English Humor

ENGLISH HUMOR

To read This I have translated the words in brackets.!
PETROL (GAS)
I needed to buy Petrol (Gas) today
The price of it took my breath away
A holiday this year I’ll not take
Can’t afford it for goodness sake.
A pound (2 dollars) a litre today
There’s nothing we can do BUT PAY
I need to buy a whistle and toot
That in English slang means suit.
I guess now that will have to wait
As the money to spend I hesitate
It can wait till another day
I didn’t need a new whistle and toot anyway
I don’t really mean to complain
Besides if I did what would I gain
I keep telling people prices will go down
But they just look at me and frown
I had nothing to do tonight
So I thought this silly thing I’d write
After you this silly poem written by me
PLEASE don’t to harsh a CRITIC be.

“OLD AGE ALLOWS ME POETIC LICENSE!!”
R. Taub
Aug. 9 2010
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Laurie Avatar
July 20, 2018 at 1:38 AM
G'day Bob … enjoyed you verse on English humour. Prices going down mean less tax for the parasitic privileged MP's so it ain't gunna happen - thanks for the chuckle Bob - Lindsay
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