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

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Magpie Tales #115....


image by Manu Pombrol

There once was a man from Mars
Who loved to read in glass jars
Not a Mason, a Ball or a Weck
What the heck?
I prefer the ones made by Kerrs
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27 comments:

  1. Very nice limmerick!! Are you a canner, Kathe? I did so much as child, forced to sit under a tree and peel peaches, the sight of Mason jars...shiver... LOL! Have a great day! Laurel

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  2. LOL once I realised what Masons were it made me laugh thanks for the smiles x x

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  3. Mason or Weck
    I don't really Kerr,
    As long as the produce
    is fresh,as it were.

    Delightful limerick Kathe!
    rel

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  4. This is why I always enjoy stopping by. Terrificly witty.

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  5. Oops! What an image.

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  6. Yours was from Mars, mine from Dunbar:) Lovely witty words.

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  7. You certainly live up to your billing.... 'snappy repartee'. I love this limerick, Kathe. It is so well seasoned. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Fun, and totally appropriate with this picture. I've heard there is no rhyme for "orange." I wonder if this is true.

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  9. Haha... love it! I did a limerick, too.

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  10. Hey you know your glass jars!

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  11. heh i have drank out of a few in my day, growing up in the sticks...but...nice limerick...smiles.

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  12. nice, a limerick. Fun read. thanks

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  13. Each to their own jar, i raise mine to you, regards, Jar Jar Binks

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  14. I'm thinking you come from a long line of 'home caners.'

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  15. Oops, you probably don't do chair caning ... I bet generations of women in your family loved to can all sorts of veggies, fruits, pickles!

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  16. Nice! Wittywoo's! I love a good 'rick!

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  17. Great limerick, Kathe! Hilarious read!

    Hank

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  18. Haha. Cute (the icky picture doesn't deserve such cuteness!). Yours is the only one I've read, as I thought I would get around to doing one Monday night-Tuesday morn. Such is not the case, however, and I'm calling it a night!

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  19. Kath, you did well with such a difficult subject. Your talent needs bottling!

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  20. What the Weck?
    Thanks for a jarful of fun.

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  21. Thank you, Kathe. They're just "jars" to me.

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  22. hahahahaha! Well done (and fun)

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  23. Cool! That is a very cute verse, and goes well with odd picture.

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