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He Ashed For It

There was a firefighter named VanHoof Who believed he was fireproof. One day pride got the better of him He acted when his chances were slim. Thus in an infernal VanHoof went poof.

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Judy Konos

Date: 5/13/2015 9:31:00 AM

Thanks for the LOL...I needed it today!

Paul Schneiter
Date: 5/13/2015 10:15:00 AM

You're certainly welcome, Judy. I hope everything is OK. A friend, who is quite a wit, told me the other day,"Mortality is overrated." I think he has a point.

Constance La France

Date: 5/8/2015 5:55:00 PM

Paul, A great limerick poem, oddly funny seeing the Vanhoof went poof, lol, 7 and thanks for visiting my poem, up above

Paul Schneiter
Date: 5/9/2015 9:25:00 PM

Thank you, Broken Wings. Please know I sincerely value your encouraging comment, and I appreciate your thoughtfulness in commenting. Blessings!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/8/2015 7:49:00 AM

- A limerick with humor and quality, well done Paul !!! - I wish you a wonderful weekend, with many smiles and sunshine - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Paul Schneiter
Date: 5/8/2015 10:02:00 AM

Anne-Lise, I'm doubly blessed by your comment: 1) You say sweet and kind things about my limerick, and 2) you wish me a wonderful weekend. Thank you and thank you again. I'm fortunate, beyond measure, by having cyberspace friends such as you.

Kp Nunez

Date: 5/7/2015 8:24:00 PM

lol! Oh I missed your kind of humor, Paul. Glad I got to read this today! :)

Paul Schneiter
Date: 5/7/2015 9:07:00 PM

I value and appreciate your supportive comment, Kim. I suppose limericks are poetry, but they are not of the significance or relevance of real poetry—the kind that you so admirably write.

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 5/7/2015 3:20:00 AM

G'day Paul... up in flames aye. Its hard to tell anybody that the fire is hot so they must learn the hard way - Thank you Paul - Lindsay

Paul Schneiter
Date: 5/7/2015 3:23:00 PM

Thank you, Lindsay. It's kind of you to take time to comment on what, alas, is a less than sizzling limerick. * * * Time for a joke, told by Phyllis Diller (remember her?) It goes like this: "You know you're old when your doctor tells you they have discontinued your blood type." Have a perfectly wonderful day/evening.

Jan Allison

Date: 5/7/2015 2:01:00 AM

Oh dear! good limerick:-) Hugs jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 5/7/2015 3:30:00 PM

Thanks Paul I read and comment as widely as time allows - that's the way I learn so much:-) Love the clever title by the way! Hugs Jan xx

Paul Schneiter
Date: 5/7/2015 3:28:00 PM

Thank you, Jan. You're supportive of countless Soupers through the thick and thin of their work. That takes a charitable heart, for which all of us on this site should be grateful. I know I am.