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Understanding Irish Logic

Poor Paddy's wife thinks he is cruel Because of his strict leap year rule No leap year - there’s no gift It's caused many a rift But Paddy says he is no fool! His wife gets no gifts for three years She’s fed up and bursts into tears With a decree nisi She could date a kind guy But this request falls on deaf ears! Their daughter says buy mum some lunch Or flowers in a pretty bunch Paddy thinks on his feet And buys her a ‘treat'... A packet of cheap monster munch! 02/07/20
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Date: 2/18/2020 8:19:00 PM
Love the humor, Jan!
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Date: 2/10/2020 6:55:00 PM
G'day Jan … the logic appears great for a lonely life Jan. Thank you - Lindsay
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Date: 2/10/2020 8:44:00 AM
GREAT take on the prompt, Jan. Janice
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Date: 2/9/2020 4:03:00 PM
:) I don't know what "monster munch" is, but I laughed out loud! If the wife were wise, she could only celebrate one out of each four of Paddy's birthdays. Best wishes in the Leap Year contest! Hugs, Carolyn
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Date: 2/9/2020 8:13:00 AM
My kind of guy! Fun Lim, Jan, enjoyed. Viv x
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Date: 2/8/2020 8:44:00 PM
Enjoyed everything about this: The Irish limerick, the well-balanced diet, and your limerick! Thanks, Jan. Cheers, Gershon
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Date: 2/8/2020 8:11:00 PM
My childhood friend has some Irish in her. When we were visiting, me..my husband and my grownup son (who lives in Minnesota too) my son asks her what brought you from Arizona to Minnesota. She says: would I be rude if I said a car. (Oh how I knew then I had missed her sarcastic humor) Enjoyed your poem and all the attached humor. My husband and kids are part Irish :) <3 Kim
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Date: 2/8/2020 4:59:00 PM
This should be worth more than few pints of Guinness at the pub! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 2/8/2020 11:10:00 AM
Lol! Jan, Good strings of Limericks about the leap year! I’m so happy I wasn’t born on Feb the 29! That would suck getting a present every four years. I wish you the best of luck in the contest. Enjoy the rest of your day.PS, Thanks for being the first the comment on my poem. As you know I’ve been gone a while and it mean a lot:-) Alexis
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Date: 2/8/2020 7:51:00 AM
Oh, I don't like Paddy such a cheapo .. love it my friend , good luck in the contest.
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Date: 2/7/2020 8:00:00 PM
Patty is one that knows the direction, right? Of course...
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Date: 2/7/2020 5:16:00 PM
A very clever limerick about leap year Jan. Folks born on the 29th kind of get cheated come birthday time, but they keep much younger. Lol. Very cute. xxoo
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Date: 2/7/2020 2:38:00 PM
Hello Jan , love, love, love the poem. I feel sorry for the wife. have a nice day my friend. Hugs.
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 4:57:00 PM
Thanks darlene:-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 2/7/2020 1:32:00 PM
So does that mean he owes her 4 gifts on leap year ;)
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 4:57:00 PM
Lol I expect she only gets one... he wouldn't want to spoil her :-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 2/7/2020 1:25:00 PM
What a miser! Poor wife! You sure he was Irish not Scottish!! Thank you for the entertainment :) Hugs // paul
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 4:54:00 PM
To be sure he could have been Scottish too lol:-) hugs Jan xx a
Date: 2/7/2020 1:02:00 PM
Jan, oh how I love your fun limericks, you are the limerick queen, and this one does not disappoint, well done my friend _Constance
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 4:54:00 PM
I had fun writing this one Constance!:-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 2/7/2020 12:45:00 PM
Like Tom said, it's the thought that counts. Fun stuff Jan. I'll bet you are a hoot in person. That means funny!
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Daniel Turner
Date: 2/7/2020 12:55:00 PM
Keep up the good work, everyone likes to smile:)
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 12:53:00 PM
In truth i am really quiet in 'real life':-) i just like to try and make folk smile with these silly poems:-) hugs Jan xx
Date: 2/7/2020 12:29:00 PM
- Turning on every penny ... (recycling the toilet paper) ... he is cruel and stingy, Jan :) - Have a wonderful weekend :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 12:35:00 PM
Yeuk at recycled loo paper lol:-) have a great weekend:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 2/7/2020 12:14:00 PM
Haha, brilliant Jan, its the thought that counts, to be sure to be sure, love the pics with it. Tom.
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Tom Cunningham
Date: 2/7/2020 12:40:00 PM
Certainly not Jan, and you'll find the Irish laugh at others as well as themselves, we enjoy the craic.
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Jan Allison
Date: 2/7/2020 12:34:00 PM
Lol Tom I was worried when I had reads and no comments and thought the humour had been lost lol:-) hugs Jan xx a
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