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When my old man got hit by a car He dragged himself to die in a bar When Mom saw the gashes She burned him to ashes So now he rests in our cookie jar

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 10/9/2019 9:57:00 PM

G'day Rico … my neighbour put his late wife's ashes down at the local bar so she could be with him every night - thanks Rico - Lindsay

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/9/2019 10:42:00 PM

That's probably more than she could hope for in life! Aloha! Rico

Judy Ball

Date: 10/3/2019 3:03:00 PM

This puts me in mind of a short little round jar with a cork for a top that read "The Ashes Of My Ex Husband." It really gave me a giggle. Thanks Rico. God Bless, JB

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/4/2019 4:37:00 PM

Which is always better than a brass spittoon, isn't it? Aloha! Rico

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 10/3/2019 2:03:00 PM

Maybe Mom was angry he'd died in a bar, but it's better than dying on the street. I'd hate to think our fate rests in the cookie jar. LOL Funny, Rico!

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/4/2019 4:34:00 PM

If I was hit by a car, I'd crawl for a shot of Courvoisier, too! Aloha! Rico

P.S. Awtry

Date: 10/3/2019 9:20:00 AM

O my... I am chuckling but feeling guilty about it :)

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/4/2019 4:33:00 PM

I suppose it depends upon the appearance of the cookie jar? Aloha! Rico

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 10/2/2019 8:34:00 PM

Love your twisted wit ;), xomo!

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/4/2019 4:32:00 PM

I thought about using, "Trick or Treat" as the title so you could recite it to trick or treaters on Halloween as you offered your cookie jar to them . . . ..

Jan Allison

Date: 10/2/2019 4:58:00 PM

I didnt know if I should laugh or cry Rico! Hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/4/2019 4:31:00 PM

Our local newspaper recommended seniors on a budget should buy a cookie jar from Wal*Mart rather than an urn from a mortician, which opens an whole new field of humour to poets . . . . .