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Friday, February 26, 2010

It's not polite to insult bears


Darn these crummy bifocals. Yesterday I thought I read the following headline:

"Cruel winter's latest

insults bears downeast"

Then I read it again:
"Cruel winter's latest insult bears down on East"

Well thank goodness. I'd hate to think some rude "latest" is going around insulting bears in Maine.

It gave me such a grin that I have been inspired to "limerize" the following poem:

IT'S NOT POLITE TO INSULT BEARS
by Kim Norman

The bulletin caused me to frown,
and my brain wondered, "Black bears? or brown?"
Then I found my opaque,
Ursa Major mistake
was confusing a verb for a noun.

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4 comments:

elysabeth said...

How funny. Bifocals are a pain no matter what. I love the little limerick. I will remember not to insult the bears, except the one that lives above my head (husband = bear but not teddy, grizzly) - lol. Thanks for giving me a laugh. E :)

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Elysabeth Eldering
Author of the JGDS, 50-state, mystery, trivia series
http://jgdsseries.blogspot.com
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過分 said...

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