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When the Chips Are Down

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A model enjoyed eating french fries they began adding bulk to her thighs As each chip passed her lips Weight soon piled on her hips Once skinny, she became a plus size (In the UK fries are also known as chips) 8/5/18

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J.W. Earnings

Date: 8/7/2018 5:55:00 AM

Authentic, vibrant and honest poem here! Love it. -JWE

Jan Allison
Date: 8/7/2018 7:18:00 AM

Thanks David:-) hugs Jan xx

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/7/2018 2:52:00 AM

I love the positivity of this!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/7/2018 5:14:00 AM

Great comment Caren!!:-) hugs Jan xx

Arthur Vaso

Date: 8/7/2018 12:53:00 AM

You have her number? LOL Loved this.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/7/2018 5:13:00 AM

I'll look it up for you lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 8/6/2018 9:03:00 PM

G'day Jan … you just can't beat a feed of about ten pound of potato chips and finish them off with a potato cake - number one tucker - Lindsay

Jan Allison
Date: 8/7/2018 5:13:00 AM

LOL Lindsay:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/6/2018 2:59:00 PM

Chip (potato chips and french fries) were my demise as a youth, Jan. I babysat for a woman the summer of my 14th year. She always had lots of chips and stuff for me to eat. I put on ten pounds in that one summer and it was all downhill from there. I still cannot resist them but I just try to avoid buying them, though Joe loves them too!! Good poem.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 3:08:00 PM

Thanks Andrea:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/6/2018 6:39:00 AM

Mmm chips , I do love them lots of salt and vinegar, lucky I exercise so my thighs are ok. Tom

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:45:00 AM

No salt for me but vinegar and tom sauce!:-) hugs jan xx

John Lawless

Date: 8/6/2018 5:45:00 AM

At least she keeps on working.....

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:37:00 AM

That's a positive way to look at it John!:-) hugs jan x

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/5/2018 8:59:00 PM

As the great John Beluchi might have opined: Hamburger, hamburger, hamburger, chips, chips, chips … Oy!! Jan, you are a limerick lollapalooza (whatever that means) ~ GW

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:36:00 AM

Thanks GW:-) hugs Jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/5/2018 6:37:00 PM

I have written on my hand before Jan...I had to giggle at what you wrote below. My mindset changes when I am in Europe, I think the same goes for Australia. I remember they are called chips there. This poem is cute. Wish we could eat anything we like without gaining weight! : )

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:34:00 AM

we have had oven chips at home last week but before that its over a year since I cooked them and we rarely have them unless we go for a meal and then it is only as a treat:-) hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y.

Date: 8/5/2018 3:49:00 PM

Lol! Jan, I'm with Richard I wasn't expecting that at all. She needs to put down the chips:-) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:33:00 AM

Definitely Alexis!:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/5/2018 3:34:00 PM

Clever, clever girl (but one need not be British to know "Fish & Chips")! As for the model, nothing quite like adding salt to one's own wounds! Aloha! Rico

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:32:00 AM

We have fish and chips as a treat:-) hugs Jan xx

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 8/5/2018 2:22:00 PM

Cute limerick! And calling french fries chips is just wrong!!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/6/2018 11:32:00 AM

Calling crisps 'chips' is equally wrong lol:-) hugs jan xx

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 8/5/2018 10:03:00 AM

Ha ha, not what I was expecting!

Jan Allison
Date: 8/5/2018 12:40:00 PM

I was travelling in the car with hubby and got this silly idea and had to write the poem on a paper napkin as I'd not got my notebook with me lol:-) hugs jan xx

Jack Horne

Date: 8/5/2018 9:58:00 AM

LOL, good one - knew I could visit your page & have a chuckle x

Jan Allison
Date: 8/5/2018 12:39:00 PM

Thanks Jack:-) hugs Jan xx

Line Gauthier

Date: 8/5/2018 9:25:00 AM

Cute, Jan. Gives me an idea for a sideline job.

Jan Allison
Date: 8/5/2018 12:39:00 PM

lol Line:-) hugs Jan xx