The tree is up, the gifts unwrapped
Energy’s gone, I’ve been zapped.
Decided to Google a word I don’t know
When there I see an alert about snow.
Actually it was more about cold
Only December and it’s already old.
Finally decided to turn up the heat
Cause my legs were freezing, even my feet.
Another day accomplishing nothing
Just cleaning and doing some washing.
I think I have the winter blahs
Not even thinking of Mr. Claus.
Nope, not a thing cheers me tonight
I’m just a sad sack, what a sight.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear?
Just checking to see if you nodded off here.
My mind’s in a quandary how to lift my mood
I could always write a poem that is lewd…
No, that would be very rude.
Think I have a bad attitude.
There was a young lady from Ealing
Who had a peculiar feeling
Vikings came from Israel. They are descendants of the tribe of Dan.
Dan shall judge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horseβs heels
so that his rider falls backward. ~ Genesis 49:17
The tribe of Dan, became the “sea-people”, that plagued Egypt. They spread out, the main tribe became Scythians. The Scythians eventually moved west and north. Inhabiting the Alps. The mountains in the centre of Europe. The mountains are their mountain fastnet From They have a tendency to have their name foremost liked to place names. Like the country we call Jordan. … the river from the land of Dan.
Sardinia or Sardania. Danmark or Denmark. Even the river Danube. The people of Ireland are called the Tuatha Danaan. They use the symbol associated with David. The Harp. From the Black Sea, all the major rivers of Europe are accessed. Prior to roads, rivers were the routes. The Vikings, came to dominate trade, throughout Europe. Silk, Spices, Slaves. Were their main commodities. Vikings would blind their slaves, to prevent runaways. Much of history about these and other people is not the whole picture.
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Whoa, history lesson. I was looking for the limerick ending!π
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There was a young lady from Ealing
Who had a peculiar feeling
She lay on back
Opened her crack and pissed all over the ceiling … ba boom
Yeah, I tried not to write the whole thing out but gosh darn it snuck out anyways … Cheers Jamie
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Think I like the history lesson betterππ
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I did my best, not to let it leak out … pun intended. Cheers Jamie.
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; )
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“There was a young lady from Ealing” … no never mind!
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Who wasn’t very appealing? : )
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I needed that laugh….perfect timing!π
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π
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Or was that someone else?
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Ok, give up trying to write legibly. You did say you read typo?
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Think I need a time machine. I would like to Ho back and watch him as a baby doing the Simpson thing.
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Aww I liked that movie. But the knife joke got a bit old. That was liked, not irked. These comments are all mixed up.
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Forget the attitude what was the word you looked up π
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Is this Curious George?
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Questionable Quinten π
I was a important question that needed to be asked!!
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If you must know I was looking for a word that described a Chinese ferry. I never found one.
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Well I didn’t ‘must know’ I was just making conversation and proving to you that I was reading what you write π
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So you didn’t nod off cause it was so boring?
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That was evidenced by the fact that I asked about the word and referenced the attitude!
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You’re killing me Smalls
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I haven’t written a murder poem for ages π
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I thought there was a word like junket? My mind, goes in and out these days.
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Junk is a chinese boat
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I thought so, but sampan was the only thing I could find and that’s Japanese.
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do a search for ‘junk boat’ or ‘junk ship’ wiki even has a listing so it’s true π
Although I always thought they were Japanese but Google says Chinese so I’ll go along with that.
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I just asked for a small ferry or fishing boat, Chinese.
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Well I knew Junk was a boat because my grand parents spent a lot of time in Japan and Hong Kong but I always thought they were Japanese not Chinese.
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I just wanted to use HK
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She took a Junk along
the seas to Hong Kong.
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Doesn’t fit in that particular story.
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Oh well doesn’t matter next time you need it you’ll know a Junk is a ship from China and the Asia area.
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When you’re a LOT older you’ll know what it’s like to think of a word but not the exact word, so try to find it. Very frustrating. Happened today, I wanted to buy jumper cables for my grandson and could picture them, but couldn’t think of the words to type in to search. I call it a brainfreeze, either that or I’m going over the hill. It comes to me but not at that moment I need it.
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You think I don’t know that at my age? I’ve been writing for nearly 20 years I always loose words, or worse think a word exists when it doesn’t.
As for forgetting the names of things, you just ain’t alone, you might have higher numbers next to your name than I do but my memory is terrible, it’s part of the reason my wife wants to kill me every other day of the week, she hates living with someone with a bad memory and depression.
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And those two are linked, unfortunately. So you’re saying your wife is a saint? I suspected as much.
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I’m saying she can’t deal with it, refuses to even accept mental illness exists half the time. She can’t ignore bad memories though, however she doesn’t like it.
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Most people can’t. Trying to help a depression victim isn’t easy.
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I agree, trying to help myself was hard enough, trying to help myself while someone was disagreeing was even harder.
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I have a friend that suffers from depression. I can’t seem to help though I want to. Think I’m always saying the wrong thing.
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Yeah it can feel like that, and it can feel like that from both sides but at least you accept it’s an issue. The first step is getting the suffered to admit it exists, the second and often harder step is getting their loved ones to accept it and not try and pass it off as some sort of behavioural issue.
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The way it’s described to me it is horrific.
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Every one feels different and everyone goes through it differently but it can be horrific. I spent years in the truck by myself, then I spent years almost shut away unable to communicate with those around me in any real capacity. I felt it was horrific but those around me felt completely different.
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How so?
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I felt secluded in a house of people and family so close and it was ripping me apart but I felt I couldn’t fix it. Where as my wife either didn’t want to accept it was happening or acccept why it was happening and therefore thought I was doing it deliberately because I’m an idiot.
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Maybe she just felt helpless and irritated she couldn’t do anything
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That was part of it. Don’t get me wrong I don’t hold anything against her, it took me a long time before I realised there was a problem. There may have been times where I was annoyed with her attitude but I don’t hold it against her for having it. Depression effects a hell of a lot more than just the person who suffers it.
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I agree. Frustrating on both sides.
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yeah there is a lot of frustration in the situation.
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At least that’s how I feel, pretty much helpless
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The thing is there is no right way to do things for every situation, there is wrong ways but every person is different and therefore the effects are reactions are different. A doctor could tell you one thing, me as a suffer could tell you another and yet another sufferer could tell you something else and we could all be wrong for your situation.
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I just play it by ear sort of. I learned I can’t really help by asking if you’re okay.
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Yeah it’s funny how easy it is to answer “are you ok?” with “yes”
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A lot easier. For myself when I’m in a depressed mood and someone asks, they really do not want to hear it. It’s like someone saying how are you as they whiz by!π
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And for a lot of people suffering depression they feel the same.
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It’s such a natural thing to say though. For me anyway. Like when my husband died. People wonder why you don’t answer the phone and mail.
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Yeah you are right it’s just natural to ask it, kind of like asking a terminal patient how they are doing.
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That’s horrible. Guess I’m just tired but that comment made me chuckle.
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It makes you wonder what the patient thinks π
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I think people don’t know what to say so they blurt out something careless or stupid. Not meaning to offend, just nervous chatter maybe.
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Yep I agree with that.
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Shame on google.
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Couldn’t be my fault
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never π
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Somehow that doesn’t ring true
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It wasn’t me that rang π
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It was :p that made it seem insincere
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Oh don’t take them personally, sometimes π might be because I’m being cheeky but often it’s just a mistype between P and )
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Uh huh, sure
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Ok take them personally π
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Just trying to get you in the murder story mood
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I thought you frowned upon murder stories and poems?
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Nope. I just don’t like gore.
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Sheesh what’s with all the rules π
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You only slightly use gore. I can read it fine, just don’t watch it, except for Grimm which is being cancelled. It is horror with humor.
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I don’t provide pictures with mine π
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So I can read anything, guess my mind governs it, but don’t enjoy watching. I must say I’m getting used to it, watching GoT.
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I can watch horror and the worst of it but I’m not into GOT
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Since I started watching the Vikings, it’s violent as you know their history, but there is a lot more to it. Very interesting people and history.
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Yeah I just couldn’t watch that show.
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I watched the Bastard Executioner and was put off in the first episode by a “good guy” shoving a sword through a bad guy’s skull. Then I started looking at the story part of it and it was such a good story. Of course it was cancelled after first season.
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Never saw that.
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Interesting that you can write about blood and guts but don’t watch it. Or is it the sex part you don’t like? You don’t have to answer, you can just :p
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Vikings don’t have horns π
Sex on TV doesn’t worry me, or in books, I’ve written my fair share of sex scenes, some actually praised by females, but I am married I have forgotten how do it. π
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That’s what they all say!π
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Yeah but I had proof, I actually got a sex related story published on a women’s only website about 10 years ago π
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Ref please, I’ll have to look that up. ; )
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No reference left, the website is long gone, besides you’re too old to be reading sex stories π
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I beg you pardon! I’m old, not dead. Yet
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haha , there is plenty of sex stories on WP read them π
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Right now I’m trying to get rid of one. But no I have not searched for anything of any kind. My favorite authors have humor.
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Get rid of one what? Or shouldn’t I ask? π
So you like stories where they laugh through sex π
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A person who writes about sex all the time.
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Oh, how come you can’t get rid of them?
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Spam doesn’t work. Black list either.
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Usually it’s people spamming sex writers π
Are they emailing you or attacking you via comments?
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I made the mistake of liking a few calmer poems and then it escalated, so reading it was uncomfortable. Like I was in the back of a video shop.
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So how are they spamming you? with emails or comment or just likes?
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I’d better not say more here.
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Fair enough, but it can be stopped depending on how they are doing it.
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Three o’clock on the dot, coffee grinder! Makes my day.
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9 o clock here and I was too busy to eat dinner so I’m drinking Jack Daniels.
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Three a m here. Never liked the taste. I like gin if I have a drink with lime. Have a nice evening. Syla.
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Will be 3am tomorrow here soon π
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You’re always a day ahead
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You’re always a day behind
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The lady was going to Hong Kong so sampan wouldn’t cut it.
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Doesn’t Junk cut it? They were used throughout Asia and still are in many parts of Asia according to what I read.
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They just said ferry for China.
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I’ve got an idea. If they can sue over a cross on a tree, think I could sue google for not answering my question? : ))))
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We’ll be rich!
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Aaahhh but Google thinks it did answer your question and what’s more it thinks it did it correctly. On top of that your lawyers will use Google to research like cases therefore nulling your argument against them not answering questions.
Just use Junk.
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Too late, already published.
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Oh well you lost your chance to loose a multi-million dollar case against Google.
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That’s okay. I couldn’t afford another lawyer anyway.
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Just get one from Google π
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I have one. Had to.
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Watch The Castle (Aussie movie) get a lawyer like they have, he’s second only to the lawyer on the Simpsons.
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Never watched the Simpsons.
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How do you live with yourself? π
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Only thing I
Irked about the Simpsons was his love of doughnuts and the way he exercised. My daughter showed my oldest grandson when he learned to sit up.was a riot.
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I was never a fan of the Simpons but for a while it was a go to when there was nothing else on because the kids liked it and it was always on
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Is it the one they say is a David and Goliath story?
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Yeah they might, although they do advertise things differently in the US. For instance they try and convince yanks that Crocodile Dundee is an iconic Aussie movie, here we are sick of seeing it because it’s on about 10 times a year.
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