Topic: A bit of nonsense

Monday's Child.

Monday's Child was named Tuesday.
Not pretty, not clever. No brain!
She carried her things in an old paper bag.
And so it fell out when it rained.
She lived on the money from begging.
The taxman lost out in a stroke.
She claimed lots of dosh from a man in a car.
For the leg that she claimed that he broke.
She lost all her teeth in a car crash.
She lost all her hair in a fire.
She should have stayed home on the day that she died.
Accident prone and a liar.

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

Re: A bit of nonsense

HAHAHAHAHA! "Common Meter", right, Phill?

Couple of questions:

1. What is "dosh"? (I have an idea but just want to be sure)

2. "The taxman lost out in a stroke (meaning because she begged and the paperwork for the taxes got wet, she didn't have to report her earnings?)

And finally (and you know I used to teach high school English, so please forgive me for this) would you consider changing  the word "it" to "they" on line 5?

Thanks for the laugh, my friend! smile

Bill

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Re: A bit of nonsense

great stuff phill

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Re: A bit of nonsense

Thanks EB. This came to me in the shower so I had to keep repeating it in my head incase I forgot it.

Hi Bill. Dosh is an old fashioned slang for money.

In a stroke is intended to mean "in a flash or immediately"

The things in the paper bag were her belongings not tax detritus. The bottom dropping out in the rain was to show how dumb she was, yet clever enough to fool the taxman...yeyh

Line 5, we have social security in the UK which will give alcoholics, druggies etc money, but I couldn't get that to rhyme...

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I like it Phill, you have a wonderful way with words, keep taking showers!

Live in the "now" - a contentment of the moment - the past is gone - the future doesn't exist - all we ever really have is now and it's always "now".

Re: A bit of nonsense

Clever piece Phil.  Thanks for sharing!
Jim

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Re: A bit of nonsense

Phill  I love it. It is witty and even though you say it is nonesense it does tell the story of a scammer. Reading the word dosh made me remember my old man as a kid saying to me
" as long as a man has enough dosh after feeding the family and paying the bills for a pigs ear (Beeer) and a dury he has done alright."

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That was so good Phill, I enjoyed reading it.

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