i just wrote. yes, i'm bored and starting to write really bad poems. 

Don't worry Pete ,Spring is coming soon!!!!
But not bad....

Pete pass the bottle this way. ~~~~~~> ; )

Pete...

Never mind.

Frank

Pete!

I'm sure your fig production is much better than limerick production! Thanks for the laugh on a snowy day here in eastern Maryland.

*passing the bottle around* i'll make it a bushmill in spirit of our irish friends. 

Whats a bushmill ?

martin, 

it's actually bushimills.. i can't spell. it's the only irish whiskey that will drink. at least that's how it was with my irish friends in nyc. 

Agh,

it goes well with pint of Guinness for chaser :) 

Hey,
I'm snowed in and you guys are making me crazy. I've even been to the Bushmills distillery.
There was an old man who sat 
not on his arse nor his hat
he drank from his glass 
and spat on a lass
and she pulled ten figs from his a^%

never ever spit on a bar wench.. she will spit on your pint. lol

I could see where this is going....get ready.  I'd join the fun but then why make poor Jon delete my contributions.

Pete...don't quit your day job.  Thanks for the laughs....and, stick to the Bag-pipes.  (I tuned Jerry O'Sullivan's piano last year.  Great Uilleann pipes musician).


; )   : )  Frank

lol! 



Lovely poem Pete. Lets all share!

i call this shot "a pig with a fig on a glass of grog".. lol

Uh huh.  Let's see...

There once was a girl from Nantucket
... (oh wait, that one might not be appropriate for here)  

So while we're on a thread of limericks, here's an almost-limerick that offers an unusual twist on connections other than rhymes:

   There once was a man from St. Bees
   Who was stung in the arm by a wasp
   When asked "Does it hurt?"
   He replied "No it doesn't.
   I'm so glad it wasn't a hornet."

As for beverages, I'm with Jennifer.  (Your choice gets my vote Jen... I think it's time to uncork a cab).

Mike   central NY state, zone 5

OK, revision of the original:
there once was a man who grew a fig
his wife questioned his wisdom
  the fig grew well, but the fruit was not yet ripe
The wife questioned the wisdom again.
He questioned his choice of wife.
She ended it all with deft swing of her knife!

These are the times in which we live!

Sweet Suzi

frank.. wait.. i feel a haiku coming on.. hmm.. dang. lost it :) i would have loved to learn how to play uilleann. the sound is just divine. but never got around to finding a teacher.. and even practice set costs arms and legs.. that is a well made one that you can add on drones and regulators later on from reputable makers. we are talking near $10,000 for complete set.. then again highland pipes are going up also from premium makers. 

but elbow pipes do have much greater range. and you can do much more with them. still love my highland pipes. nothing gets my blood pumping like GHB. 

Pete, what is it you are smoking?  Could you share?

Sweet Suzi

suzi, 

nope.. i'm indoor. no smoking in my house. but i'm enjoying few pints of greatest irish export. Guinness :)

Pete - nice glass.

suzi,

i hold shodan in kendo. knife is too small for my sword. beside.. i cook in my house :)

micheal, 

it's one of 4 Guinness pint glasses i have left. one with old OEM manufacturers of Guinness brand. there were times i would empty out a bars stock of Guinness in one night.. before marriage :) 

LOL!!!

Lukie29....re: post #4

Two words, said it all. 

Less, is more, sometimes.




Frank