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Name and Shame

Got married, my surname’s now Cotton,
Our baby’s name can’t be forgotten,
We called her ‘ Polly Esther’
(I’m considered a jester)
My family thought we were rotten!

11/06/20

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2020

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Constance La France

November 23, 2020 at 11:29 AM

Jan, congratulations on your win in Brian's contest with this wonderful write _Constance

November 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM

You make me laugh, Jan! The picture is priceless, and so is your original and very clever wordplay. Congrats! Hugs ~ John P.S. I went to high school with a Candy Cane

Andrea Dietrich

November 22, 2020 at 5:16 PM

oh that is good and funny, my friend. BIG congrats on the win.

November 22, 2020 at 10:16 AM

Oh what people do when they name their babies! One of my friends married a man whose last name was Baum. Yep - you guessed correctly - they named her Tannen. Congratulations! Still laughing. hugs....

November 22, 2020 at 7:38 AM

Good one. Got a chuckle. Congrats on your big win. Sara

November 18, 2020 at 5:18 PM

So funny jan.very catchy.love it. Simon.:)

November 19, 2020 at 1:12 AM

Thanks Simon i love the limerick form:-) hugs Jan xx

November 18, 2020 at 12:08 PM

lol, love this - as bad as lucy lastic or anne drex

November 18, 2020 at 12:33 PM

ha ha ha you must do poems on those names, this is one of my fave poems just love the word play:-) hugs Jan xx

November 10, 2020 at 3:48 PM

Hello Jan … not only witty but a great play on words Jan - well done - Lindsay

November 10, 2020 at 4:27 PM

I had such fun with this one Lindsay:-) hugs JAN xx

November 9, 2020 at 4:56 PM

Ha, ha! What a great name! ~ Seymour Hair

November 10, 2020 at 4:26 PM

ha ha ha:-) hugs jan xx

Jennifer Proxenos

November 9, 2020 at 11:05 AM

I'm sure you all enjoy and love her so much, she is delightful and a real little beauty.We can't please everybody, especially a few of our relatives! Hugs and blessings. Jennifer

November 9, 2020 at 12:20 PM

Thanks Jennifer - pure fiction my friend the poem is based on a joke from my friend Barry:-) hugs jan xx

Caren Krutsinger

November 8, 2020 at 6:02 PM

“Polly Ester”- so cute!

November 9, 2020 at 12:18 PM

thanks Caren, this was such fun to write:-) hugs jan xx

November 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Ha ha Jan. I love playing with names in my novels (that nobody’s read let alone heard of) but not tried in poems yet. Must change that. Mind you, I’m not sure I could outdo Polly Esther Cotton.... but you know I’m gonna try! Great Limerick.

November 9, 2020 at 12:18 PM

The line polly esther cotton came from my online friend barry and I had to write a poem based on it, thanks for reading, do let me know when you do some name word play in your poems and its so wonderful your have written novels.. i say one day i will get my silly stuff in a book, i MUST do it:-) hugs jan xx

November 7, 2020 at 12:06 PM

Clever, clever girl! Well done, indeed! Aloha! Rico

November 8, 2020 at 3:41 AM

I have to give credit to my friend Barry who fed the line to me, all I did was make it into a poem:-) hugs jan xx

November 7, 2020 at 11:21 AM

LOL! Yup some names take the cake! Heard of a couple who hadn’t come up for a name for their baby so named them after the hospital. ahem...lucky kid

November 8, 2020 at 3:41 AM

oh heck poor child!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anitha Jayasankar

November 7, 2020 at 7:51 AM

Good play on words... with a cute picture.. loved it Jan... hugs ~ Ani

November 8, 2020 at 3:40 AM

thanks Ani:-) hugs Jan xx

Victor Buhagiar

November 7, 2020 at 2:30 AM

Good play on words. ~~

November 8, 2020 at 3:39 AM

thanks Victor:-) hugs jan xx

November 6, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Love it! I would never sink so low as making fun of names myself but......oh yeah.. well never mind!......80)

November 6, 2020 at 3:32 PM

lol thanks Pa so good to see you again:-) hugs jan xx

November 6, 2020 at 1:43 PM

That's some excellent word play my friend!! Thanks for the smile and giggles today Jan!!

November 6, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Makes a change from a trumpety poem:-) hugs Jan xx

November 6, 2020 at 1:24 PM

Its quite a catchy name Jan, ive heard of kids being called a lot worse. When I was at work letters used to come for an individual called Zacharia Foreskin, we used to have some right laughs over that. Tom

November 8, 2020 at 7:15 AM

Lol Rico

November 7, 2020 at 12:08 PM

I had a client in Hong Kong named Man Fuk On; I wonder how he's doing? Aloha! Rico

November 6, 2020 at 1:34 PM

OMG what a name lol, I used to work in an insurance office and one day had to ring up a client his name was something like Erdogdoo - I just couldn't make that call my boss had to do it :-) hugs Jan xx

November 6, 2020 at 12:58 PM

The poor lass called Polly Esther Cotton, Is going to suffer something rotten. Kids will pull her thread, Keep bobbin her head, I'd say her name would be best forgotten... Belle :-)

November 6, 2020 at 1:01 PM

ha ha ha you are a natural limerick writer Belle:-) hugs Jan xx

Charmaine Chircop

November 6, 2020 at 12:56 PM

Hehehe..Reminds me of people who give out weird names to their kids..Very funny sweet Jan.

November 6, 2020 at 12:58 PM

yeah they have to remember the kids are stuck with the name for life:-( hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

November 6, 2020 at 12:54 PM

- A lovely name ... unique and soft, Jan :))) - Wash at 60 degrees ... if necessary - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

November 6, 2020 at 12:57 PM

ha ha ha love that comment:-) Have a super weekend my friend:-) hugs Jan xx

November 6, 2020 at 12:27 PM

Polly Ester Cotton...I love it. Thank for the Friday afternoon chuckle, Jan, have a great weekend. Hugs, John

November 6, 2020 at 12:39 PM

Thanks John, I got the idea from an on line friend and had to do a poem with it!:-) hugs Jan xx

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