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Limerick: Old Doc Quackenbush

Poor old Doc Quackenbush is gone, How he happened to fall down that well is unknown. When they found him he was dead, His obituary read, "He should have tended to the sick and left the well alone."

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Maurice Rigoler

Date: 3/25/2023 1:11:00 PM

Whoa! You get my prize for that last line, Jim! / Maurice

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/25/2023 1:30:00 PM

Thanks, M. I'm not sure if "physician heal thyself" would work here.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 3/19/2023 10:37:00 AM

Thanks for the laugh. Way toooooo cute. As a kid I knew a family and their last name was "Quackenbush" spelled like this. Have a fun/blessed day............

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/19/2023 12:44:00 PM

Thanks, Paula. Was there a doctor in that house?

Elizabeth Mccann

Date: 3/18/2023 7:46:00 PM

Up to your old tricks, Jim! What a corker! Elizabeth

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/19/2023 9:01:00 AM

Thanks, E. You know what they say about teaching old dogs new ones.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 3/18/2023 12:18:00 PM

hilarious, jim! did you come up with that yourself? it's quite brilliant!

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/18/2023 2:04:00 PM

Thanks, Ilene. It was intended to be entered in Margarita Lillico's Pun Fun contest, but it didn't fit the format requirements. And I"m sure somebody came up with that line long before I did.

Kurt Philip Behm

Date: 3/18/2023 10:45:00 AM

Catchy !

Jim Slaughter
Date: 3/18/2023 10:47:00 AM

Thanks, Kurt.