Rondeau

In Today's Issue

Lousy Men an example of Rondeau by Wendy Cope
She by Marjory Lacy
Random Joke of the Day
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Word
Xmas Presents !
Funny Fobia
Finish with a Song

Rondeau Redoublé by Wendy Cope

There are so many kinds of awful men —
One can’t avoid them all. She often said
She’d never make the same mistake again:
She always made a new mistake instead.

The chinless type who made her feel ill-bred;
The practised charmer, less than charming when
He talked about the wife and kids and fled —
There are so many kinds of awful men.

The half-crazed hippy, deeply into Zen,
Whose cryptic homilies she came to dread;
The fervent youth who worshipped Tony Benn —
‘One can’t avoid them all,’ she often said.

The ageing banker, rich and overfed,
Who held forth on the dollar and the yen —
Though there were many more mistakes ahead,
She’d never make the same mistake again.

The budding poet, scribbling in his den
Odes not to her but to his pussy, Fred;
The drunk who fell asleep at nine or ten —
She always made a new mistake instead.

And so the gambler was at least unwed
And didn’t preach or sneer or wield a pen
Or hoard his wealth or take the Scotch to bed.
She’d lived and learned and lived and learned but then
There are so many kinds.

SHE.   (Based on Wendy Cope’s There are so many kinds of awful men.) By Marjory Lacy

All her life she had worked with men

Young, old, fat and thin, some single, some wed.

Sometimes they are funny, sometimes a pain.

Their main aim is to get you into bed.

You can clean, you smile, you make bread,

working long hours at a full-time job, Oh Men!!

“A woman's’ work is never done”, it’s so hard.

All her life she had worked with men.

The mans’ workday done - off to the Pub again!

“Wives are expected to stay at home,” he said.

“But cheer up, I’ll be home by ten!”

Good riddance to bad rubbish”, she said.

She complained to mum, who said

“You’re just fed up and miserable about men.

You’ve got to straighten your head”,

She would never ask her mum again!

Work was no better, the boss said “when,

are you going to get yourself together

and earn your bread?”

She sought out her friend, they talked until ten

She didn’t get an answer. Won’t ask again.

Sitting at home feeling sad and unloved

He opened the door, surprising her when,

In his hands was a bunch of roses red

She had not thought he’d seen her dread

His main aim is to get her into bed.

Random Joke

What's the difference between an anal thermometer and an oral thermometer? Well, as I've just found out, the taste.

A mole can dig a tunnel that is 300 feet long in only one night. ( should have got them to do the Channel Tunnel )

Word

eucatastrophe

A happy ending to a story.... Speaking of story.....

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Funny Fobia

Ataxophobia- Fear of disorder or untidiness - I do not have an obsession with tidiness. ....  I just wanted to clear that up.

Finish with a Song

This is Jace Everett with Bad Things