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Blowing Ma's Social Security Check

When Ma got her social security check To the Cripple Creek casinos she'd trek Coins passed through her greedy paws To feed the slots' gaping maws Leaving Pa peeved wanting to wring her neck Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved

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Wilma Neels

Date: 1/12/2012 11:56:00 AM

lol, I hope Pa didn't wring her neck Bob :) enjoyed this witty write of yours. "trek" is also a word in my home language Afrikaans ;) enjoyed this. Hope Vera are doing okay.. tc Wilma

Jack Horne

Date: 1/9/2012 3:12:00 PM

LOL, I just had to read another of your limericks before signing off!

Gwendolen Song

Date: 1/8/2012 7:21:00 PM

There is a bright side to this story, Bob. Look at it this way,,it was her money to blow in the first place. At least Hussain can't waste it again!!! Catch my drift? Congrats on a doubly successful day for you. Go Tim B!!!!!! Yeee haaaaa! Gwendolen

Hassana Shuaibu

Date: 1/6/2012 1:02:00 PM

It is a very, very nice piece. And thanks for that wonderful comment. I am honestly humbled.

Jon Arno

Date: 1/6/2012 10:12:00 AM

Know quite a few like this Bob. Very good write my friend. Give us more! Best regards, Jon

Robert Pettit

Date: 1/5/2012 9:53:00 PM

The busiest time of the month in the slots department of any casino is the first week. That is when all the social security and welfare money is brought in by those patrons. A great limerick, Bob. These days, the machines don't take coins or tokens. There are not even coin slots in those contraptions. They take in paper money, and payoffs are paid in the form of a paper ticket with a bar code on it.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/5/2012 9:35:00 PM

haha, that dang MA!!! It's really a disease that can destroy good families!

Russell Sivey

Date: 1/5/2012 8:35:00 PM

Ha ha, clever write Bob! I did enjoy this a lot! Poor (literally) Pa, getting the shaft on this trip! I guess he doesn't get a say on HER SS check. Wonderful poem, awesome work!!