shot a man in Reno, and I’ve often wondered why.

    If you shoot a mute in Reno will you hear the bullet fly? (Sorry, lame attempt at marrying this to “if a tree falls in the forest…”)

  4. I once shot a man in Virginia Beach because Virginia Beach sucks and everyone who lives here is a stereotype with no redeeming qualities or merit and nobody would miss them as they are very replaceable and low-cost. I need to get out of here.

  5. I shot a man in Reno, so why do I end up in a California Prison????

    Plus,
    Do NOT add me to ANY mail lists! Please?

  6. Shoot a man in Reno? I’d like to see you try.

    I shot films with Tarantino, like this year’s “Hell Ride”.

    I fell on the ground in Reno ’cause I couldn’t fly.

    I’m typing these instead of sleeping, and I don’t know why.

  7. I once shot a man in Reno, after ably ambling by.
    I once shot a man in Reno, ’cause he bruised my blue-black thigh.
    I once shot a man in Reno, cocky cat caused me to cry.
    I once shot a man in Reno, don’t daffodils delight?
    I once shot a man in Reno, eating an eel’s eye.
    etc…

    I once bought a van in Reno, where I wrecked my Saturn Sky.

  8. Dang it… Now *I* can’t get past this…

    I once shot a man in Reno, while watching Magnum, PI.

    That’s not the man I shot in Reno, that’s some other guy.

    Did your mother once in Reno, and didn’t need KY. (Sorry, that one was tasteless.)

    Had a sandwich once in Reno, ham and cheese on rye.

    If I said I’d been to Reno, that would be a lie.

  9. all the boys they went to reno caus the girls were all alone

    had plans to go to reno but my gun failed to shoot

    I once shot a man in reno, 50 points!

  10. I once shot a man deep in Reno, who owned 3.14 casinos
    The flirty swordsman got me hot,
    Sexual identity gone to rot,
    So on the cancha I ended the queen, oh!

  11. Should I shoot a man in Reno? Well, I’d sure not like to try.
    I shot a man in Reno, ‘scuse me while I kiss the sky. (yes, I put cash with hendrix)
    I’m putting off my German homework, so I think I soon shall die.
    Can’t tell if I’m just drowsy, or if there’s something in my eye.
    I once shot a man in Reno, got V.D. AND a D.U.I.
    I once shot a man in Reno, now that corpse will naught but lie.
    I once played a game of Keno, but didn’t play for the bulls-eye.
    While I type up all this posting, I’m also browsing at Domai.
    I went to shoot women in Reno, but I could only find a guy.
    Ralphie shot a man in Reno, but he got him in the eye. (Yes, as in ‘In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash’)
    I’ll one day ride a palomino, and Barabaro’s troubles made me cry.
    etc. etc. Damn, I’m creative at 12:30 in the early morning!

  12. I once sold a shoe in Reno, because that’s the trade I ply.
    I once drank a cup of Drano, just to watch me die.
    Shot a man in Madagascar to protect a young aye-aye.
    I once shot a man in Reno, though he wanted to ally.
    Did I shoot a man in Reno? I refuse to certify.

  13. I shot a man in Reno once: that frakking Colonel Tigh;
    He claimed I was a Cylon with a roving crimson eye.

  14. I shot several men in Reno as they were in good supply.

    I once shot a man in Reno full of anthraquinone dye.

    I once drew a curve in Reno, tracing out its radii.

    I once shot the man, in Reno, who’d developed PCI.

    I once shot ten men in Reno; I was elderly but spry.

    I once shot a man in Reno from a plane bound for Shanghai.

    I kinetic-killed a Reno man from sixty miles high.

    I once shot a Reno wrestler who descended from Jack Pye.

    I once shot a man in Reno who’d agreed to testify.

    I once bagged a Reno tyger for its fearful symmetry.

    I once shot a man in Reno just because my screen-name’s Phy.

  15. I shot heroin in Reno, just to get a super high.
    But I got the flu in Reno; my temperature then went sky high.
    I once shot a pic in Reno, a couple clouds on the blue sky.
    I have this thing called a “Mino” that plays Tetris better than I. (This is a dumb reference to Tetris Worlds…only ’cause it rhymes.)
    I cut off a neck in Reno, cause I didn’t like the tie.

    By the Way, you all should hear Johnny Cash singing in German. “Wo Ist Zu Hause Mama?” is always good for a laugh.

  16. “I once bagged a Reno tyger for its fearful symmetry”

    Absolutely brilliant. This one is my new favorite. Kudos to Phy.

  17. I once shot a man in Reno, ’cause he tried to steal my tie

    I once shot a man in Reno for the blood-lust high

    I killed a man in Reno, with unrevealed modus operandi

    There’s a dead man in Reno, not to over-simplify

    I shot the weatherman in Reno, because it wouldn’t dehumidify

    I shot the man in Reno who was vox populi

    Bullets in Reno? they don’t have a good supply

    For these crazy Reno rhymes, it’s good to diversify

    I shot man with a lazer gun, ’cause I was feeling rather sci-fi

    I didn’t shoot a man from Reno, because I’m actually very gun shy

    I once shot a man in Reno ’cause he tried to lick my thigh

    I’m off to shoot a man in Reno, to all you folks; BYE BYE!

  18. I lived in Porto Fino, the waves were all so high
    And so I went to Reno, Cause I’d heard that it was dry
    Found a small casino, played ‘gainst a big-fry
    And now with Sir Martino, I was in quite a fry.
    His right hand man called Dino, said “Lose your favourite eye
    “Or pay Senor Martino, the debt that leaves him dry.”
    I’d loaned a Colt from Tino, quite a friendly guy,
    And now I said to Dino, “Give it your best try.”
    He drew his M-sixteeno, but I was on the sly,
    And shot this man in Reno, slowly watched him die.
    Now back in Porto Fino, my capture sure is nigh,
    No way I can be free, no, not even if I lie.
    So if you ever got to Reno, For whatever reason why,
    Stay away from the casino, unless you’ve got the cash to cry.

  19. I once shot a man in Reno, ‘cos he shouted “Hi-de-hi!”

    He was a red-coat, I’d come to Buttlins (sp?) for a cheap holiday, and he’d done it every morning all week.
    The lengths you need to go to, to get away from the trashy 70s, holiday camps, and twee sitcoms thereof.

  20. “Seven with a blow, in Reno!”, the Tailor would often cry…
    “Seven men, in Reno?” The townsfolk shook with frigh(t)
    The tailor never told, oh, the seven were only flies.

    Ah, Brothers Grimm + Johnny Cash!

  21. >I ones knyf’d a mann in Reno, with lightnesse and maistrye.

    Faid, that was AWESOME! XD

    Twice I shot a man in Reno, in the eyes – for symmetry.

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