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Credit Or Debit

When it's not right the clerk gripes But now cards have chips and mag stripes To swype or insert If done wrong it can hurt Like partners who don't know their pipes

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Laura Breidenthal

Date: 11/4/2018 8:33:00 PM

Clever one, indeed. (: Always, Laura

Duke Beaufort
Date: 11/12/2018 8:56:00 AM

I appreciate that you were looking around at some of the things I wrote. You are a fantastic poet.

Debbie Duncan

Date: 3/8/2017 11:13:00 PM

Yup, some clerks do get a bit annoyed at times :) I thank you for reading my "The Mist From The Shadows. There's a movie I like called House of Fog And Sand with Ben Kingsley, I wrote a poem a few months after watching called MY Son.

Duke Beaufort
Date: 3/9/2017 7:04:00 PM

I find it remarkable that you can use the artistic expressions that you are exposed to that spark your creativity. Credit cards--Ugh. Someone just charged a plane ticket from somewhere in Europe to Ukraine on mine so I had to cancel it. Fortunately, I'm not responsible.

Laura Hay

Date: 8/24/2016 9:51:00 AM

This defo made me chuckle today ;) warm regards, Laura.

Duke Beaufort
Date: 8/25/2016 6:00:00 PM

Thanks Laura. You are most kind. I personally need to laugh at the crazy goings on in this world of ours. I will check out your poetry. Thanks for visiting. Very much appreciated.

Terry O'Leary

Date: 5/23/2016 7:15:00 AM

Obscenely funny... You know, there's some talk of getting rid of 'physical money' altogether in Europe...

Constance La France

Date: 5/12/2016 10:56:00 PM

its all about the plastic now swipe or insert almost like money no longer exits

Jan Allison

Date: 5/4/2016 5:56:00 AM

Made me smile Duke and we seem to have plastic cards to use for more and more aspects of our lives:-( hugs Jan xx

Duke Beaufort
Date: 5/11/2016 4:37:00 PM

And know we just place our cell phone on the terminal. It's getting easier and easier!!! If the internet ever fails, where will we be then?

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/27/2016 1:09:00 AM

Well done Duke, your limerick made me wonder why plastic hurts... lol... a good write, I always have problems. Especially with shopping. Lol....if I ain't swiping then I ain't living... ;) about that partner, how silly to forget how pipes go... a high 7... Linda

Duke Beaufort
Date: 5/11/2016 4:36:00 PM

I know a person who bought seven pocket books on a shopping spree. In order to get them home she placed them one inside the other so that it appeared to her husband she had only purchased one. There is a definite high to be had through spending!!!

Constance La France

Date: 4/26/2016 8:39:00 PM

Duke, oh master of limericks, those darn credit cards are dangerous, at least debit cards are real money being depleted from your bank account over and over and over...

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/26/2016 8:45:00 PM

Oh my, yes. So true. This was weird, however. I got this idea when I couldn't get the card into the slot. The machine had some kind of an appendage to keep the card from being bent, and I had never seen that before. So naturally, my mind went directly into the basement. BTW, you are such a talented poet. Your ideas always stick to me like the bricks that make you invisible. Your words are immortal.

Theresa Cw

Date: 4/23/2016 10:32:00 PM

hahaha!! Really made me laugh out loud Duke. Glad I stopped by for the read. Have a fantastic weekend ahead. Theresa

Duke Beaufort
Date: 4/26/2016 8:40:00 PM

Teresa, I am so glad that you were able to laugh about this. My wife tells me I am out of my mind!!