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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

November 11, 2017 at 3:10 PM

ha ha, very clever & witty

Jan Allison

November 11, 2017 at 3:59 PM

Thanks jack:-) hugs jan xx

James Inman

November 8, 2017 at 2:21 AM

Clever as always Jan.

Jan Allison

November 8, 2017 at 4:41 PM

Thanks James:-) hugs jan xx

Pashang Salehi

November 6, 2017 at 2:44 AM

I had to come to this, and I am so glad I did... Love and respect..

Jan Allison

November 6, 2017 at 6:20 AM

Thanks so much Pashang:-) hugs jan xx

John Michaels

November 4, 2017 at 4:55 PM

Great limerick, Jan! Can always rely on you to make me smile! All the best, John.

Jan Allison

November 5, 2017 at 1:06 PM

I try to make folks smile John:-) hugs jan xx

Pat Adams

November 3, 2017 at 5:18 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

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 5:26 PM

yes I cheated with ev'ry lol and porkie pies are lies in cockney rhyming slang lol:-) hugs jan xx

Jack Ellison

November 3, 2017 at 7:39 AM

This is not a porkie pie!!! Your limericks are up there with the elite!!! LOL xxx

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 7:41 AM

lol Thanks jack, I hope you read my sonnet I am sure its right up your street lol:-) hugs jan xx

Russell Sivey

November 3, 2017 at 4:53 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!!

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 6:28 AM

Thanks Russell:-) hugs jan xx

Joseph May

November 2, 2017 at 7:52 PM

He's hamming it up...nice one Jan

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:38 AM

ha ha ha:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer

November 2, 2017 at 4:55 PM

this is a lot of fun, jan, but with a message i totally agree with. great photo, too...

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:38 AM

Thanks Ilene I think that little porker is so cute!:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen

November 2, 2017 at 3:50 PM

- Real pearls I greatly appreciate - They are not my friends :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:37 AM

I have a beautiful pearl necklace out friends bought me from a trip to China:-) hugs jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart

November 2, 2017 at 3:26 PM

Me either! Very cute!

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:36 AM

Cheers Dale:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe

November 2, 2017 at 1:22 PM

The cockney rhyming slang is really fascinating. Fun limerick

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:36 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

November 2, 2017 at 12:50 PM

Ha..It feels so good to read these limericks once again.,You put a smile on my face Jan..:)

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:35 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

November 2, 2017 at 11:13 AM

I thought it was a bbq pork sandwich...my mouth was watering...lol

Jan Allison

November 3, 2017 at 4:34 AM

ha ha at both of your comments:-) hugs jan xx

Lin Lane

November 2, 2017 at 11:17 AM

You never roast a pig wearing pearls, Tim. She's just too cute.

Lin Lane

November 2, 2017 at 10:52 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.

Jan Allison

November 2, 2017 at 10:55 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

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