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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

20 DEC 2023

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11 comments:

Ol' Man Keith said...

Today’s Jumble haiku:
(Thinking of cutting back on your holiday FX?
If you were fishing, you might even slash your catches for NO reason! [See title, below]
If you opted for a skeleton mask, you might choose to accompany it with deep throat chuckles, but that might challenge verisimilitude—yes? Huh?
Eh?! …)

Mar Cusk? Hell!”

This Halloween, let’s
skimp on cackles with the skull.
Non-ironic, eh?
~ OMK

CanadianEh! said...

I went from a beam of light, to a Biblical song, to a little
Wordle 914 5/6*

⬜⬜⬜๐ŸŸจ⬜
⬜๐ŸŸจ⬜⬜⬜
⬜๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ⬜
⬜๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

CanadianEh! said...

Vive la diffรฉrence

I cackle that a man
Will skimp and save
For a small muscle car,
But can’t get through his skull
That a woman would prefer new shoes.
Ironic isn’t it?

Misty said...

"Slow Recovery"

After Len's accident he did limp,
but he did none of his activities skimp.
The tiny fracture in his skull
made a bit of his memory dull.
Still, he did funny jokes tackle,
which made his friends laugh and cackle.
And even if his humor was ironic,
it remained funny and comic.
Len had a bit of pain in his muscle
which made it hard for him to hustle.
So his friends bought him a shiny new car
And this made Len feel like a star.

Misty said...

I can't believe that somehow all three of us seem to have gotten all four J words and solution into our verses this morning.

But, Ol' Man Keith, whatever made you think of Halloween at a time like this? Was it the "skull", which just doesn't fit into a Christmas theme? I guess that could explain it. Still, your haikus are always fun.

CanadianEh!, would you really rather have a man buy some new shoes for a wife, rather than a small muscle car? Maybe he should give her the car, and in return she'd buy him a new pair of shoes? Couples! What a complicated life they can have.

CanadianEh! said...

OMK- I’m with Misty- Halloween! LOL, what a story you created. But you did use eh properly.

CanadianEh! said...

Misty- Poor Len, with a limp, a skull fracture, poor memory and muscle pain. But he was rewarded for his humour with a car.
Great friends.

Thanks for the fun today.

CanadianEh! said...

a little different focus in your poem today. No romance, but still a happy ending.

CanadianEh! said...

Sorry for my disjointed posts. 8 had the last three all in one post but the Bot kept erasing. Turns out, something in that last post (I had Misty’s name) name) must have triggered it.

Misty said...

Thanks for checking in with us, Ceh!, and thanks for your kind comments.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Sorry I didn’t repost before this. I tried five times in my desktop, but the Bot kept demanding a password I have long forgotten. I am jammed for time and must give up for tonight.
~ OMK