Unlucky Penny

Unlucky Penny

There once was a man from Virginny
Who found what he thought was a penny
But what he reached down
To pick from the ground
Jumped up and took hold of his ninny!*

~deborah burch
3/31/2012



*note: ninny---American (predominantly Southern) slang for nipple; breast;
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Allen Avatar
April 27, 2012 at 11:13 PM
Cute ! I need to try a few of these when I get a chance as they do best with a sense of humor and you know how I love humor. A great Limerick. lots of Huggs TLee
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April 5, 2012 at 10:15 PM
aaa,,, aweee...lol... now that is funny..thank you for the smile... Deborah, I'm also stopping by to invite you to my newest blog...it was inspired by your latest poem.. "happy thoughts" ~~ I read your note, and it made me think about a lot of things.. I happy to have read your poem tonight,, even your sad one..About Nathan, i did not comment on it..because..i'm waiting for my contest to end.. Thank you, once again,, you have been a true inspiration tonight... always..pd
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April 5, 2012 at 11:06 PM
thank you pd...you got 'soupmail'...tried to come by...got an error...it's doing that on all the blogs for me right now...the middle page disappears..lol much love...deb
Brown Avatar
April 2, 2012 at 5:50 AM
What a way to start a new week seeing all the comments made over the weekend to my poetry. Thank you ever so much for your kind words on my poetry Deborah. It was a pleasure to read you poetry this morning. Love, Carol
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April 1, 2012 at 6:25 PM
Lol. SMILES N MORE SMILES!!! Luv n hugs. Michael
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April 1, 2012 at 3:23 PM
I don't know a ninny, but this jumped out at me as funny!! I still have not soupmailed you. I got sidetracked.Let me do it now.
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