Sunday, 4 March 2012

Magpie 107














An optician of diminutive size
Used a ladder to reach people's eyes.
But because he kept falling
He abandoned his calling
And went off the be a chiropodist instead.

(With thanks to Tess at Magpie Tales for the picture - which I've finally managed to download!)
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21 comments:

  1. Mimi Foxmorton4 March 2012 at 16:13

    Maybe so.
    But I still laughed out loud!
    :)

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  2. Helen4 March 2012 at 16:44

    Photo, no photo ~~ I get you!!

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  3. rel4 March 2012 at 16:47

    There is something afoot here.
    rel

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  4. Wander4 March 2012 at 17:22

    I will see if having the picture changes it for me...I havent made it over to see Tess's prompt yet....

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  5. Colette McCormick4 March 2012 at 18:22

    Made me smile.

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  6. Chèvrefeuille4 March 2012 at 18:47

    I loved reading this limerick. It brought a smile on my face. Thanks for bringing some joy.

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  7. Patsy4 March 2012 at 19:07

    I'm having fun imagining an illustration to go with this.

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  8. Brian Miller4 March 2012 at 19:17

    ha...yes and that could be quite the challenge...grinned at the end...

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  9. JJ Roa Rodriguez4 March 2012 at 20:26

    Hehehe... Lovin' it!..

    JJRod'z

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  10. Vicki4 March 2012 at 23:25

    I love your limerick! Truly fun!

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  11. Wander4 March 2012 at 23:29

    Between the toes he goes
    With the index finger and thumb
    Of one hand
    He plugs his nose


    I have seen the prompt and I like this even better, fun poem!

    Wander

    http://wanderwithoutbeinglost.blogspot.com

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  12. Little Nell4 March 2012 at 23:50

    Very funny. I hope he doesn't put his foot in it again with the new profession.

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  13. Unknown5 March 2012 at 00:14

    Your poetry brightens my Sundays every week. I suppose the good doctor was 'rung' out. Thanks for sharing, Frances. =D

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  14. hyperCRYPTICal5 March 2012 at 09:31

    Brilliant - as always!

    Anna :o]

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  15. Rosemary Gemmell5 March 2012 at 10:34

    That's a fun one!

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  16. Kay L. Davies5 March 2012 at 22:20

    I love it!
    K

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  17. Jinksy5 March 2012 at 22:41

    Limericks got to me this week as well! LOL

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  18. Doctor FTSE6 March 2012 at 06:44

    I liked particularly the ingenious way you rhymed "size,eyes" with "instead", driving the limerick form to new heights of hilarity.

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  19. Alis6 March 2012 at 09:37

    Love this - is there a name for limmericks which fail to follow the metrical rule in the last line and therefore become more comic? If not, there should be. Like the funny haiku:
    Haikus are easy but some times they don't make sense: refrigerator.

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  20. Frances Garrood6 March 2012 at 10:59

    Thanks, everyone.

    Alis:
    I loved your haiku
    Not a form I often use.
    Did you make it up?

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  21. Alis7 March 2012 at 10:48

    Hi Frances - no, I'm afraid I didn't write the haiku. It first appeared in our house on the t-shirt of a friend of my son's and it has now passed into family lore.

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