Haiku Henny Youngman

Pardon me waiter
But there's a fly in my soup
Doing the backstroke
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Gauthier Avatar
December 6, 2018 at 11:50 PM
Love it, Mike. So funny.
Gazbowski Avatar
June 15, 2016 at 11:31 AM
Chuckles :-) did the fly pay you to swim in the soup !!!
Hoffman Avatar
June 14, 2016 at 9:37 AM
Too cute Mike! I have to admit at first I didn't know who Henny Youngman was and had to look him up! (blush, blush!):)
Hoffman Avatar
June 15, 2016 at 9:00 AM
Gotcha! The one liners are coming back to me now!:)
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June 14, 2016 at 10:13 AM
This fly not toy fly
Hauser  Avatar
June 14, 2016 at 10:12 AM
He had a famous skit where he asks a waiter... What's toys fly doing in my soup and the waiters reply was "The back stroke"
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