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Unlucky

Six men are strolling atop the levee They whistle a tune, happy as can be Recklessly one falls over, Splashing into the water I’m glad the unlucky one wasn’t me.
written November 27, 2021

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Date: 11/28/2021 7:10:00 PM
I am glad too! Funny!
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/28/2021 7:14:00 PM
Thanks, Caren. This is the kind of limerick you write when you are suffering from writer's block...which you never are!!!!!!
Date: 11/28/2021 3:32:00 AM
Fun write Milt...Delice
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/28/2021 10:56:00 AM
Thanks, Delice. Just toying around with the limerick here.
Date: 11/27/2021 8:47:00 PM
Enjoyable limerick: east to read and grasp and good rhymes. What more can a limerist ask for? / Maurice
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/28/2021 10:57:00 AM
Thanks, Maurice.
Date: 11/27/2021 7:17:00 PM
G'day Milton ... youse weren't walking home from the pub were you - thanks Milton - Lindsay
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/27/2021 7:28:00 PM
Nope. But, it is certainly a worthy conclusion!
Date: 11/27/2021 5:35:00 PM
That four-leaf clover you stashed in your pocket saved you from hypothermia! Lol...ab
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/27/2021 7:28:00 PM
Hmmm....possibly!
Date: 11/27/2021 3:58:00 PM
Better stay dry and safe, Milton, luck it wasn't you, :)
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/27/2021 4:20:00 PM
(chuckling) Thanks, Vie. I'll try to stay high and dry! Hope you're doing well.
Date: 11/27/2021 3:21:00 PM
But it could have been…perhaps though you are the seventh dwarf. You must be grumpy…don’t scowl at me ;)
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/27/2021 4:20:00 PM
Hmmm...a few folks over the years have said that of me, but I think I'm "Happy!"

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