Three word game ...

[classic33]

if failure were

 

[alex_cycles]

inevitably delayed or

 

[classic33]

was the expected

 

[Ming the Merciless]

no one said

 

[classic33]

who's at fault

 

[Ming the Merciless]

the banjo player

 

[classic33]

or the fiddler

 

[Fnaar]

, the pink oboe

 

[Ming the Merciless]

fingers a blur

 

[postman]

Miss Goodbody remarked

 

[classic33]

"My, how nimble

 

[Ming the Merciless]

smooth and lithe

 

[classic33]

his movements are

 

[Ming the Merciless]

turning me on

 

[mistyoptic]

without artificial aids