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Gut Gripes

Gut Gripes There is a man who eats hand grenades. They go Kaboom! in his big fat belly. You ask why does he eat them? He's got a slight indigestion problem. A trip to the doctors gave no joy. As did anti acid tablets. Changing his diet helped for a while. But his stomach gripes returned twice as bad. Then he remembered the box of grenades. They belonged to his granddad. He had nothing to lose. So he pulled the pin and off popped off the spoon. With a grin he swallowed the live grenade. He stomach moaned before the bomb went boom. It was like a whale being kicked in the balls. His guts gave a mighty heave and he did a double back flip. Then landed on floor and grinned before passing out. When he came too he felt a little bit better. For good measure he ate another grenade. It was just like before but it cured his indigestion. Now it's time for a curry and spicy kebab. Then twenty pints of beer. Just like the old days when anything went. Eat what you want with no damn problems. If his guts act up it's time for a grenade!

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Date: 11/25/2015 2:12:00 PM
Just did.
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Date: 11/25/2015 11:50:00 AM
This reminds me of a true story I heard about a farmer whose neighbour was stealing his turf. (Irish bog for fires) He didn't know which neighbour, so he stuck a little piece of dynamite inside one of the turf pieces. Like your friend in this poem, "the bomb went boom" in the neighbour's fire ." It was like a whale being kicked in the balls." Great line.
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Date: 11/25/2015 1:28:00 PM
lol funny tale. you should write it in a poem and post it

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