Sunday, January 17, 2010

Some Hopes!




CARRY ON TUESDAY
http://carryontuesday.blogspot.com/2010/01/carry-on-tuesday-36.html
This week the quote is from Robert Browning.
Grow old along with me;
The best is yet to be.

SOME HOPES!

If you want to grow old along with me
You must retain your agility!
Your eyesight must remain quite clear
Likewise the hearing in each ear!
You mustn't clack ill-fitting dentures!
You must embrace all brand new ventures.
You musn't wear out-dated clothes
Or have any hairs sticking out of your nose!
You mustn't listen to Forties tunes
Or have little naps in the afternoons!
You mustn't snore, you mustn't wheeze!
In fact, NO nasty noises! Please!
You were once 'the best', so I'm informed,
The ladies swooned, the ladies swarmed!
Since then I think you've gone off the boil!
And all your hinges are needing oil!
I shudder at what is yet to be!
But I am facing reality!
Sweetheart! I'll certainly marry you!
Half of everything?
That'll do!
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Variations on the theme here:

http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/10/163-flop.html




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11 comments:

  1. ElisabethJanuary 17, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    Brilliant verse and picture here Brenda. So apt.

    I watched Shirley Temple in Curly Top the other night for nostalgia's sake and wondered at the older man's passion for a dear little girl. We'd look at it differently today.

    How cynical we've become. With good reason perhaps but still...

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  2. JinksyJanuary 17, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    What a DOM - leave you to add the words! lol :)

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  3. keiths ramblingsJanuary 17, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    Your words certainly made me smile, and as for the picture..... good on him!

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  4. mrsnesbittJanuary 18, 2010 at 12:45 AM

    Loved this made me smile!

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  5. maryt/theteachJanuary 18, 2010 at 2:16 AM

    Oh my! Rinkley, what a capture! He's probably her grandfather... Thanks for your good wishes for a successful medical procedure. I'm back blogging full-time! :)

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  6. Ginny HartzlerJanuary 18, 2010 at 6:38 AM

    How funny!! Where did you capture this picture? Your poem is delightful.

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  7. lissaJanuary 18, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    gives me a chuckle, thanks

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  8. Stan SkiJanuary 18, 2010 at 10:36 AM

    Just goes to show...'you've gotta be a hustler'...

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  9. Andy SewinaJanuary 18, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    Phew, dead good! This made me laugh!!

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  10. madeline d. murrayJanuary 20, 2010 at 3:48 AM

    This is so funny. The picture is perfect. Nobody does verse better. Thank you!

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  11. Anya PadyamJanuary 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    That was delightfully funny! :)

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