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The Plunger Games – #MayWriting – #poetry

21 Tuesday May 2019

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Whenever there’s a problem
We know just what to do
Pick up the phone, dial it out
Call in Jack, and his crew

Consisting of the following
A plunger and a wrench
If we keep our fingers crossed
He’ll rid us of this stench!!

Toilets always clog here
It seems like it’s a game
Still, it’s hard to point out
Who, really, is to blame!

The men swear it’s gremlins
Sneaking into the stalls
Such a silly thing to say
Gremlins don’t exist, at all

We can’t install a camera
Cause that’s against the law
Maybe it’s the manufacturer
Who sent one, with a flaw

It really doesn’t matter, right?
We will eventually figure it out
When the Ty-D Bol Man* surprises
And someone lets out a shout

Then we’ll nab the jokester
Who likes to stuff the bowls
We’ll put him to work, for Jack
Changing the toilet paper rolls

 

May Writing Prompts – The Plunger Games – Day 21/31

*Ty-D Bol Man is owned by Willert Home Products, St. Louis, MO

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She

07 Saturday Nov 2015

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She laughed at his silly jokes

His inane sense of humor

She made him smile

Her infectious giggles

Sent him soaring

Ever lost in her universe

 

 

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The Chipmunk

14 Monday Apr 2014

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This cute little rodent
Who scurries around
Has built a new condo
All underground

A million new holes
All over my lawn
He must have been digging
From dusk until dawn

And he found a new lounging spot
Inside my grill
He thinks it’s his deck
Overlooking the hill

He sits there and lazes
He thinks he’s a winner
But he better watch out
Or he’ll end up as dinner

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What do the clouds say?

30 Monday Dec 2013

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We all need an escape, from the mundane political crap that’s spewed upon us on a daily basis, whether via the news on TV or any of your social media feeds, and of course the ever dramatic wedding industry.  When I saw this go by in my Facebook feed, via my friend Kitryn Marie, I couldn’t resist sharing it.  It’s brought about giggles from friends both publicly & privately, with some asking if I was hinting at a specific person.  The answer is no, no one specific and everyone specific.

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Let’s face it.  We’ve all done it.  If you say you haven’t, you’re lying!   We sit out in our backyards, or glance out a car window, and we look UP.  Not at the sun, directly, but at the clouds.  And you know you’ve found yourself wondering if you might catch a shape of something floating by.  People have claimed to see anything from the devil himself, to horses, to hearts, to an angel playing a harp.  Either they have very vivid imaginations, are on some powerful drugs or they simply want to believe a cloud is more than a visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals made of water or various chemicals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body.

Whatever fuels us, we’ve all done it.  And we’ll continue to do it.  But you do have to wonder..are the clouds looking down and wondering what shapes they’re seeing?  Now, about those moons…..

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The Cult of (Multiple) Personalities

28 Monday Oct 2013

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Welcome to Facebook, the land of followers.  Where else can you get 50 or more of your friends to follow your lead all at once? I’ve been watching as people change their profile pictures to giraffes because they lost at figuring out a riddle.  I have to say that the pictures people are using are very amusing.  I’m looking at it as an escape from reality, although why you’d all want to be an animal that makes no noise is beyond me.  And imagine the cost of a turtleneck sweater!

Here is one of the riddles making its way through the newsfeed:

It’s 3:00am, the doorbell rings and you wake up. It’s your parents and they are here for breakfast – you have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open?

The answer is obvious…right?  Based on the amount of giraffes in my feed, I’m guessing the answer is no.  It almost reminds me of the game “Telephone”.  You have to wonder how many have changed just a little bit of it as it makes the rounds.  I have learned that this particular riddle has a few versions and the answer changes based on the way the question is worded.  Have you figured it out?  If not, this little critter could be in your future!

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Then there’s the bitstrips app.  Everyone has now become a cartoon character.  This could actually be a great marketing tool if deployed properly.  Right now it’s just another silly app.  As someone told me, “it’s a way to show your feelings without actually saying them.”  In a funny way, I guess that’s exactly what it is.  Humor always makes things a lot lighter than would normally be.  We could all use more  laughter in our day to day.

I know you’re all thinking I rag on social media on a consistent basis but truth is, I have met a lot of incredible people BECAUSE of social media tools like Facebook & Twitter.  If I allow myself to think back, my life could quite possibly be much different than it is today.  People make strong impacts on you, whether personally or professionally.  Sometimes, both.  For this, I thank Mark Zuckerberg,  Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, for giving us a means to expand our lives through business associates, but most importantly, friends.

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