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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

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08/17/21

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2021

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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. Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 8/24/2021 8:22:00 PM Dear Jan, may this be the worst problem you have in life. LOL Login to Reply

Abdul Malik Date: 8/23/2021 2:03:00 PM I must hand it to you, Jan. No one can write like you! lol Login to Reply

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! Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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 :) Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 8/23/2021 12:31:00 PM thanks GW:-) 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 Login to Reply 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

NJ 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. Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 8/18/2021 1:02:00 AM ha ha ha that is brilliant!:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta Date: 8/17/2021 11:34:00 AM They sound as if mum is at your back with the hoover, but does it really save any trees? Nice write, Jan! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 8/18/2021 1:02:00 AM I was chatting to a lady with an autistic child and she is terrified of the noise:-( hugs Jan xx

Victor Buhagiar Date: 8/17/2021 10:12:00 AM My hair dries quickly enough.. It's getting thinner every day Hugs. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 8/17/2021 3:01:00 PM thanks for dropping by Victor:-) hugs Jan xx

Jenna Logan Date: 8/17/2021 7:43:00 AM I can't stand those things, or the noise they make! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 8/17/2021 3:00:00 PM I was chatting with someone who has an autistic child and she is terrified of going into the toilets because of the noise they make:-( hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/17/2021 7:22:00 AM Im with you Jan, you have to use them about ten times to get anywhere near dry. Progress? I don't think so. Tom Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 8/17/2021 7:31:00 AM They go for about 5 seconds and stop it infuriates me!:-( hugs Jan xx