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Makes Young Girlies Giggle

Once was a handsome fellow of twenty-eight Don't know what happened, maybe something I ate Got old and crickety A trifle pernickety The young girlies giggle when I try to negotiate

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Date: 3/20/2024 4:19:00 PM
two Jack poems in one day! Lovin' it. :-) What an entertaining and enjoyable Limerick, Jack. I think we all get a bit persnickety as we get older...comes with the territory perhaps :-) enjoy your evening, hugs, Sara
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Jack Ellison
Date: 3/20/2024 5:21:00 PM
Limericks used to a big part of my repertoire! xxx
Date: 3/20/2024 1:01:00 PM
They are laughing at you, not with you. Hey, it happens Jackie
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Jack Ellison
Date: 3/20/2024 5:17:00 PM
I can still run the mile in under an hour! But still lie down in a dark room for a while...
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Tom Woody
Date: 3/20/2024 4:59:00 PM
In yer dreams laddie
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Jack Ellison
Date: 3/20/2024 3:27:00 PM
I'm a young 88!
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Tom Woody
Date: 3/20/2024 3:11:00 PM
It happens when we get old. They just call us sir
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Jack Ellison
Date: 3/20/2024 3:08:00 PM
Now WHY would they be laughing at me? Is it the total ridiculousness of it all! lol Happy times Mr.Tom!

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