Ups and Downs

Let’s have a staycation, Ted said (he won’t fly
because if he did he would certainly die)
Don’t know how those aeroplanes stay in the sky
You won’t change my thinking so please don’t try

His wife said we just took a family vote
We’re flying abroad while you go by boat
We’ll get there first but we’ll try not to gloat 
You still can relax in the time you’re afloat 

And so off he goes with his luggage on board
And calm is the sea so he feels quite assured
The plane overhead not as high as you’d think
That’s not his concern so he goes for a drink

Was that his wife’s plane, she’s welcome to that
You're safer afloat even if you’re a prat
He said thank you God for the family vote
It was about then that the plane hit the boat
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Wolf Avatar
April 28, 2021 at 5:48 PM
--And that was all she wrote!! ~ Crash Landing
Flood Avatar
April 29, 2021 at 11:59 AM
I guess when the reaper has you in his sights, there’s nowhere to hide! Cheers, Gershon. Terry
Leffanta Avatar
April 28, 2021 at 12:14 PM
Another Biblical "smote"! Aloha! Rico
Flood Avatar
April 28, 2021 at 12:26 PM
Hey Rico, this joke is so old, it probably is biblical. Terry
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