Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Funny Business

Once again Tuesday is upon us, and for the first time in a few weeks I'm actually on-line prior to 3pm.  All that means is no late starts for me today.  After posting this, I'm heading right on over to D'verse for Open Link Night.  If you like poetry, which I'm assuming you do, I highly advise you hop on over just the same.

Well, for today's post I thought I'd do something I rarely do.  Well, check that, I write this type of stuff all the time, it's just that I very rarely post what's written.  I thought I'd post something with a bit of humor in it.  What follows are some of these mini-poems I've written.  I typically jot down anything and everything, and sometimes I find them funny.  These are some of what I consider the best of them. Well, they amuse me anyhow, hopefully they'll conjure a giggle or two in you as well.


A Babylonian songbird,
Wearing socks of steel
Finds the air impossible to steer

Whilst aquamarine may feel a tad bit green
Cerulean always appears consistently blue

Sordid collections
Are typically vile sets

The anchorman on the evening news,
Reported that the axe-murderer
had once again eluded justice
To which, the child remarked,
“he must be quite cleaver.”

Just because a Cactus is inherently cereus,
Doesn’t mean it can’t lighten up a room.

Brad’s cheat sheet fell from his desk to the floor.
After retrieving it, the middle-school teacher revealed her stern side, prompting Foster to unexpectedly smile from ear to ear


39 comments:

  1. oh boy fred - this is great man - i love em all, having the desired affect - i raised a smile or two and i'm a moody fucker! -

    i love this stuff - it holds the truth in its humor and probably goes for deeper than we recongnise.

    also birds with steel footwear - if you cant get with that - get the hell out!

    nice work fred - more of these please -

    cheered me up :D

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    1. Thanks man. Yeah, I'm moody as all can be. There's a bit in there, language wise, symbolic I can't recall for sure, but definitely I use language a lot in my bits. Yeah, I love those snippets you forget you wrote and they crack you up- the bird one was definitely one of those for me. Thanks again. I'll try to filter some more of these in from time to time.

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  2. Thanks for the laughs, these are fantastic! I agree with Arron, more please :)! The color joke was my favorite but you probably guessed that.

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    1. Thanks Anna. I will try to filter more in from time to time. Glad you liked them. The Cerulean and the Aquamarine lines were from a small little one act play about the superheroes CeruleANN and Amber Gris , where Aqua Marine is one of the other characters- the play is pretty awful though, but I saw this bit in there and was one of those pleasant moments that come up going over older stuff. I had a feeling you'd like the color bits. Thanks again.

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    2. That sounds like an awesome premise for a play so I doubt it's awful. I'm completely curious about what superpowers they'd wield with such cool names. I enjoy finding gems in old unfinished work. Sometimes I rework them into something new.

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    3. Yeah, I saw the piece and said ooh..and then as I was reading it I said Ugh… just one of those things. But yeah, reworking things are something I do often so perhaps. Well, as for powers go, CeruleANN had control of this blue energy stuff and could also control anything blue. In this one act play she used the water and the sky. Amber Gris is not a mutant as is C. She was trapped in a perfume factory, she worked there, and an explosion took place and she then transformed into having powers, obviously of perfume nature. She's a bit older and is not only C's partner but like a mother figure. Aqua is just a character, a neighborhood girl who happened to see C playing around with her newfound power and threatened to tell the police on her if she didn't get to play along. Anyhow, it's pretty bad, a perfect example is that the play is just about them learning how to play with their power, no villain to speak of either, just some trapped kids on a boat but who knows, maybe I'll do something with it someday. Thanks again

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  3. haha...nice...what an unusual voice for you...really enjoyed this fred..some great wordplays..

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    1. Hahaa, Claudia, yeah It is a different voice isn't it. Glad you enjoyed them. Thanks

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  4. I feel a stern reproof is in order, somehow...even though you left me feeling far from indigo. Laughingly, I depart, lightened by the xeric quality of your wit.

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    1. haha. Yeah. Glad you got a laugh or two. Was the point. Great word xeric by the way. actually had to look it up, had a feeling based on context, which was confirmed, but a new word learned is new knowledge born. So thank you.

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  5. haha i do stuff like this as well...i have snippets that may never make poems but make me smile every time i look at them...these were some good ones fred...

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    1. Thanks Brain. Yeah, just was writing about that here in the comments. Love when you find something you forgot you wrote and gives you a kick or two. Really glad you enjoyed them. Definitely refreshing for a change of pace I think. Thanks again.

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  6. Cute, Fred... I especially like the first two.

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  7. The mad axe man is quite cleaver... very clever! LOL
    Yes, I smiled at a few too Fred, thanks. :)

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    1. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed them, a smile is never a bad thing:) Thanks again.

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  8. hahahaha think this is the first time I've seen you post this type of humor. Very well done, I burst out laughing at the anchorman one..hahaha..exactly what a kid would say.

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    1. Hahaha. Yeah a rarity for sure. The shadow side has to go to bed sometime right? Speaking of anchormen, I just watched a snippet from it tonight- talk about coincidence huh- saw this snippet, posted it and there Anchorman was on the living room screen. Couldn't stay though, had to get back to watch the 3rd period of the game. But seen it tons of times before anyhow. I actually had aspirations a past life ago of doing some stand-up, but then I realized that for most of my jokes people didn't get or I was the only one laughing-lol Seems like a lot of people enjoyed these, so maybe I'll filter some more in from time to time going forward. Thanks again.

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  9. Oh, these be good and fun.

    For favourites I really dig the first one and cleaver, ha.

    Nice use of colour and words too.

    Nice work with these.

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    1. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed these. I love colour, actually have a few more I may put up soon, maybe as a second post. I did this whole project on colors a while back and have tons of material I never wound up using. Looking back at it now, some I wonder why I never used them, others I realize exactly why-lol Thanks again

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  10. Fred I love these--you have a wonderful eye and a wonderful vocab to go with it! And I did chuckle!

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    1. Thanks Audrey, appreciate that. Chuckling is good.

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  11. Oh man- this line killed me- 'he must be quite cleaver' (no pun intended)... I actually really enjoy this kind of free-writing (i know you're collecting together the best bits here) but it allows so much freedom- literally expressing those almost unconscious thoughts that appear in your head...really liked the first stanza too- really great imagination

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    1. Thanks Stu. I free write all the time. Actually some of my best bits I didn't feel appropriate to post-lol Don't feel like putting the old disclaimer Google insists upon in such cases. actually most of my poems begin in a similar process, just start writing and what comes comes and go from there.

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    1. surreal is an awesome compliment. Thanks, I definitely appreciate that.

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  13. Quite cleaver...very fun and funny.
    I really love the color word play! Encore!!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoyed your piece at your place. Glad you liked this. I'll try filtering some more of these in from time to time. Hope you enjoy the other stuff I write as well, I am truly all over the board. Thanks again and nice to meet you.

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  14. I like the light piece...I think sometimes we should write for fun (look at Pat) ....I specially like the last one ~

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    1. Thanks Heaven. Yeah I write whatever comes to me. unfortunately or fortunately, not really sure-lol but lots of the time the stuff I write is a bit heavy or darker, so it's a pleasant change of pace when some lighter fare comes to mind. Glad you enjoyed them. Thanks again

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  15. Hey, Fred! Always enjoy your comments on Pat's blog and thought I'd come over and say hello. Clever play on words here! Didn't realize you were a writer/poet. I'll be back to visit again....

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    1. Thanks Betsy. I love it over there at pat's. Very conducive for me, a place where someone like me can be as genuinely weird as I must seem over in his comments-lol. As a matter of fact, I've found myself rhyming in other peoples blogs now out of habit too. So glad you stopped on over. Thanks again.

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  16. this is light-hearted with some depth. i'm glad you posted it becuz it is fun and consequently, of value. your vision brings these moments alive.

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    1. Ed, thanks I appreciate that. Value is very important in my opinion, and to find as such even in light-hearted fare as these snippets really means a lot. Glad you enjoyed them. Thanks

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  17. These are awesome!


    "he must be quite cleaver.”

    That's hilarious.

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  18. Ha, thanks for the laugh. My favorite:

    "Whilst aquamarine may feel a tad bit green
    Cerulean always appears consistently blue"

    I feel like I need to try to incorporate humor into my work more often.

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  19. You really caught the bright side of my humour with these Fred. I wish I could write something funny, really funny. I have been sinking deep into the pit of my stomach for the funny bone that I musta et and which just don't wanta dislodge. You didn't eat it did you? :) I loved the one about the Babylonian songbird which is not as funny as the rest, perhaps, but just struck that thing in the bent of my soul I call my penchant for the absurd!

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  20. So glad I read this today. It seems that one good pun deserves another and you certainly have a way with providing chuckles and maybe one of those humorous groans or two. I needed this today. Thank you.

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