Your knowledge of philosophy clears many a cloudy thread;
You seem to know ALL jazz musicians, living now or dead;
You grace these “halls” with humor and with great wit on display;
And now you’ve joined the hallowed few, the proud who’ve made 4K!
Thanks for all you add to the community, Wombat!
Carol
huffing and puffing to make it up to 1K
HIP,
Slan,
D. 
HIP
Congrats and all that jazz!
MarkB
HOP
The Wombat.
The wombat lives across the seas,
Among the far Antipodes.
He may exist on Jazz and Blues,
Or then again, on very strong booze;
His distant habitat precludes
Conclusive knowledge of his moods,
But I would not engage our good mate
In any philosophical debate.
Congratulations on gaining entry to the posh seats of our little billabong.
Slan,
D.
…sincere apologies to Ogden Nash…
Hoop!
Best wishes,
Jerry
Heap!
Muchos congradulatoriums! 
Whenever I get into an argument (even just for fun) with Wombat, I always loose. 
Go Wombat!!
4K for Wombles!
And you haven’t lost a shred of your gravitas for it.
HOOPLA!!!
Congrats, Wombat!
Thanks Carol and indeed all my friends here for your kind thoughts. I hope you all know how deeply I value your friendship and enjoy the craic. This place is like one big, endless shaggy dog story. It’s good to be part of it. 
Just think of it as good practice for what you’ll get when the Jesuits get their hands on you. 
They get paid to argue too.
The Wombat, a man of few words, but when he speaks they usually have some thought behind them.
They always have a few words behind them.
What brought this on anyway. Did I miss a good thread?
Yeah, I know. I never bother with the lint roller before posting.
That was good!
There’s no one like Wombat!
I think we all know what you mean!
Go Wombat, like a bat out of hell. 
If I may hijack this thread for a brief moment I would like it to be clearly understood that I did not write the little poem quoted above,just tweaked it around a little bit.The credit for such wonderful wordplay goes to Ogden Nash and I did put a apology to the man in my original post but the writing was very small.
That should keep the Lawyers from my door for a while longer
Slan,
D.
Oh man, and I was really impressed. Looks like I’ll have to send my congrats to Ogden.
Anyway… nice poems and congratulations Wombat! I hope that I look as good as you when I hit 4k.
Erik