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Tag Archives: Humour
Who Would Want to Teach a Child This Nursery Rhyme?
When my youngest son was two, he could recite every nursery rhyme I knew. So, I visited my local library to find some new ones I could teach him. Although I did find a few more that were suitable, my … Continue reading
Posted in #Love, Blog, Family, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged children, Humour, learning, Nursery rhymes, teaching, unsuitable verse, woodpecker's hole, wrong interpretation of words
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The Day I Met The Other Me.
Happily browsing in a particularly long, narrow aisle of a clothing store, I was concentrating on the display of numerous tops and blouses. Carefully examining each one, I got about halfway down the racks when my path was blocked by … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged browsing, crazy things, dancing in the aisles, Humour, Laughing, new tops to wear, Nice woman, reflections, Shopping, Silly things we do
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This Makes Me Laugh
Eye-say! have you seen Eye-do? My acrylic painting called ‘Eye-see’ always makes me smile, especially when I turn it around and It then becomes ”Eye-do’. It looks like two people in old-fashioned swimming costumes.
Posted in Art, Original Paintings, Uncategorized
Tagged acrylic paints, Eye, Humour, lips, modern art, Original Painting, Pop Art
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Middle-Age Musings
The years described as ‘middle age’ are arbitrary, but commonly believed to occur later now than one hundred years ago. The middle years occupy about one-third of our life cycle, and can last between twenty and thirty years. For the … Continue reading
Does This Sound Familiar?
I couldn’t resist reblogging this from
Posted in Humour, Uncategorized
Tagged #Bloggers, Blogging, Cartoon, Fun, Humour, Lifestyle
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Crossed Wires – and the Things People Say
Years ago, shortly after my youngest son went to university, I was telling a neighbour about his achievement. “Oh! I’ve heard of that. Univer City. It’s in America isn’t it? Even now, when I’m writing the word, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Uncategorized
Tagged #Promoting Poets, Family, Family Life, Funny Things, Humour, Lifestyle, Neighbours, Sons, Spelling, Things People Do, Things People Say, University
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Compliments and Put Downs
A few months ago, our 10-year-old granddaughter built up her granddad’s ego by telling him he was ‘cool’. As his chest was swelling with pride she qualified her statement by saying, “yes cool, Constipated – Overweight – Overrated – Loser”. Oh dear! I … Continue reading
Posted in Humour
Tagged Family Life, Grandchildren, Humour, Joking, Put Downs, Relationships, What Children Say
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Dear Fellow Bloggers
BLOGGER FRIENDS Oh! What am I doing? I swore I never would Broadcast my whole life In sight of every hood *** “You’ll be taking a risk” So everyone had said “They’ll know about you.” Scared me, filled me with … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Psychological Thriller, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon Kindle E-books, author, Humour, Poetry, Readers, Reviewers, Suspense
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Funny Things We Do
As a little girl your grandmother deliberately tucked her skirt into her knickers to play with friends or paddle on the beach; now she may do it accidentally when she visits the toilet. Nothing has changed. Don’t you just … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ageing, Family Life, Funny Things We Do, Grandmothers, Growing old, Humour, Lifestyle, Old people
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Funny Memories
Funny Memories.
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Tagged Art, Graffiti, Humour, Memories, Painting, Popular Culture
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