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I abhor those newfangled air driers which blast your hands with hot air It’s paper towels that this gal requires but there's none - shucks life just isn’t fair! YOUR BEST FOUR-LINE LIGHT VERSE Poetry Contest Sponsored by L Milton Hankins 08/17/21

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Beata Agustin

Date: 8/25/2021 1:18:00 AM

Congrats! Thanks for sharing this, and for the chuckle it has created. God bless you.

Line Gauthier

Date: 8/24/2021 8:22:00 PM

Dear Jan, may this be the worst problem you have in life. LOL

Abdul Malik

Date: 8/23/2021 2:03:00 PM

I must hand it to you, Jan. No one can write like you! lol

Krish Radhakrishna

Date: 8/23/2021 11:45:00 AM

Congrats on your 2nd place win!! Paper towels fill up the waste paper basket so quickly and make a big mess! Blow dry is better! Hygienic!! Loved your verse!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/23/2021 8:41:00 PM

Give me a towel any day. I thought the high-speed dryers in those truck stops were going to blow the skin off my hands!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:37:00 PM

True Krish but i prefer the towels over those horrid driers:-) hugs Jan xx

Terry Flood

Date: 8/23/2021 11:18:00 AM

Well, I’ll be blowed, your dry wit prevails and congrats are in order. Glad you didn’t throw in the towel. Seems this one passed me by, Jan, so I’ve given myself a slapped wrist. Well done. Terry

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:36:00 PM

lol thanks for the fun comment Terry:-) hugs Jan xx

L Milton Hankins

Date: 8/23/2021 9:36:00 AM

Congratulations, Jan, on your rise to second place out of fifty entries. Marvelous job. I enjoyed your poem tremendously!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:34:00 PM

thanks Milton I really enjoyed the contest and thanks for my placement:-) hugs Jan xx

Mark Koplin

Date: 8/21/2021 6:34:00 PM

Saving a tree but burning more fossil fuel

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:34:00 PM

True Mark:-) hugs Jan xx

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 8/20/2021 12:50:00 PM

This contest is custom made for you, Jan, I'm sure he will like this one :)

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:33:00 PM

thanks Michelle i got 2nd place!:-) hugs Jan xx

Janice Canerdy

Date: 8/18/2021 8:14:00 PM

Good one, Jan. These are supposed to be better for your skin. I don't see how! Janice

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:32:00 PM

I just dont like them lol:-) hugs jan xx

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/18/2021 6:51:00 PM

Bot -- What's your objection? Bot -- What is it?! Bot!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:31:00 PM

thanks GW:-) hugs Jan xx

Justin Abdool

Date: 8/18/2021 12:10:00 PM

I agree, Jan. I do myself prefer those paper towels over an air drier any day. Great write, Justin.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/23/2021 12:31:00 PM

thanks Justin:-) hugs Jan xx

David Kavanagh

Date: 8/18/2021 10:58:00 AM

These futuristic urinals are great to the last shake, paper towels are for drying your hands Jan, lol, cheers David

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 12:08:00 PM

ha ha ha just thinking of a rhyme now - electric shock for your cock lol:-) hugs Jan xx

njv Tomcatx

Date: 8/18/2021 10:04:00 AM

I agree! I much prefer paper towels. Your title brilliantly describes the air dryers. Nice, light-hearted poem.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 12:07:00 PM

Thanks Nick:-) hugs Jan xx

Susan Lawrence

Date: 8/18/2021 7:45:00 AM

Jan, So true !! I love your expression It’s paper towels that this gal requires but there's none - shucks life just isn’t fair! You are right !! Who wants to use those crazy cryers anyway ?! Surely not me ! All the best, Susan :) x

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 12:06:00 PM

I end up having to finish the drying with some loo roll so it really defeats to object lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Delice Arleen Skelly

Date: 8/17/2021 10:59:00 PM

Jan, They're good on a cold day for warming your hands. Love the direction this light verse contest is going. So many ideas...Delice

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 1:05:00 AM

The poem had to be amended as Milton required a rhyme sequence and my original line 3 didn;t fit in:-) hugs Jan xx

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 8/17/2021 4:12:00 PM

Hello Jan, there is aq good side to these air dryers. it shines your rings. That is about it. I rather use a paper towel. Hugs.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 8/18/2021 7:00:00 AM

Hello Jan, that is the only positive thing about them. Hugs.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 1:04:00 AM

Oh a positive thing about them lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 8/17/2021 3:51:00 PM

I dislike those dryers too Jan, though I expect they’re here to stay as paper is a product made from trees and we desperately need our trees… Hugs, Belle :-) xx

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 1:04:00 AM

They could use recycled paper for the towels - I end up using loo roll which of course is paper - a product we can never do without, hugs Jan xx

Mike Gentile

Date: 8/17/2021 2:38:00 PM

Truly is a pet peeve Jan! However, I don't think we're headed back to paper!! Well Done XXOO

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 1:03:00 AM

So many people dislike them! hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 8/17/2021 1:14:00 PM

ha! well said, jan! my favorite graffiti in a bathroom was next to one of those dryers - it said "directions: 1)shake water from hands 2)place hands in dryer and rub them together 3) wipe hands on pants ~ that says it all!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/18/2021 1:02:00 AM

ha ha ha that is brilliant!:-) hugs Jan xx