Inquiring Minds Ii

If you give a little weasel,
a nice new painting easel
and a jerry can of diesel,
and you tell him he will freeze -
will he retire to paint a fire
or burn the easel with the diesel
and bake a nice brie cheese?

If a ferret and parrot
have imbibed a bit of claret,
and you give the first a carrot,
and the second diamond carats,
would they see things as disparate,
finding merit in the carrot,
or would the parrot try to wear it,
unaware of its great peril,
and turn the ferret feral?
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Wolf Avatar
November 2, 2022 at 6:59 AM
If you turn to Kyser as your main advisor, will you turn out wiser -- or just spread fertilizer? Ho, ho! ~ Pear A. Liser
Kyser Avatar
November 2, 2022 at 7:19 AM
Fertilizer, for sure! Haha, good to hear from you, Gershon.
Rodrigues Avatar
October 31, 2022 at 5:29 PM
Great tongue twisters…lol. Don’t you just wish that politicians talked like that. It would be so entertaining!
Kyser Avatar
October 31, 2022 at 6:01 PM
I keep thinking I'm going to write a nursery rhyme for Eve's contest, but they never end up seeming appropriate. Fun though, thanks!
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