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A little low-voltage humor in monoku form depicting a fictional day at the Watt home... The electrical engineer's wife greets him: "WIRE you INSULATE?" Husband: WATTS it to you? Don't go blowing your CIRCUITS at least I'm OHM! Wife: "Don't you make LIGHT of this if this were our daughter, you'd be GROUNDED!" Husband: "Let's leave her out of this she can CONDUCTOR own business" Wife: "Don't revAMP your story you know it reVOLTS me when you do that" Husband: "Honey, I'm sorry it HERTZ just trying to keep you CURRENT" Wife: "Well, I apologize for my RESISTANCE I felt POWERless" Husband: "I didn't mean to give you STATIC but I'm feeling the SPARK now Let's go enjoy an ELO concert it will be a good OUTLET" Wife: "JOULE be SHOCKed to hear this... that would really reCHARGE my BATTERIES You sure know how to flip my SWITCH we should do this with more FREQUENCY" Husband, now whispering to the viewer "I just can't RESISTOR charm" *** Note: ELO = Electric Light Orchestra (70's rock band) ***

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Gary Radice

Date: 7/23/2022 8:15:00 AM

Wonderful Elec-Trickery John. PS: Love ELO :) Cheers - Gary

John Watt
Date: 7/23/2022 10:57:00 PM

Ha ha, you and I both. Their Mr Blue Sky is one of my top 10 favorite songs. Thanks for joining in on the Ministry of Silly Watts ~ John

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/22/2022 8:16:00 PM

FAVE time again. Thomas Edison would be very proud of you. Just great, John! Thanks, gw

John Watt
Date: 7/7/2022 10:58:00 PM

Glad you were PLUGGED IN to my SHORT attempt at humor. Appreciate the visit and the fav ~ JW

Charles Messina

Date: 1/16/2022 8:57:00 AM

Brilliant, John. It must be a deLIGHTful blessing to be in the WATT family. Although, it may be a little conFUSEing around the dinner table at times (lol) Love this, John. Happy Sunday! Charlie

John Watt
Date: 1/16/2022 7:52:00 PM

Good ones, Charlie! Thanks for the visit and for joining in the fun. I may have to borrow your fuse line, lol ~ John

Laura Leiser

Date: 1/13/2022 11:21:00 AM

Your poem and play on words are hilarious, John! And witty, as well…enjoyed this one! :D

John Watt
Date: 1/13/2022 11:52:00 AM

Glad you enjoyed, dear friend. It's good to enjoy a laugh once in awhile. Blessings ~ John

Bill Baker

Date: 1/13/2022 6:22:00 AM

Love the wit and the humor in your Monoku, John. Excellent poem! I really enjoy reading you poems, thanks for sharing you gift with us. A poet friend, Bill ps I'm following you and your poetry now.

John Watt
Date: 1/13/2022 11:51:00 AM

Bill, thank you for the visit and the supportive comment... I'm honored and humbled to know you are following my poems. Deeply grateful for friends such as you. Enjoy your day ~ John

Brandy Nicole

Date: 1/11/2022 6:46:00 PM

I'm *Currently* smiling. : ) Well, you knew that I would be, after reading this "Electrifying" scribble of yours. I just love the way you think, my dear sweet friend. This is so cute and creative. Many wonderful blessings to you. :) Hugs, Brandy

John Watt
Date: 1/13/2022 11:50:00 AM

Thank you, dear friend... smiling at your puns and your ever-supportive friendship. Hugs ~ John

Mark Massey

Date: 1/11/2022 6:14:00 PM

Texas TDLR license # 159367 Master Electrician...only a poet with the last name of Watt could have come up with this, although I must say that I'm not shocked. I'll be posting this at the electrical supply house tomorrow. They'll probably get a jolt out of it as well. But don't worry - you'll get the credit but I'll take a little for finding this little short while reading Watt's panel of poems. Not a lot of folks can write like this but if they put their mind to it anyone conduit. This is great John.

John Watt
Date: 1/12/2022 10:15:00 AM

Mark, my dad used to have fun with the family name and I guess it rubbed off on me... he and I both ended up as electrical engineers, go figure. I'm amped to know you are a master electrician, thanks for keeping me current, yuk yuk (loved the conduit line) ~ John

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/11/2022 3:24:00 PM

I love humor and these are fantastic John. I am not able to write humor but I can certainly appreciate reading it and laughing my head off. Thank you for the up lifting words. Blessings xxoo

John Watt
Date: 1/12/2022 10:19:00 AM

Connie, my Mom was much the same... was never one to tell a joke but was always laughing at the family humor. Thank you for enjoying the silliness of these electrical puns and sharing your thoughts with me. Blessings ~ John

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 1/10/2022 5:40:00 AM

Electrifying work John. Shocking good fun this one.

John Watt
Date: 1/10/2022 8:11:00 AM

That's WATT I'm talking about... thanks for stopping by to join in the fun, Kenneth! Hope you're having a great Monday ~ John

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 1/9/2022 10:37:00 PM

John Watt, Is always switched on Proof is in this electrifying Monoku. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, John.

John Watt
Date: 1/9/2022 10:50:00 PM

Hi Shirley, I was going to title it Say Watt? But the site won't allow question marks in the titles, lol. Thank you for stopping by ~ John

Ilene Bauer

Date: 1/9/2022 12:56:00 PM

absolutely deLIGHTful, john! (couldn't resist!)

John Watt
Date: 1/9/2022 2:34:00 PM

always love your humor and am so grateful you stopped by today, ilene

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/9/2022 10:15:00 AM

good ones, John and you even got in a joke with your own last name. So these won't always be on mondays then!!!

John Watt
Date: 1/9/2022 2:29:00 PM

Thanks for your sweet comment, dear friend. I eventually ran out of ideas for weekly monokus, but these popped into my head.

Anselmo Boles

Date: 1/9/2022 1:27:00 AM

I got a real positive jolt off of this one John! An exhilarating high voltage of electric current. Enjoyed every line, Thanks!!...ab

John Watt
Date: 1/9/2022 9:35:00 AM

LOL- thank you for joining in the fun, Anselmo

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/9/2022 12:50:00 AM

This should be POTD Faraday, groan. Brilliant John, Hope your new year is off to a good start. Tom

John Watt
Date: 1/9/2022 8:42:00 AM

Lol, good one Tom. I've enjoyed a lot of people having fun with my name throughout my life, especially being an electrical engineer by profession. Enjoy your day ~ John