Does this sound familiar?!!

Discussion in 'Jokes and Games' started by eileen, Jan 28, 2010.

  1. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    A friend sent me this poem in an e.mail so I thought I'd share it with you.

    Twas the month after Christmas,
    and all through the house,
    Nothing would fit me,
    not even a blouse.

    The cookies I'd nibbled,
    the chocolate I'd taste
    At the holiday parties
    had gone to my waist.

    When I got on the scales
    there arose such a number!
    When I walked to the store
    (less a walk than a lumber),

    I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared;
    The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,
    he wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
    And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

    As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
    And prepared once again to do battle with dirt...
    I said to myself, as I only can,
    "You can't spend a Summer, disguised as a man!"

    So, away with the last of the sour cream dip.
    Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip.
    Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
    Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

    I won't have a cookie, not even a lick.
    I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
    I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie.
    I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

    I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore...
    But isn't that what January is for?
    Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
    Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.
     
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  3. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    What a gem this one is.
    Heck...I don't know anyone that hasn't eaten a bit too much over the holidays.

    That poem was well-written and the cadence was right.
    Someone should make a 'Seasons' Greetings' card with that poem on one side and 'The night before christmas' on the other. hahahaha.
     
  4. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    It's all to familiar to me Eileen! I've NEVER eaten like I ate on the holidays!
     
  5. dooley

    dooley Super Garden Turtle

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    Holidays are made for eating, aren't they? dooley
     



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  6. HomeLoverSue

    HomeLoverSue New Seed

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    LOL. I think we all have experienced this to some extent. I've certainly tried to start eating healthier now that the holidays have gone... but what can I say?? I'm a sucker for cookies :)
     
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    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    Eileen that is so cute and so true. I do have to get all the 'junk' out of the kitchen...I don't have any willpower! :rolleyes:
     
  8. dooley

    dooley Super Garden Turtle

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    Cookies? Did someone say cookies? They are my downfall, especially around Christmas. I love to make cookies but they are NOT on my diet so I have to give the most of them to someone else. I try to make nutritious cookies. You know, the ones with oatmeal and fruit, etc and not much sugar.
    dooley
     

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