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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 668063" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Twas the month after Christmas,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">and all through the house,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Nothing would fit me,</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">not even a</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">blouse.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The cookies</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'd nibbled,</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">the chocolate I'd taste </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> and the holiday parties</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">had gone to my waist.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When I got on the scales</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">there arose such a number!</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When I walked to the store</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(less a walk than a lumber),</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And prepared once again to do battle with dirt...</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I said to myself, as I only can,</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"You can't spend a winter, disguised as a man!"</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So away with the last of the sour cream dip.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Every last bit of food that I like must be banished</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Till all the additional ounces have vanished.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I won't have a cookie, not even a lick.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But isn't that what January is for?</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 668063, member: 1246"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]Twas the month after Christmas,[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]and all through the house,[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]Nothing would fit me,[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]not even a[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy] [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black]blouse.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]The cookies[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I'd nibbled,[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]the chocolate I'd taste [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] and the holiday parties[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]had gone to my waist.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]When I got on the scales[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]there arose such a number![/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]When I walked to the store[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial](less a walk than a lumber),[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]And prepared once again to do battle with dirt...[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I said to myself, as I only can,[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]"You can't spend a winter, disguised as a man!"[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]So away with the last of the sour cream dip.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Every last bit of food that I like must be banished[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Till all the additional ounces have vanished.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I won't have a cookie, not even a lick.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]But isn't that what January is for?[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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