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I'M In a Jam

I’m stuck in traffic
Crawling like a slimy slug
Why call it rush hour?

4th April 2015

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Etienne Lariviere

Date: 5/12/2015 5:53:00 PM

Welcome to Paris! LOL nothing is a rush here!

Jan Allison
Date: 5/12/2015 5:57:00 PM

I may visit one day to find out:-) Hugs jan xx

Njeri Hunjeri

Date: 4/8/2015 4:44:00 AM

Nice one. I like the question at the end. So true.

Jan Allison
Date: 5/12/2015 5:56:00 PM

Thanks so much Njeri so I have only just come across your lovely comment:-) Hugs Janxxx

Wilma Neels

Date: 4/6/2015 1:51:00 PM

So true Jan ;) had to giggle at this one.. thanks for the laughs tonight!

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2015 2:36:00 PM

Thanks for the lovely comment Wilma:-) Hugs jan xx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 4/6/2015 6:39:00 AM

I forgot to say...a very clever title!

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2015 6:40:00 AM

LOL - you are too kind me friend:-) Hugs jan xx

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 4/6/2015 6:35:00 AM

...because every one feels an emotional rush when they finally move! An excellent questionku, a fav!

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2015 6:38:00 AM

LOL - lovely answer! Hugs Jan xx

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/5/2015 9:22:00 AM

Ha ha, so true. Thanks for using my form. Try "stuck in traffic" moving like a slug" is anyone rushing" the form is 456 ending with a question.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2015 11:46:00 AM

Oh that is clever twisting the poem round:-) Hugs jan xx

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 4/5/2015 3:39:00 AM

Good one.e too hate traffic jam. Enjoyed. Tfs

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2015 6:34:00 AM

Thanks Ravi:-) Hugs jan xx

Casarah Nance

Date: 4/5/2015 3:30:00 AM

That is good question! Thank goodness I am out of the city, I wouldn't have the patience for that! Hugs my friend xxx

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2015 6:34:00 AM

On our little Island 5 cars in front is a traffic jam lol:-) Hugs jan xx

Edward Ebbs

Date: 4/4/2015 9:54:00 PM

LOL, why? Cute :)

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2015 2:28:00 AM

Quite an ironic question lol:-) Hugs jan xx

Nette Onclaud

Date: 4/4/2015 6:04:00 PM

another witty Q, jan... it won't be rush hour if peeps are not stuck..:).. real goood one!.. huggs

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 6:08:00 PM

Thanks Nette:-) Hugs jan xx

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/4/2015 6:02:00 PM

Cute one..Got a chuckle..Aren't you glad that it is not all the time that happens..Thanks for stopping by..I finished the poem but changed the title to Dew..Sara

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 6:07:00 PM

We don't have traffic like the one in the picture in fact we dont have a motorway lol - will drop by and read 'dew':-) Hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/4/2015 5:19:00 PM

they are all rushing at once, which makes for no "Russian"!! you are always thinking up fun stuff, Jan. Soupmail.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 5:53:00 PM

lol Andrea:-) I do appreciate your support my friend:-) hugs jan xx

Jaycee Cervenka

Date: 4/4/2015 3:44:00 PM

Cute jan..slimy slugs...yuk...but fun.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 5:52:00 PM

lol Janet ... now where is my salt pot :-( Hugs jan xx

Kim Shaw

Date: 4/4/2015 3:28:00 PM

Hi Jan! This is brilliant. Love your questionku. Have a wonderful Easter! Hugs, Kim xx

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 5:51:00 PM

Thanks Kimberly:-) Hugs jan xx

Paul Callus

Date: 4/4/2015 2:56:00 PM

This is one of the cutest questionku that I have read! No worry, I'll send you a helicopter;) Hugs // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 5:51:00 PM

Pure fantasy on my part Paul - 5 cars in front of us is a traffic jam here lol:-) hugs jan xx

Reason A. Poteet

Date: 4/4/2015 2:52:00 PM

That's what so many thought yesterday around here when the President used our local Interstate during "rush hour"; you couldn't even get on the Interstate. Good one, Jan.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 5:50:00 PM

Thanks for the lovely comment Reason:-) hugs jan xx

James Fraser

Date: 4/4/2015 12:43:00 PM

Enough of the funny stuff, my ribs are not bullet proof woman ;-) love the thinking behind this Jan, double hugs before I double over, James xxx

Jan Allison
Date: 4/4/2015 12:47:00 PM

I am going to have to give up writing if I can't use humour James!:-( :-( :-( this poem came about as a result of a conversation I was having with my sister:-) thanks for being such a wonderful supporter of my work my friend:-) Hugs jan xx

I'M In a Jam

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