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Rooting For 8 To 5

This raging toothache is driving me quite mad
I phone the dentist, in such terrible pain
Bad tooth must be extracted by the roots
They have a free space at two thirty
‘Tooth hurty’  - I laugh at the appointment time!

Contest Rooting for 8 to 5
Sponsored by Nette Onclaud

01~04~17

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2017

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Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/10/2017 3:54:00 PM So glad this placed high. I loved your humor. Congrats, my friend! Hope you are doing ok today. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:37:00 PM Thanks Andrea I was so pleased to be on Nette's list:-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 1/9/2017 11:49:00 PM I knew this would make the winner's list. A 7. Congratulations. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:37:00 PM Thanks so much Janis:-) hugs Jan xx

Sushma A. Singh Date: 1/9/2017 10:41:00 PM Congrats! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:36:00 PM Thanks so much Sushma:-) hugs Jan xx

Sandra Haight Date: 1/9/2017 7:34:00 PM What an imagination you have, dear Jan! Very funny and good and very 'outside the box' for the theme! Congrats on your podium placement! Hugs, Sandra Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:36:00 PM Thanks so much Sandra i did try to think outside the box for this one:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe Date: 1/9/2017 1:40:00 PM Coming back with congrats! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:35:00 PM Thanks so much Agnes:-) hugs Jan xx

Nette Onclaud Date: 1/9/2017 1:22:00 PM i was hoping someone would write about ' root canal' and you nailed it ( excellently).. you so funny!... congrats on your high rating and thanks for joining!..huggs Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:35:00 PM I tried to think out of the box Nette thanks for an inspirational contest and my placement:-) hugs Jan xx

Stephen Pennell Date: 1/9/2017 10:02:00 AM lol very good jan made me smile Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/11/2017 6:34:00 PM Thanks Stephen:-) hugs Jan xx

Judy Konos Date: 1/9/2017 6:19:00 AM LOL Good One! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/9/2017 8:11:00 AM Thanks my friend:-) hugs Jan xx

Peter Dome Date: 1/8/2017 10:24:00 AM Ha ha. You have a great sense of humour I'm chuckling away here. Well done. Hope you are ok. Pete. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/8/2017 1:04:00 PM pure fiction for the contest Peter but of course in reality toothache is no laughing mater:-) hugs Jan xx

Augustus Black Date: 1/8/2017 6:35:00 AM Nice job.. with this one too Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/8/2017 1:04:00 PM Thanks Augustus I hope Nette likes my take on 'roots' hugs Jan xx

Paul Callus Date: 1/7/2017 7:41:00 AM Uniquely clever, Jan! Love the play on words. Good to see you smiling in the face of such terrible pain:) I was too late to enter this contest. Hugs // paul Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/7/2017 5:18:00 PM Aww sorry you missed the contest Paul - I went for a different take on 'roots' I hope Nette enjoys it:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper Date: 1/6/2017 10:50:00 PM This is wonderful a winner already hugs Eve Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/7/2017 5:18:00 PM Thanks Eve I hope Nette likes it:-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 1/6/2017 10:14:00 PM I like your interpretation of roots. Good luck in the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/7/2017 5:19:00 PM Thanks Janis I thought out of the box a little for the theme lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/6/2017 6:30:00 PM oh your last line is SO clever, Jan. GREAT thinking!!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 6:47:00 PM Thanks Andrea I hope Nette likes it too:-) hugs Jan xx

Dan Cwiak Date: 1/6/2017 7:45:00 AM Jan, I hope you let us know how it comes out...lol Great fun to read! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:52:00 AM It's pure fiction Dan lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Darren White Date: 1/5/2017 1:02:00 PM LOL at that appointment time. Wonderful interpretation my friend :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:53:00 AM It's an old joke Darren I am sure the receptionists dread having to give appointments at that time - pure fiction write for me thankfully!:-) hugs Jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 1/5/2017 5:39:00 AM Toothache never a laughing matter, unfortunately I know that very well! Since you manage to find humor even in this, you deserve a seven dear, Jan! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:54:00 AM It is very painful Demetrios thankfully its a fiction write for me:-) hugs Jan xx

Just James Date: 1/5/2017 4:16:00 AM Very Clever! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:54:00 AM Thanks James:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe Date: 1/4/2017 9:15:00 PM Once again you managed to spin the prompt into something humorous. Thanks for making me smile, Jan, and good luck in the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:54:00 AM Thanks Agnes I thought out of the box for the theme I hope Nette likes it lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Adeniji Toluwalope Gideon Date: 1/4/2017 4:41:00 PM Beautiful craft! Best wishes in the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:55:00 AM Thanks Adeniji:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer Date: 1/4/2017 4:06:00 PM ha! you are so clever, jan! this one made me grin... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:55:00 AM I had fun thankfully its a fiction write for me but toothache is no laughing matter:-( hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 1/4/2017 1:11:00 PM - ... I get pain just by reading :)) - Thank you for a smile - Good luck in the contest, Jan - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/6/2017 7:55:00 AM Thanks Anne Lise:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith Date: 1/4/2017 12:53:00 PM When is it time to go to the dentist?...lol...have you been reading the back of cereal box? Login to Reply

Joseph May Date: 1/4/2017 10:32:00 AM Nicely penned Jan...Love the 'tooth hurty' pun... GL in the contest Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/4/2017 11:24:00 AM I had fun with the theme Joseph I hope Nette likes my poem:-) hugs Jan xx

Akkina Downing Date: 1/4/2017 9:48:00 AM Now this is hilarious for a morning energy read. So clever yes. I love it, just made my morning :) all the best Jan Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/4/2017 10:26:00 AM Thanks Akkina - I went for a different take on the roots theme lol I hope Nette approves:-) hugs Jan xx

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