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Slurping Soup

Do you slurp when you eat your soup
It's perfectly okay you know
In the rules for soup, especially tomato
Slurping SHOULD be audible I'm told

Also messing up a clean white tuxedo
Is also a law of the kitchen
To proudly display it for a couple of days
It proves you have been smitten

It's definitely a sign of aristocracy it seems
Servants used to wipe up the mess
You'd never ever think of cleaning it yourself
Beneath your standing I guess

Eating your soup without some slurping
Is banned in certain countries
Also must dribble it's part of the scene
And helps if you're wearing just undies

© Jack Ellison 2014

Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2014

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Eileen Manassian Date: 3/9/2014 6:56:00 AM OH KENNY!!!! Really now! Eating your soup in your undies....with GUESTS AROUND! ;) Naughty you. I've visited your poems but haven't posted because...I've been REALLY depressed. I'm better now...and back to give you hugs! Naughty boy! Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/9/2014 8:08:00 AM Awww sweet Eileen! You seem to be riding a roller coaster lately! Fantastic highs... very low lows! Dearest good wishes go out to you my dear sweet friend! Big hugs and much love... Kenny XOXOX

Amy Green Date: 3/8/2014 10:35:00 AM Me likes very much! Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/8/2014 10:53:00 AM Ahhh! A horse lover I see! Glad it gave you a tickle! Loving hugs, Jack XOX

Carol Eastman Date: 3/8/2014 9:59:00 AM HAH! We only had an outside picnic with tomato soup ONCE! All the squirrels wanted it! They DO love tomatoes you know! What a mess it was! We ended up with every squirrel in a 2 mile radius joining in. Really! Do you know how many napkin bibs that took? And they got to fighting over the soup after the first one's finished! Got to be 2-3 to a bowl before they were done. During the tug of wars over the bowls... well... A few were spilled. And one ended up side down, on Grandpa Trolls head!... LOL Login to Reply Carol Eastman Date: 3/8/2014 10:11:00 AM Got it... Hubby had to explain it to Dragon and me... No! Dragon! That doesn't mean we're alike... At least I hope not! Whoops! He heard me... Gotta run! Carol Eastman Date: 3/8/2014 10:09:00 AM My dictionary says a gannet is a large web footed water bird... Me thinks... it means more... I'll stay tuned for more... Jack Ellison Date: 3/8/2014 10:03:00 AM Those squirrels were gannets! LOL XOXOX Carol Eastman Date: 3/8/2014 10:02:00 AM PS. Got a little noisy from all the slurping... and Grandpa Trolls roars! HAH! Maybe we should do it again and make a video! Bet it would go viral!

Paul Callus Date: 3/8/2014 9:00:00 AM To me it's Slurpingly Hilarious! Jack, I enjoy your capability of raising something so simple and common to a higher level...oh, apart from when some of it spills down :) enjoy your soup with a slurp. // paul Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 3/8/2014 9:31:00 AM There is humour in most things you see... just need to recognize it! LOL

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 3/8/2014 6:43:00 AM Hilariously hilarious! You have made my day my friend Jack! I am going to have a soup right away and promise you to hear my slurping in Canada! Ha-ha! Thank you! Login to Reply Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 3/9/2014 4:22:00 AM No, slurping is NOT permitted in Greece, nor have I found a place I have visited that it was and I have visited all continents! Probably I was not...lucky enough to find a place that was permitted! A greatly delightful poem! I loved it! Thank you my dear friend! Jack Ellison Date: 3/8/2014 7:07:00 AM I can hear it! I can hear it! LOL So slurping is permitted in Greece too! LOL