A Scholars Demise

There once was a man, a scholar became
He had a great many books to his name
They fell on his head
And then he was dead
They said, "He only had his shelf to blame"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Laurie Avatar
October 29, 2019 at 12:33 AM
G'day PAT … here you go again. Grinning like a Cheshire cat at your wit - thanks PAT - Lindsay
Adams Avatar
October 29, 2019 at 7:00 AM
Grinning is good! (I think)...thanks for commenting Lindsay!............pat
Faulkner Avatar
October 25, 2019 at 11:29 PM
So was his shelf 'shelfish?' ;)
Adams Avatar
October 26, 2019 at 9:33 AM
80).......funny!..... I think it more of a live by the book, die by the book sort of thing!.....pat
Allison Avatar
October 24, 2019 at 3:47 PM
You had me giggling guess his books had a short shelf life too:-) Hugs Jan xx
Adams Avatar
October 25, 2019 at 7:02 AM
I think that would be a fair assumption! Thanks Jan, I'm glad you liked it!........pat
Green Avatar
October 24, 2019 at 8:22 AM
That was really funny....I knew a punchline was coming but I didn't expect that.
Adams Avatar
October 24, 2019 at 2:51 PM
Well you know, "Keep Em' Guessin'", I guess?!.....Thanks for commenting Chris!....80)
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