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Telling Porkie Pies

This saying is simply divine
“You shouldn’t cast pearls before swine”
Some think they are cool
Then break ev’ry rule
Folk cheating are no friends of mine!


'Porkie Pies' is cockney rhyming slang for lies

11-02-17

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Jack Horne Date: 11/11/2017 3:10:00 PM ha ha, very clever & witty Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/11/2017 3:59:00 PM Thanks jack:-) hugs jan xx

James Inman Date: 11/8/2017 2:21:00 AM Clever as always Jan. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/8/2017 4:41:00 PM Thanks James:-) hugs jan xx

Pashang Salehi Date: 11/6/2017 2:44:00 AM I had to come to this, and I am so glad I did... Love and respect.. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/6/2017 6:20:00 AM Thanks so much Pashang:-) hugs jan xx

John Michaels Date: 11/4/2017 4:55:00 PM Great limerick, Jan! Can always rely on you to make me smile! All the best, John. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/5/2017 1:06:00 PM I try to make folks smile John:-) hugs jan xx

Pat Adams Date: 11/3/2017 5:18:00 PM I never heard of a porkie pie! Interesting! Really great limerick Jan. I assume ev'ry knocked out a syllable? Clever! Also love the pic!!!......xx.....80)....Pat Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 5:26:00 PM yes I cheated with ev'ry lol and porkie pies are lies in cockney rhyming slang lol:-) hugs jan xx

Jack Ellison Date: 11/3/2017 7:39:00 AM This is not a porkie pie!!! Your limericks are up there with the elite!!! LOL xxx Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 7:41:00 AM lol Thanks jack, I hope you read my sonnet I am sure its right up your street lol:-) hugs jan xx

Russell Sivey Date: 11/3/2017 4:53:00 AM Oh how funny Jan! You have surely tickled my funny bone with your pig limerick! I just loved the way you wove the saying into your poem, and made it work out perfectly! You are quite good at these humorous writes my friend! What a fantastic piece, Great Work!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 6:28:00 AM Thanks Russell:-) hugs jan xx

Joseph May Date: 11/2/2017 7:52:00 PM He's hamming it up...nice one Jan Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:38:00 AM ha ha ha:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer Date: 11/2/2017 4:55:00 PM this is a lot of fun, jan, but with a message i totally agree with. great photo, too... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:38:00 AM Thanks Ilene I think that little porker is so cute!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 11/2/2017 3:50:00 PM - Real pearls I greatly appreciate - They are not my friends :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:37:00 AM I have a beautiful pearl necklace out friends bought me from a trip to China:-) hugs jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart Date: 11/2/2017 3:26:00 PM Me either! Very cute! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:36:00 AM Cheers Dale:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe Date: 11/2/2017 1:22:00 PM The cockney rhyming slang is really fascinating. Fun limerick Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:36:00 AM It is such fun to use phrases like that. I am sure you have phrases i wouldn't understand without explanation:-) hugs jan xx

Charmaine Chircop Date: 11/2/2017 12:50:00 PM Ha..It feels so good to read these limericks once again.,You put a smile on my face Jan..:) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:35:00 AM It is SO SO good to see you back Charma:-) lets hope a few of our friends who have been missing return to the site again one day!:-) hugs jan xx

Tim Smith Date: 11/2/2017 11:13:00 AM I thought it was a bbq pork sandwich...my mouth was watering...lol Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/3/2017 4:34:00 AM ha ha at both of your comments:-) hugs jan xx Lin Lane Date: 11/2/2017 11:17:00 AM You never roast a pig wearing pearls, Tim. She's just too cute.

Lin Lane Date: 11/2/2017 10:52:00 AM Oh the poems that result from our conversations, JAN! This one is as pink with perfection as that little oinker. I think the pearls cast before her were accepted, and she wears them beautifully. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/2/2017 10:55:00 AM LOL LLin, the saying took me back to when I was a nanny in London and the housekeeper of the lady next door had a little pig with a pearl necklace on it which had been given to her by a cheating ex - I'd never heard the saying before and when you mailed me I was inspired to write this and find a cute pic to go with it:-) hugs jan xx