She’s a manzanita preacher:
This fire testifies in tongue –
“Give me my glasses”…..
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
aged 74 who immediately after died of a heart attack
There it comes and here I go
the Halley’s comet streaming past
millennium's of existence,
glowing in the dark skies above
Mississippi, like the day it did when
I was born. Stories, fables and laughs
and all! Now it is my final call! The comet waits
with its chariot of haze and glows, but it
has room for just one more,
I shall journey with it past the galaxies,
for millions of years, through eternity, before I get
another call- to be something that nature
may choose. Right now just give me the glasses,
so I can survey the skies for my travel pass,
to re-enter that domain of eternal preservation,
leaving my mortal cask to merge with earth,
but my heart shall resonate with Tom and Huckle,
their joys and pranks worth a chuckle,
while I make my way to the stellar state,
and in there, no life, no death, no fate.
Ignorance, confidence you need--
Just two things in life to succeed.
Mark Twain said this long back
Of crackpots on one track,
Here’s Trump, out to prove Mark Twain’s creed--
He, whose ignorance vies
With his confident lies,
Chickens out in the end indeed!
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Happenings |20.09.2025| Humour, politician, USA
Dancing in the Rain
Let`s dance in the rain,
Come and be my twain,
Let us not worry,
Let us just be free
And dance in the rain.
'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'"[
Attributed to Mark Twain
anyone can tell a lie but it takes a politician to tell a statistic
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.
Mark Twain
If that is the case~ how come I still make so many bad decisions
I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.
Mark Twain
at least I can still count to ten and spell cat
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions.
Mark Twain
I have a ton of experience~ why am I still making bad decisions
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain
I can’t remember what I said yesterday so it must all have been true
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
Mark Twain
we have two wonderful border collies~ I prefer their company
Never miss an opportunity to shut up.
Mark Twain
Ok.
Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
Mark Twain
no wonder Washington is a stinking cesspool!
Jumpin' Frog
My name is Dan'l Webster
this is my story and I'm stickin' to it
I'm green with a long tongue
wet, slimy skin for a coat.
I eat all sorts of insects
but flies, now there’s a delicacy.
Used to live in a pond
till Jim Smiley took me.
Sure do miss my family
and all my friends.
Had a good job
racing others of my kind.
Jim would bet money
with others of his kind.
I was the best. I could
out hop another for distance
and speed. Twasn't hard as
I was rewarded with flies.
A stranger appeared one day
looking to bet with ole' Jim.
He needed one like me, so
I was left with the stranger.
Whilst Jim went out for another
like me, that stranger filled me
with big round lead balls.
Don't taste like any flies.
Jim came back and bet $40
that I could beat this new
challenger. Well, someone
said go and I couldn't move.
Jim lost his 40 smackers and
was madder than a wet hornet.
When the stranger left, Jim
picked me up and I felt heavier.
He turned me upside down
and I croaked and them metal
balls rolled out. Jim was upset
but couldn't find the stranger.
I never raced in Calaveras County
again. That's my story and I'm
stickin' to it.
American humorist and writer, Mark Twain
born as Samuel Clemens, his name in history does not wane.
He attacked Big Business with “The Gilded Age.”
An observant journalist as well, Twain was very sage.
Twain writes ahead
Of his time, yet
Died penniless.
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