"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Sunday, August 05, 2012

Magpie 129 Compulsions

A Dinner Table at Night, 1884, John Singer Sargent


There once was a lady from Champs
Who had a serious passion for red lamps
It annoyed her husband
Saying "You have over a dozen
why couldn't you have collected stamps?"
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24 comments:

  1. Hahaha - that's great! I did a limerick too. Great minds... :o)

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  2. lol...imagining walking around the house tot he tinge of red....fun piece....

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  3. LOL.... Collecting stamps instead of red lights... too funny.

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  4. Yes a fun, fun piece. Very good.

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  5. Chuckles! Yes, it would have been simpler with just albums! Nicely done Kathe


    Hank

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  6. Good one :) I thought there were a lot of lamps too.

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  7. ha..ha..that was really fun ~

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  8. what a good night with two good limericks ...love it!

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  9. I made anote about all the red too- whew, reminded me of my Grand Mothers 'library'... :)

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  10. Funny, and i can read it to the kids!

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  11. Hehehe, this was great! It reminds me of my mother in law!

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  12. Getting ready for Antique Roadshow? ..lots of fun!!

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  13. Oh but lamps are so much more fun!

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  14. What she needs is some overhead lighting...

    ;)

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  15. Perhaps they made her feel 'at home' ;)

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  16. Hey! He could always lick the lady of the red lamps!

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  17. Yes, thats it, its a stamp !

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  18. Yes, of course, because stamps take up less room! Great twist here! Very nice !!!

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  19. Wonderful little limerick my dear!!!

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  20. Ah, but you have to send a stamp away for it to be useful. A lamp collection lights up your life! Nice.

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  21. She has probably been using her stamps to purchase all of those rosy lights, or at least the frilly shades. Wonderful limerick writing, Kathe. Thank you for sharing the fun!=D

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