A Chauvinistic Ode

A Chauvinistic Ode Written: by Tom Wright 1999 In days of old, When Knights were bold, And shuddered at the thought of laundry; You could look around, And nowhere was found, A Knight such as me in this quandary; But that olden day, When Knights had final say, Was before N.O.W. appeared on the scene; Now the Maids dictate, While Knight's vociferate, It's a rock and our armor we're between. Then, young maids would shriek, As they trouped to the creek, To beat clothes between two rocks; It now sounds real sad, But surely wasn't that bad, Because then Knight's didn't wear socks. However, in those Medieval days, On her Knight she'd heap praise, Her protectorate and true bread winner; But now from work she returns, And for yesteryear yearns, Greeted by, "Sugar Plum, What's for dinner"?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 2/21/2015 12:43:00 AM
On the plus side, we men have now learned to multitask: only yesterday I was feeding the Laundry whilst ironing the cat :) Nice work, Tom
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Date: 2/20/2015 5:54:00 PM
Brought me a grin. Great write.
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Date: 2/20/2015 10:24:00 AM
Lol. Yea guys had it sooo good in THOSE days but now.....at least you should be happy there are still cultures in the world that still believe in medieval kind of system.
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Tom Wright
Date: 2/20/2015 10:42:00 AM
and that is a sad thing. Tom
Date: 2/20/2015 9:56:00 AM
This made me smile Tom - the final stanza is a real killer lol:-) Hugs Jan xxx
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/20/2015 10:51:00 AM
it is a problem - i put pairs in the wash but the sock fairy seems to appear and steal one! Must be a universal problem! Hugs jan xx
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Tom Wright
Date: 2/20/2015 10:45:00 AM
I had recently retired at 56 and my biggest question was, where do socks go when they disappear? ha
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