M'Aidez

Though some beware the Ides of March My mum adds some extra starch My shirt is like steel My trousers won't kneel With the zip as stuck as a larch.

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 3/18/2019 6:06:00 PM

G'day Rico … you would have looked a sight marching down the street and asking for help with the zip - good one Rico - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/15/2019 7:35:00 PM

ha! Great last line!

Rico Leffanta
Date: 3/18/2019 6:26:00 PM

Not when one has an urgent need for relief! Aloha! Rico

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 3/15/2019 1:05:00 PM

Maybe you should do your OWN laundry then, Rico? :)

Rico Leffanta
Date: 3/15/2019 2:22:00 PM

I do, but NEVER use starch! Aloha! Rico

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 3/14/2019 6:22:00 PM

Well, that's a different way to celebrate the Ides of March, Rico! Very funny. Hope you are able to avoid the starch this year. Best wishes, Carolyn

Carolyn Devonshire
Date: 3/16/2019 11:10:00 AM

When I was a little girl learning to iron, I spray-starched my father's underwear. He was so sweet and only said how neatly they were pressed. Poor Dad!

Rico Leffanta
Date: 3/15/2019 2:21:00 PM

When I was stationed at Sembach AFB (Germany) the Base Commander was starch gung-ho, so on Monday mornings, the troops were as stiff as puppets - certainly not "combat ready"! I never forgot their "bullet proof" fatigues! Aloha! Rico

Jan Allison

Date: 3/14/2019 5:37:00 PM

ha ha ha made me giggle Rico:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta
Date: 3/14/2019 6:05:00 PM

Mahalo for reading it! Aloha! Rico