Notes About The Poem

'Pony' = 25 pounds

'Monkey'  = 500 pounds

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Cash is King

Cash It’s king Makes tills ring But here’s the thing What we call a till I suspect, always will According to my sister (which, in slang is skin and blister) In the U.S. is a register But when tills (or registers) are ringing Which explains why shopkeepers are singing I watch, nonchalantly debating It’s what I do while I’m waiting How many words mean ‘money’ Well, pony and monkey May be quite funky But dough and bread In my head Still mean Cash
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Crandall Avatar
May 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Entertaining poem - and educational too! I guess those must be British terms about money!
M  Avatar
May 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ha funny and very cleverly done Terry! Debx
Flood Avatar
May 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks, Deb. Wrote this for a recent etheree contest but didn’t use it. Shared it now as my ink well is currently dry ;-) Terry
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