Ale Sale

There was an old lag* at my sale,
Who drank all the barrels of ale,
As the beer was sublime,
He confessed to a crime,
And puked on returning to jail.

*A prisoner/a person who has often been in prison

For Skat’s contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012


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Date: 10/25/2012 10:18:00 AM
Funny! As usual, wouve done a grat job. Congrats. BG
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Date: 10/24/2012 3:08:00 PM
Congratulations on your winning poem!! Happy for you. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 10/24/2012 4:28:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Jack love this one xx
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Date: 10/23/2012 11:01:00 PM
CONGRATS JACK ON A FABULOUS WRITE AND WIN LUV .. HOPE TO GET TO YAHOO TOMORROW .. THINKING OF U LUV ..
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Date: 10/23/2012 6:36:00 PM
Hello Jack.. Congratulations with your awesome poem, in my sisters "A Poets Garage Sale" contest.. :-)had fun reading every poem.... always~ PD
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Date: 10/23/2012 4:38:00 PM
Way to go!!!Congrats...Sara
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Date: 10/23/2012 4:17:00 PM
Congratulations on your poems win in ~SKAT's~ "Garage Sale" contest Jack. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/23/2012 2:34:00 PM
My big congratulations on your awesome win, Jack! hugs:) LG
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Date: 10/23/2012 2:20:00 PM
Jack, thanks 4 the support and win* Siddy
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Date: 9/19/2012 7:25:00 AM
GREAT ending on your limerick, my friend. Again you got a really good way to do a contest. Right to the point and a funny one at that!! I really need to work on this garage sale challenge. It seems interesting to me. have a good day now. Luv, Andrea
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Date: 9/18/2012 3:40:00 PM
TOO MUCH BREW WILL DO IT JACK LUV ..AN FANTASTIC LIMERICK WITH LOTS OF VISUAL EXCITEMENT .. BEST TO U IF FOR PD ..
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Date: 9/18/2012 10:05:00 AM
Skat should like this limerick entry.
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Date: 9/16/2012 9:55:00 AM
I like to see new words or old words used differently. thanks for the footnote. very funny by the way!! I like to watch the worlds dumbest criminal show....one guy robbed a store with a cop standing right behind him...he get my dumbest of the year award! LOL
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Date: 9/15/2012 10:25:00 PM
Awee.. Jack.. love this limerick... lol... good luck in the contest..pd
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Date: 9/15/2012 7:52:00 PM
As well as being a poet, you have a very fine sense of humor!!! Your pal Terry
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Date: 9/15/2012 7:02:00 PM
ha ha, this is an incredibly awesome write! I love the expressive nature of this poem my friend, it's truly humorous! You've done excellently with this write, keep them coming Jack! Great Work!!
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Date: 9/15/2012 5:31:00 PM
Great work ...Enjoyed reading this eve..Winner for sure..I am glad that I chose this one to read this eve..Thanks for the kind reviews of my work..Sara
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