RoBo Calls
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RoBo Calls
Miracle Man
4/25/2025
I’ve a strong dislike that now borders on hate,
toward those unwanted calls that won’t abate.
I get perhaps ten or so of these calls every day,
th...
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Categories:
old codger, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Old Codger
...Get thee hence! Get thee hence!
Away the riffraff from my fence
Ye've rattled window and rattled doors
Till there's no peace upon the moors
The hallowed folk have left their graves
To rid themse...
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Categories:
old codger, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Snakes He'd Shoo
...Have a Guiness and let’s toast St. Patrick
Whether laddie, lass or old codger geriatric
A bold gent with such clout
All Eire’s snakes he shooed out
Never has there been a saint so theatri...
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Categories:
old codger, celebration, humor,
Form: Limerick
1968 My first funeral
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I wonder why everybody felt the need,
to express their opinions so openly,
about this man who had the misfortune to die.
I watched them slowly strolling past the casket,
like they were shoppi...
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Categories:
old codger, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Rogering Roger
...The gals are besotted with Roger,
he's famed for the size of his todger,
they pay for his time
(he charges a dime) -
he's ninety but not an old codger.
No need of Viagra in force
as Roger's a...
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Categories:
old codger, jobs,
Form: Limerick
Gonna Keep On A-Gawking
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For a man of my age, I should no longer dream
Of pretty young fillies, quite naughty it seems
But we don't lose the joy to gawk and to stare
When the sweet scent of female fills up t...
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Categories:
old codger, fun,
Form: I do not know?
Long Live the Soup
...Just received a message of love
From a dear sweet soul on the Soup
It blew me away brought a tear to my eye
To feel such love whatta a hoot
These friendships here are quite common
The ...
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Categories:
old codger, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Association of Chronic Bellyachers
...When traveling a stretch of life's highway
Does it feel like it's uphill both ways?
Does it feel like winter's twelve months long?
Do you work like a dog for small pay?
Well welcome to ...
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Categories:
old codger, anger,
Form: Rhyme
I Stare In the Mirror
...I Stare in the Mirror
I stare in the mirror and what do I see?
An old man with rheumy eyes looking at me.
Who is this old codger, this balding old shell,
Who cannot r...
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Categories:
old codger, age,
Form: Rhyme
Kenny Rogers
...Some people call me Kenny
Because of my resemblance to Mr. Rogers
Wish I had his enormous piles of dough
I'd sure be a happy old codger
Methinks they mean before his facelift
At least ...
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Categories:
old codger, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Old Codger Crotchfield
...Old Codger Crotchfield of Livermore
Knows of no child he does not deplore
When kids trick or treat
He throws them pig's feet
The next day raw eggs cling to his door
Written 10/17/22...
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Categories:
old codger, humor,
Form: Limerick
Youtube Computer Networking Tutorials a Dog Send
...Youtube computer networking tutorials a dog send
Ideal to peruse the vast treasure trove
of lecture material
pertaining to aforementioned title
on the webbed wide world
especially gratifying t...
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Categories:
old codger, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Lucky Is a Hit
...I am bringing my puppy, the old codger said.
The rest of the foursome were less than pleased with young Lucky.
But the puppy was no trouble, and helped their team get ahead.
Many others let them p...
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Categories:
old codger, dog,
Form: Free verse
Corsets and Candy Cigarettes
...Where are my old white corsets
Right next to your candy cigarettes
Hey! We didn't get today's edition of 'Grit'
It's canceled. They use bad words now like 'Guck' and 'Spit'
Oh, and I can'...
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Categories:
old codger, humorous, nostalgia, sister,
Form: Couplet
Steampunk Cat Listens To Uncle Tom
...Steampunk Cat had some weird feelings in his head.
They clanged around against metal, filled him with dread.
Something is happening, he told his Uncle Tom Stead.
I feel a storm is coming, that mig...
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Categories:
old codger, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme
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