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Wishful Thinking

To be literate makes us cock of the hoop. If we cannot read we’re out of the loop, but can a slowpoke, and illiterate folk, learn to read eating alphabet soup.

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Allen Beilschmidt Sr.

Date: 4/14/2019 2:00:00 PM

Awesome wit Lindsay

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/14/2019 6:40:00 PM

G'day allen … thanks for leaving your positive comment. Catch you soon - Lindsay

Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/13/2019 2:10:00 AM

I think hunger would get the better of you and you'd empty your plate lol

Judy Ball

Date: 4/12/2019 9:55:00 AM

This put a smile on my face. Loved it. I can picture this one in a children rhyme book. Great stuff. God Bless, JB

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/14/2019 6:37:00 PM

Hello Judy … thanks for reading and putting up a comment. I appreciate it - Lindsay

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 4/2/2019 5:55:00 AM

This takes me back to my childhood as we ate and played with our soup. Loved it Lindsay! : ) xxoo

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/4/2019 7:39:00 PM

Hello Connie … as well as alphabet soup, we had one with small animal figures too, but they all went to the same place. Not much alphabet soup travelled to the brain in my young years - pleased you enjoyed this one Connie - Lindsay

Ralph Sergi

Date: 4/1/2019 5:32:00 PM

Hi Lindsay: Great poem! The person who created Alphabet soup was very perceptive

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/4/2019 7:34:00 PM

G'day Ralph … they should serve it to every student in English classes - thanks Ralph - Lindsay

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 3/31/2019 6:29:00 PM

Naaaaaaaaa Mate they'd just be poopin' Scrabble for a week !

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/4/2019 7:32:00 PM

Hi there Jerry …. fair enough. I just hope they weren't playing scrabble then - thanks Jerry - Lindsay

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/31/2019 5:31:00 PM

Cute one. Maybe they can. We were so poor they took all the alphabet out of the soup and saved it for supper. Sara

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/4/2019 7:30:00 PM

G'day Sara … thank you Sara. Crikey; it would have taken you twice as long to learn how to spell - thank you Sara - Lindsay

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/31/2019 2:48:00 PM

Hilarious - But will they sort themselves out into words,or merely become a fruit salad of a soup! Thanks for the laughs Lindsay! Poetry hugs, Jenny.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 4/4/2019 7:27:00 PM

G'day Jennifer … another reason for kids to play with their food Jennifer. Catch you soon - Lindsay

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 3/29/2019 11:43:00 AM

Just had some of the alphabet soup the other day. Mom is coming in for the weekend so we have lots planned. Have a great weekend. love phyl

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:37:00 PM

Thank you Phyllis … I trust your weather is getting better. Our first day this year to remind us winter is on the way - Lindsay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/26/2019 6:24:00 PM

haha. Adorable poetry!!

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:35:00 PM

Hello Andrea … thank you once again Andrea. I would tell my kids the words spelt - eat up your soup (repeat x 100) - thank you Andrea - Lindsay

Rico Leffanta

Date: 3/26/2019 6:18:00 PM

Now that you have brought it up, Jan may find "Vowels in the Bowels" a subject worth exploring. . . . Aloha! Rico

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:31:00 PM

G'day Rico … I'll leave that up to you Rico - thanks Mate - Lindsay

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 3/26/2019 4:59:00 PM

Not likely Lindsay

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:30:00 PM

G'day Timothy … you're right Timothy. Let 'em sort 'emselves out in the stomach - catch you soon Timothy - Lindsay

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 3/26/2019 11:52:00 AM

Brilliant, Lindsay! I love grate lims and this is a GREAT one! Glad ewe liked thee Bubba Clinton right and yew are write - he got caught with his pants down! Carry on, Mate! Bob

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:28:00 PM

G'day Bob … thanks once again Bob. Yeah, silly Billy was the BUTT of many jokes way down here - catch you soon Bob - Lindsay

M. L. Kiser

Date: 3/26/2019 6:14:00 AM

Now there's a cute one; I remember trying, as a kid. I always ended up having to re-arrange the letters but, then they'd float away from one another again and again.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:25:00 PM

Hello M. L. … I think the eaters arrange themselves in my soup to read - eat me. Thanks for commenting M. L. - Lindsay

David Mchattie

Date: 3/25/2019 11:52:00 PM

I once bought french alphabet soup, was totally confused.

Lindsay Laurie
Date: 3/29/2019 5:24:00 PM

G'day David … thanks for your comment. Never thought about Chinese, Japanese, Arabic etc. either David - catch you soon - Lindsay