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That Guy Paul

One guy who is happy to loll gets rich doing nothing at all. Each day people rob some other poor slob named Peter to pay that guy Paul.

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/4/2013 11:35:00 PM

Andrea, this is a very good limerick... i like!!! but should i say poor Peter... pd

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/4/2013 11:34:00 PM

Lets see if you can keep up with all my comments... wink... pd

Kash Poet

Date: 1/19/2011 6:18:00 AM

beautiful Limerick!!--kashinath

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/6/2011 4:34:00 PM

Interesting twist on an old saying..Enjoyed..Thanks for stopping by and letting me know that I placed in the contest..Sara

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 3/18/2010 5:02:00 PM

very very good one.....please check MIST haiku see if it's better?

Ernilando Tugaff

Date: 3/17/2010 9:29:00 AM

Funny poem. I like it though. Congratulations. Ernilando

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 3/14/2010 3:25:00 PM

Andrea, This one is the BEST! So true and so funny! Are you entering this one? Love, Connie P.S. I see a chapbook of Limericks in the shadows. I would buy it in a minute!

Marty Owens

Date: 3/13/2010 7:15:00 PM

Very funny..enjoyed...Marty

Gert W. Knop

Date: 3/13/2010 4:06:00 PM

Nice Limerick again and funny, Andrea! Thank you for all your comments and have a very nice Sunday...Love, Gert

Cecil Hickman

Date: 3/12/2010 10:21:00 PM

so very true that is my life at work ,,,Only I have a different name for it,,,I call it reaquisation of parts and materials....as has been said a witty limerick with a lot of wisdom,,,Blessings..Cecil

James Fraser

Date: 3/12/2010 4:08:00 PM

A wisdom orientated Limerick, now there's a Lime-rick with a twist >> koolio chuckles >> James

Gerard Keogh Jr.

Date: 3/12/2010 7:53:00 AM

Fine! I smiled knowingly at this. This has the hand of an accomplished craftswoman. You are all that, my dear. Thank you for your kind support and your competitive art. Both make me better. Thank you for that! Regards, Gerard.

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 3/12/2010 5:33:00 AM

yep i have done that alot

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 3/11/2010 6:15:00 PM

Excellent .. luv the way u used the old saying and made it such fun.. enjoyed and put a smile on my face ...luv.. Linda-Marie

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 3/11/2010 7:56:00 AM

i love this limerick.its fun and with a message,lol.-Charma

Matthew Anish

Date: 3/11/2010 6:54:00 AM

Fuuny stuff! You are a regular Ogden Nash

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 3/11/2010 6:37:00 AM

LOL. I enjoyed the humor in this one...I see you're getting the limericks going. It's fun, isn't it! Smiles, Dane Ann

Robert A. Dufresne

Date: 3/11/2010 5:16:00 AM

heehee! Love the little limerick imaginatively refocusing the old adage into a new light. Nice job Andrea. -Robert

Danny Nunn

Date: 3/11/2010 3:23:00 AM

So that is how he gets rich and now we know, that is a cute one...thanks on Sweat Lodge and Getting Old...think the is a common day gripe of us all...thanks Danny