Who’s The Daddy
Teacher asked the class, “Who wrote ‘My kingdom for a horse’?”
Timothy jumped up and shouted, “That’s John Wayne, of course.”
The teacher said, “That’s wrong; it’s from the sixteenth century,
It was written by Will Shakespeare around fifteen ninety-three.”
Teacher asked, “Who said ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’?”
Timothy jumped up again, “Lord Nelson gets my vote.”
Teacher shook her head, “The line was one of Robert Shaw’s
It’s from the nineteen seventies and it was said in ‘Jaws’.”
But teacher felt frustrated and said, “Answer this one, Laddy,
Who was it that started the expression ‘Who’s the Daddy’?”
Timothy jumped up again, his face was full of glee
That’s Joseph of Nazareth… in about One B.C.”
Copyright © Terry Flood | Year Posted 2023
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