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The Apple Diet

You can have your rib back, It was making me fat. ***

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/19/2020 5:56:00 PM

I got this right away...lol

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/20/2020 11:35:00 AM

My Lady! You are FINE the way you are ;), xomo!

Dave Cox

Date: 6/13/2020 8:14:00 PM

I love the concept of this. To me it shows total independence and you didn't need any help to get here. Dave

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/13/2020 8:57:00 PM

You are awesome :))) Thank you Dave! xomo

David Kavanagh

Date: 6/10/2020 3:38:00 PM

Wow mo, love this it’s genius or maybe ingenious, nonetheless brilliant cheers David

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 10:25:00 PM

Thank you so much David! I can't judge myself, but I have been giggling ever since I wrote this, so I think I am at least hilarious ;), xomo!

Paul Callus

Date: 6/9/2020 4:51:00 PM

These are the best two stand alone lines which I've read in a long time, Mo!! Perhaps I should have said three, cos the title definitely plays a big part in all this. ~ Best regards // paul

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 6:55:00 AM

You have made my day, Paul!! Thank you :))) Warm hugs, xomo

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/9/2020 4:44:00 PM

Interesting work. I wonder if you are talking about Adam and Eve or food? Apples can be good part of a healthy diet and they are low in calories, high in fiber, and just plain good. Alas though Eve ate the apple that she was not suppose to eat or was the fruit on the tree in the middle of the garden really metaphoric language? Sara Thanks for dropping by my page.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 6:51:00 AM

I am talking about Adam and Eve, in a feminist sense. I read recently that you would need to eat 25 apples today to achieve the nutritional value of one apple grown 40 years ago due to our agricultural practices. It's expensive, but I try to shop organic. Warm hugs, mo

Funom Makama

Date: 6/8/2020 8:10:00 PM

hahahahahahaha... No, keep it, you must have it. It's just a rib! Hahahahaha. Great write.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/9/2020 7:02:00 AM

Giggles! Delighted to make you laugh! Have a wonderful day Funom :))) xomo

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/8/2020 6:25:00 AM

Hilarious Mo. HILARIOUS!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/8/2020 2:28:00 PM

Delighted to make you smile :))) Thank you! xomo <3

D.W. Rodgers

Date: 6/6/2020 8:05:00 PM

I love ribs :). One of the distressing things thing about the current situation is the shut down of Farmers Markets. We go for many reasons but the apples they sell are orders of magnitude better than those in grocery stores.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:13:00 PM

Lol! Yeah, I'm missing the farmers market too. Hopefully they'll be back up and running in time for my favourite apples, the russets, they're a later harvest.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/5/2020 5:51:00 PM

hahaha. I LOVE this. I have heard of women who have a rib removed to get that great waist line that some women like me do not have (my waist does not go in nearly as much as I wish it would). Raquel welsh had hers removed. Oh, to be rich and get things done!!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:18:00 AM

It is CRAZY the lengths we will go to to fit some ideal. I love how corsets look but hate anything restricting. Of course, if I was rich, I don't know that I wouldn't get some nice butt implants ;), I worked hard to accept myself, with a mother telling me I needed to wear makeup, that I wouldn't find a man if I didn't shave, lose weight, stop eating so much garlic. Lol. xomo!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/4/2020 5:53:00 PM

So witty and wise, I will think about this the next I have a plate of barbeque ribs :)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 8:42:00 PM

Mmmmm ribs. ~x

Jeff Connelly

Date: 6/4/2020 8:25:00 AM

Got a BIG smile on my face now!!! Thanks Pigeon Tart. More succinct, as is always your way, then a statement I had read years ago, "I didn't come from your rib, but you did come out of my vagina." Lol

Jeff Connelly
Date: 6/4/2020 5:57:00 PM

Holy HUGS back to YOU you Mmmm. Thanks

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 8:28:00 AM

Look at you making my day! Hello my friend! I hope you are keeping well... during these crazy times. I painted a big heart with a 1 in it, with "one love!" on my front door. Hugs you! xomo

Mark Koplin

Date: 6/3/2020 5:46:00 PM

I get it! That is awesome I almost peed myself.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/3/2020 9:46:00 PM

Tee hee! I almost peed myself when I thought of it. xomo! ;)))

Greg Gaul

Date: 6/2/2020 8:53:00 AM

This is too funny and poignant at the same time. On so many levels with so few words it says reams. Excellent social commentary and excellent brevity.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 10:52:00 AM

Thank you for the thorough read! I know I have a tendency to leave my writes open to as shallow or as deep an interpretation a reader may feel comfortable with. Less is mo ;), Warm hugs Greg, and stay well and safe. xomo

Charles Messina

Date: 6/2/2020 5:06:00 AM

LOL.. Love it!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 8:09:00 AM

Cheers! Thank you dear, xomo!

Judy Ball

Date: 6/2/2020 1:05:00 AM

This is really clever. Good one. God Bless, JB

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 8:09:00 AM

Thank you Judy, warm hugs! xomo

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 6/1/2020 10:10:00 PM

I love this, clever lady. I needed to laugh! To my faves...xx Rhonda

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 8:07:00 AM

Tee Hee!!! Enchanté! Thank you Rhonda :))) xomo!

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 6/1/2020 4:36:00 PM

Nice, she didn't need that man anyway

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 5:02:00 PM

Tee hee ;), Cheers Timothy! xomo

John Lawless

Date: 6/1/2020 7:26:00 AM

Another "hisssssssssstory" lesson. Have you become an Apple Tart?

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 7:43:00 AM

Still cherry (they're both roses though) ~xomo!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/1/2020 4:40:00 AM

I absolutely loved this..LMAO! It is going straight into my Faves! Thank you for the cheer. Blessings xxoo

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 6:45:00 AM

Thank you Lovely! I figured I would ruffle some feathers and preen others with this one ;), Hugs! xomo

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/1/2020 3:24:00 AM

Apple pie for me any day of the week. Tom

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 6:47:00 AM

Apple strawberry rhubarb pie smothered in hot custard and I might just die ;), Hugs! xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 6/1/2020 12:22:00 AM

Is she still attracted to the forbidden fruit? (By the way, the GUY who called U a tart, needs to be reported to PS. Forgive but enforced the code we did not frame) shalom Mo shalOm

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 6:44:00 AM

She IS the forbidden fruit. I'm not worried about him, just turned over my cheeky cheek; he overstepped and PS did step in. xo amMO

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/31/2020 11:00:00 PM

Thanks for the thought, ma'am, but Adam has a strict 'All Surgical Procedures are Final' policy. ~ Doctor Lord

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 7:18:00 AM

I'm suing for male-practice ;),

David Mchattie

Date: 5/31/2020 9:46:00 PM

Ever since Eve took that rib from Adam, they've been paying for it. Very clever. Stay well my friend. If you're looking for poems for your podcast... may I suggest my poem 'The Turnip and the Cabbage?" Just a thought. It was the first poem I listed on the soup.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/1/2020 7:20:00 AM

The only cast I've done is plaster, art and the art of bone breaking... show me your first and I'll show you mine ;), xomo!