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I was bored in Manhattan that day So decided to pay for a lay He was handsome and young And was VERY well hung I walked like John Wayne all of the day Thanks to James Fraser's Bored In Manhattan poem for the inspiration! Just make me laugh contest Sponsored by Christine Lehman 27th December 2015

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Casarah Nance

Date: 7/21/2016 9:06:00 AM

saw this on the home page and it gave me another laugh ;) hugs x

Jan Allison
Date: 7/21/2016 9:23:00 AM

Thanks Cas - do drop by at the footbridge - would love to see you add to the fun lol:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 7/20/2016 10:44:00 AM

Hi Jan, Lol! I enjoyed this naughty and hilarious write. You should give a limerick course because you do them so well. Congrats on have this limerick feautured:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 7/20/2016 10:46:00 AM

Thanks Alexis - I am planning a humour book - still got a lot more poems to write for it but it will be published one day:-) hugs jan xx

Daver Austin

Date: 7/19/2016 12:07:00 PM

Great! Wayne made one great movie - Stage coach - You can have the rest. "All right, Bart! Stand up or I'll shoot ya where ya sit." Congrats. Love, daver

Jan Allison
Date: 7/20/2016 10:44:00 AM

LOL thanks Daver:-) hugs Jan xx

Viv Wigley

Date: 7/17/2016 10:33:00 PM

Forigve me, Jan, but I can't remember us having relations- you must have got me drunk :) Congrats on being a featured poet, Viv x

Jan Allison
Date: 7/18/2016 3:41:00 AM

SHHHH Mr Viv don't tell the world our little secret lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith

Date: 3/24/2016 8:37:00 PM

lol

Tim Smith
Date: 3/25/2016 7:35:00 AM

I would love to visit Broadway and the Statue if Liberty

Jan Allison
Date: 3/25/2016 7:31:00 AM

Glad you enjoyed Tim - am sure Manhattan is pretty cool in reality:-) hugs Jan xx

Sean Kelly

Date: 2/1/2016 2:37:00 AM

Yupppppp ! you got . The Old Gunslinger Walk ! S-Mail for you !

Jan Allison
Date: 2/1/2016 11:33:00 AM

I think this is one of my faves Sean lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Paul Schneiter

Date: 1/7/2016 10:26:00 PM

Ha ha, ha--oh so very funny and beyond-the-pale clever! (I'm sure no one has ever called Jan "Pilgrim.")

Jan Allison
Date: 1/8/2016 2:26:00 AM

ha ha thanks Paul I did have fun writing this fun take on the contest title:-) hugs Jan xx

Jack Horne

Date: 1/2/2016 2:50:00 PM

LOL, couldn't resist reading another. Love it!!

Jan Allison
Date: 1/2/2016 2:52:00 PM

I love writing with humour jack - my other 'Bored in Manhattan' poem is humourous too:-) hugs Jan xx

CayCay Jennings

Date: 12/31/2015 12:25:00 AM

OK - glad I read and oh, how I grinned. Now I want to check out Fraser's poem ... CayCay

Jan Allison
Date: 12/31/2015 3:55:00 AM

LOL CayCay just having fun as its not for the contest lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Kp Nunez

Date: 12/29/2015 7:28:00 PM

LOL! Oh Jan... Loved your humor. Thanks for my first laugh this morning! hugs!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/29/2015 7:34:00 PM

I wrote another one - not for the contest- as if lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Casarah Nance

Date: 12/28/2015 5:58:00 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAH....HAHAHA...hahah

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 6:12:00 PM

So glad I made you smile - its not for the contest I know I would get an N/A so will never enter this sponsors contests but it doesn't stop me writing on the theme:-) hugs jan xx

James Fraser

Date: 12/28/2015 11:57:00 AM

Oh my, I'm in deep wit now, it is wit isn't it, or sounds like it, sh ~~ oops I'll be getting panned for this comment. It's better I wipe my words, and mossy away to wit another day ;) ~~ hugs ~~ James xx

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 12:08:00 PM

ha ha ha you and me both in the wit - long may it continue lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Michael Tor

Date: 12/28/2015 11:06:00 AM

lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 11:08:00 AM

Not for contest of course :-)Do pop by Broken Wings she has done a hilarious poem too:-) hugs Jan xxxx

Paul Callus

Date: 12/28/2015 8:39:00 AM

I too, Jan, have never been to Manhatten, but who needs to after reading this!! Very enjoyable! Hugs // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 8:41:00 AM

I thought I would do a fun write not for the contest of course!:-) hugs Jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 12/28/2015 5:26:00 AM

If the heart sings it doesn't matter how one walks, dear Jan! I am smiling! Although many times in Manhattan never encounter a girl to make walk like Wayne!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 6:06:00 AM

Ha ha ha Demtrios - just having a bit of fun here - and I have no intention of ever being bored should I visit Manhattan lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Eileen Manassian

Date: 12/28/2015 12:27:00 AM

Girl...send him over this way. I don't mind walking like Wayne...Not at all! ;) Oh dear...woman. I'm sure you don't need to pay for a lay...hahahhaha! ;) Hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 1:19:00 AM

Poetic Licence lol - Just having a bit of fun:-) hugs Jan xx

Constance La France

Date: 12/27/2015 6:58:00 PM

Jan, this is hilarious, you have such a great sense of humor now, I have to go see James poem that inspired you, I love it 7 ~

Constance La France
Date: 12/28/2015 7:44:00 AM

And wow, look at the views, well done, my funny little poet ~

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 7:00:00 PM

I try and write with humour whenever I can - I can lay the blame of this write purely at James's feet he inspired me with his poem lol:-) hugs Jan xxx

Joseph May

Date: 12/27/2015 6:43:00 PM

haha ..Bored in Manhattan in more ways than one...nicely done Jan

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 6:48:00 PM

Thanks Joseph:-) hugs Jan xx

Nette Onclaud

Date: 12/27/2015 4:22:00 PM

giggles, lol... been to manhattan many times and this surely knocked me off, jan... okay, so it's just a poem not entered, mmm?... grreat rhyming scheme!..huggs

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 4:31:00 PM

I had fun with it Nette no it won't be entered in the contest just a fun write based on the contest title:-) hugs Jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 12/27/2015 4:17:00 PM

Oh this is hilarious Jan!!!! Good luck in contest, this should be first place!

Arthur Vaso
Date: 12/27/2015 4:31:00 PM

oh well, its a winner for me!!!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 4:30:00 PM

I won't be entering it in the contest Arthur - I am blocked by the sponsor so why put myself up for an N/A but I did have fun writing this limerick:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/27/2015 3:53:00 PM

hahahaha. Not entered, right? You should anyway! If it were my contest, this would get a top spot because it is so dang funny. and gosh, Jan, how are you getting so good with your meter?? this is PERFECTLY metered!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 4:00:00 PM

No way would I enter the contest - what would be the point I am blocked by the sponsor for my pooh poem so I would be guaranteed an N/A with this and I have enough of them already lol:-) I am happy just to have fun writing:-) hugs Jan xxx

Robyn Campbell

Date: 12/27/2015 1:23:00 PM

*snort* I giggled my head off. Fabulous!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/28/2015 6:13:00 PM

Ha ha ha James I remember that one too 'float float on' and all the names lol:-) hugs jan xxx

James Fraser
Date: 12/28/2015 11:51:00 AM

So reminds of that classic track by the 'Floaters' ~~ 'Float On' :-0)

Robyn Campbell
Date: 12/27/2015 1:37:00 PM

Too bad. This is THE winner. It would have to be. Floating pooh is an interesting topic. *wink*

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 1:26:00 PM

Thanks Robyn you will be releived its not for the contest - pretty pointless as the sponsor has me blocked for writing a poem about a floating pooh - but I can still have fun writing and I was inspired by James's poem hee hee:-) hugs Jan xx

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 12/27/2015 12:03:00 PM

Hahaha! Didn't think you had it in you, Jan, but according to this poem you did! Keep out of Manhattan if you don't want to end up a paraplegic. Good laugh from this one. / M

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 12:20:00 PM

Ha ha ha love that comment - it is pure fantasy Maurice and that is the way it will stay lol - I read James Fraser's contest entry and I had to write a poem based on that. I am blocked by the contest sponsor but I can still have fun as you can see lol:-) :-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 12/27/2015 10:29:00 AM

Hahaha, I cannot stop laughing girl this is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!

Jan Allison
Date: 12/27/2015 10:30:00 AM

Do read James' poem it is what inspired me lol:-) PS I have never been to Manhattan just in case you are wondering hahaha:-0 hugs Jan xxx