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Monoku En Masse

people insist on speaking French to me c’est la vie smelling salts in a ten gallon vat that’s not to be sniffed at the mouse met an elephant so prim she looked down her nose at him I must learn to type more quickly before the grimy rapper gets me in prison no convict would moan if all rooms had a cell phone scrape the bottom of the barrel and you’ll find the one who emptied it I can’t have an inferiority complex I’m not man enough only the good die young heaven must be tedious If we learn from our mistakes I’m some kind of genius behind every great man is another with a tongue tan

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Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/21/2021 1:44:00 AM

Love these one liners, you'd be good on stage. Tom

Jan Allison

Date: 4/19/2021 3:35:00 PM

ha ha ha these are hilarious one liners!:-) hugs jan xx

Terry Flood
Date: 4/20/2021 2:04:00 AM

Glad you enjoyed, jan. Terry

L Milton Hankins

Date: 4/18/2021 6:51:00 PM

Very, very insightful, Terry. Some made me chuckle, while others made me stop and think. I really like "heaven must be tedious." I've thought that for a long time now, and I'm approaching the age when I should be very careful what I say about heaven and hell!!!!

Terry Flood
Date: 4/19/2021 11:50:00 AM

Thanks ‘L’. Got to confess that I struggle to differentiate between a monoku and a one-liner, such as a comedian might use. That’s half the reason I snuck a ‘rhyme in a line’ into a few of them. Glad you liked. Terry