Senseless Census Interference

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Granted temporary license to change the limerick rhyme scheme a tad here...

"I'm from the Census Bureau," I said
"You're from the U.S. government, I dread"
     So I asked him his name
     He replied, "Putin-tame"
~ Ha! I'll have to deport you, all the same!"

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Date: 11/11/2019 7:12:00 PM
G'day Gershon … it appears that put and in connected can stir the possum in the US - quite witty Gershon - Lindsay
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/13/2019 10:26:00 AM
I thought the same ;)
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/11/2019 8:16:00 PM
Ha, ha! Consider the possum soup stirred and ready for _______________ (fill in the blank. LOL). ~ gw
Date: 11/11/2019 5:53:00 PM
very good!!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/11/2019 8:15:00 PM
Thanks, Andrea! Smiles, Gershon
Date: 11/11/2019 3:11:00 PM
No more jok’n with a name like Putin Tame. Many of us have given this alias...too dangerous now I see ;)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/13/2019 10:26:00 AM
LOL
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/11/2019 8:15:00 PM
Danger is my business! ~ Dragnet
Date: 11/10/2019 8:49:00 PM
lol... too much fun.. hehe... have the nicest night... Ann
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/10/2019 9:15:00 PM
Glad you got a kick out of this limerick, Ann! ~ Puddin -tame
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