I Told You So

Here lies Larry Belt, once loved by all
Writing poetry before he could crawl
It happened just like he said
And now he is lying dead
Nagged to death by his mother-in-law
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010


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Date: 11/5/2010 6:25:00 AM
Great job, Larry. Congrats on your 1st place win in the contest. Dan C
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Date: 10/26/2010 3:03:00 AM
Congratulations on your win! Bad way to go..Sara
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Date: 10/25/2010 10:41:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Andrea's contest Larry. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/25/2010 8:44:00 AM
Congrats Larry on your first place win in Andrea's great contest on epitaphs... u certainly gave us a good one luv.. enjoy today ..my friend...
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Date: 10/25/2010 8:11:00 AM
Congratulations, Larry.....you are so brave if your mother-in-law were to ever see this one...LOL !!!
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Date: 10/25/2010 6:22:00 AM
Please post a photo of her, Larry. The mystery is killing me. Big congrats on taking first place with your funny limerick epitaph! Love, Carolyn
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Date: 10/25/2010 5:04:00 AM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Larry
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Date: 10/25/2010 4:38:00 AM
Congrats on your win in Andrea's contest with this witty epitaph Larry!! :)
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Date: 10/25/2010 4:14:00 AM
Congrats, my friend. Awesome write. Well deserved win. Ralph
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Date: 10/25/2010 3:39:00 AM
Congrats on winning 1st spot...........Luv/best wishes ...Hitendra mehta
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Date: 10/25/2010 1:42:00 AM
excellent Epitaph, enjoyed this Larry. congrats on number 1. Harry
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Date: 10/24/2010 9:06:00 PM
congrats Larry! Fantastic limerick/epitaph! My entry was a limerick as well but it was quite accidental at first!
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Date: 10/24/2010 9:04:00 PM
OMG that is just priceless, congrats on your first place win
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Date: 10/24/2010 9:03:00 PM
Hahaha, literally laughing out loud with this one, Larry! How could I have missed this one?? Your poems about your mother-in-law are so funny and she got the last laugh-- haha-- Super congrats on your awesome win, Larry :) -- nikko :)
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Date: 10/24/2010 9:01:00 PM
ps. Did you see my blog about Mother-in-law DAY holiday today? If you care to leave a small poem or comment over there in celebration of that day, that would be great!
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Date: 10/24/2010 8:59:00 PM
HEy, Larry, this is awesome. YOu share number one with Harry. Please soupmail me your address right away for your scary Halloween prize. heehee. LUv, Andrea
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Date: 10/15/2010 6:43:00 PM
Another masterpiece, my friend. RIP. Great entry. Good luck. Ralph
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Date: 10/13/2010 12:29:00 PM
Perfect, Larry! I wish I could meet both of you and watch you interact. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 10/12/2010 2:04:00 AM
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Love it, Larry!
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Date: 10/11/2010 8:32:00 PM
That murder. She should do time for that.
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Date: 10/11/2010 3:20:00 PM
oh Larry that is just too funny..love it! Take care~Deb
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Date: 10/11/2010 2:40:00 PM
lol, love it Larry and serves you right, good luck in the contest its awesome
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