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Contest: 3Min write

Sponsor: Matt Caliri

4 September 2024

Genuinely made up - as I one-finger typed - in three minutes

My keypad was nigh on smoking. I allowed myself the luxury 

Of correcting typos after the allotted three minutes...

So arrest me ;-)

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Surf and Turf

I went to the butchers to get me some fish
I asked for some haddock to bake in a dish
The butcher said, “Sir, if it’s fish that you’re after,
You’ve picked the wrong place and you couldn’t pick dafter.”

He said, “If you want fish you want the fishmonger,
I know cos I bought some fish when I was younger.”
To find the fishmonger did not take too long
In order to find it I followed the pong

I didn’t want fish bones to stick in my teeth
So went in and asked for a nice piece of beef
The man was abrupt, he was no politician
He said, “I’m no butcher, Sir… I’m an optician.”

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Matt Caliri Date: 12/14/2024 9:14:00 PM Congrats on 7th out of 45 in my contest! Sorry it took so long to judge. Long story short my laptop would not and still does not accept the poetrysoup login screen. I'm doing this all on my phone just to get it judged. Regardless the ease of comedy and word play is super skill level. Incredible job! Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 9/5/2024 12:51:00 PM What a fun write you have here. Thought we could not read it with typos??? OK, we can arrest you. Run fast so you can write some more. Hahaha!!! Great Job... Have a blessed/fun day writing away........ Login to Reply

Daniel Henry Rodgers Date: 9/5/2024 5:26:00 AM Dear Terry, What a humorous read this morning and I so enjoyed every verse. I needed my glasses to read your poem this morning. - Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel Login to Reply

Tom Cunningham Date: 9/5/2024 12:27:00 AM The moral of the story, always wear your specs when out and about lol. Tom Login to Reply

Gershon Wolf Date: 9/4/2024 6:59:00 PM Follow that pong! Never wrong ! Login to Reply

David Kavanagh Date: 9/4/2024 4:16:00 PM Well you certainly found what you were looking for eventually Terry, this one could make a great fun idea for a Spec-Savers add, the bookies shop beside me has a fishmongers next door, the stink seeps in during the summer, I wind up the assistants asking them all sorts of awkward questions lol! Cheers David Login to Reply David Kavanagh Date: 9/4/2024 9:49:00 PM I totally understand lol! Terry Flood Date: 9/4/2024 4:36:00 PM I suppose, if Specsavers were to make me an offer… I might give it some consideration… but, as an international poet, I would have to consider my upcoming commitments… before I bit their hand off!.

Lin Lane Date: 9/4/2024 3:26:00 PM One finger typing and in rhyme. I bow to your brain for its expediency, Terry. I need to find a set of handcuffs. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 9/4/2024 3:57:00 PM It’s all in the details, Deputy. Terry Flood Date: 9/4/2024 3:48:00 PM And so I did. Glad you were paying attention. Lin Lane Date: 9/4/2024 3:44:00 PM You said, “So arrest me.” ;-) Terry Flood Date: 9/4/2024 3:38:00 PM Wasn’t going to even attempt this contest, Lin, but the first line occurred to me and I took the approach I use to try to break out of a block… write quick, write sh!t, write SOMETHING!! Kinda liked the result, although the typos I mentioned made the whole poem look like Ancient Greek… Erm… I don’t like to ask… but what’s with the handcuffs? ;-)