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A Martian Fright

When first we landed and quickly saw What looked like Larry's mother-in-law It just had to be Anyone could see It had good old mom's receding jaw With Apologies to Larry Belt and his mother-in-law

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Date: 9/23/2010 12:47:00 PM
Haha, nice one Barbara. Many congratulations on your win in Carolyn' out of this world contest >> James
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Date: 9/23/2010 5:48:00 AM
Congratulations Barbara for your win in Carolyn Devonshire's contest "Sphinx Head on Mars?". Love, Carol
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Date: 9/22/2010 9:19:00 PM
Barbara,you have an amazing sense of humor. Congrats on this awesome limerick. LUv, Andrea
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Date: 9/22/2010 9:11:00 PM
Hahaha. Many congratulations on this win.
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Date: 9/22/2010 4:33:00 PM
Congratulation on your #5 poem Barbara. enjoy! Agape, Moses
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Date: 9/22/2010 2:41:00 PM
Congratulations on this fine win in the contest, Barbara
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Date: 9/22/2010 2:20:00 PM
Step out of the danger zone Barbara. Sooner or later Mom inlaw is going to take revenge. Really cute take on this contest. congratulations. Love, Joyce
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Date: 9/22/2010 1:31:00 PM
Congrats BG on your big win in this contest.. a wonderful write .. enjoy with luv...
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Date: 9/22/2010 11:05:00 AM
With all due apologies to Larry's mother-in-law, this is VERY funny, Barbara. Congratulations on your placement in the contest! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 9/16/2010 7:32:00 PM
Oh, Barbara, I LOVE this. Is it for Carolyn's contest. All I could come up with was Michael Myers from Halloween. But what a stupid story I had to invent for him being on Mars!!
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Date: 9/15/2010 10:44:00 AM
This is so funny! Hope Larry and his mother-in-law have a good sense of humor. A very original and creative entry for the contest. Good luck! Diane
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Date: 9/14/2010 10:53:00 AM
Larry took putting down his mother-in-law seriously didn't he..There is some humor..Sara
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Date: 9/13/2010 3:55:00 PM
LOL-cute
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Date: 9/13/2010 10:49:00 AM
Crazy funny, BG!! Wishing you luck in Carolyn's contest with this. Enjoyed the laugh....Peace, love, Audrey
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Date: 9/13/2010 8:53:00 AM
LOL.....Too funny.....I knew she was an alien......Larry
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Date: 9/13/2010 7:58:00 AM
:) Cool limerick, LNC. Thanks for supporting the contest! Soup mail in a moment. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 9/13/2010 7:39:00 AM
Hilarious, Barb. LOL. Larry will love it. Awesome. Enjoyed. Thanks for reading my silliness. xxx Ralph
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