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Re: Pre-Op tension-breaker
Right! I too would like to feel that crabby people really have to work at it, but I/we both have met individuals who come by it naturally! My son is a delight! Thanks for the visit!
posted by
2902
on February 11, 2010 at 3:13 AM
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Pre-Op tension-breaker
Love it! It takes so much less mental exertion to give and receive humor.
posted by
LuciW86
on February 11, 2010 at 12:40 AM
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Lol, Excellent!
posted by
Katray2
on February 9, 2010 at 6:54 PM
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Re: hahaha..........
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2010 at 5:09 PM
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Re: I love your son! People get so serious when they're scared.
Thank you - he's a very smart, zany, loving young man whom I can't get enough of - and he's expecially good with my wife, who is paralyzed on her left side by MS. He can kid her out of anything (I remember doing that with MY mom, too, also a somewhat difficult person. I guess it's a son thing.) But I agree - if you can laugh at it, you can handle it (There are, of course, times when I can do neither).
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2010 at 5:08 PM
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hahaha..........
posted by
Star5_
on February 9, 2010 at 10:28 AM
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I love your son! People get so serious when they're scared.
In our family, we use humor as a survival mechanism. As for your response to my response in the last entry about whether or not a lighthearted approach to cancer would be well received -- it's absolutely necessary medicine.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 9, 2010 at 5:44 AM
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The pre-op
If it was free, I would have taken it Bob. Nice rhythm thanks for stopping by.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 9, 2010 at 5:34 AM
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I saw your comment where you would like to try a villanelle! Here are the basic rules! It has 5, three line stanzas, and a 6th stanza of 4 lines or a quatrain. The rhyme scheme is aba for the first five stanza, ans abaa for the last stanza. The first and third lines of the poem are repeated on the last line of each stanza by alternating one and three.
The format would be: aba, aba(line 1), aba (line 3), aba (line 1), aba (line 3) aba(line 1)a(line3). If I have succeeded in confusing you, sorry, let me know and I will clarify! I write my first stanza then outline the rest and it seems to fall into place rather easily that way! I think you are right about the witness protection program! That's why I live in Boise! lol I hope you have a great day! sam
posted by
sam444
on February 9, 2010 at 5:17 AM
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Re: the end
For sure! I keep wondering each time we see each other what he'll come up with next!
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2010 at 4:34 AM
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What a great end! sam
posted by
sam444
on February 9, 2010 at 3:45 AM
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Re: Very funny
Thanks - jt's the one incident from the whole nasty experience that I always recount - it was so refreshing and unlooked for!
posted by
2902
on February 9, 2010 at 2:22 AM
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Very funny loll xoxo
posted by
Sinome
on February 8, 2010 at 9:21 PM
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Re: Gee whiz!
A big surprise, right? He floored me with that one - totally unexpected. Each time those four visited me in recovery afterwards, they seemed to expect a similar yuk. I wish he'd been there with me to oblige!
posted by
2902
on February 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM
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Re: Re: Tension maker
Thanks, I never thought of that second possibility. Now I'll never sleep. I don't know, honestly, how I ever deserved a son that great - whimsical, smart, kind and a great caretaker of my precious, precious grandchild.
posted by
2902
on February 8, 2010 at 9:02 PM
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Re: Tension maker
posted by
2902
on February 8, 2010 at 8:56 PM
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Gee whiz!
posted by
Straightforward
on February 8, 2010 at 8:47 PM
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great humour .....A good laugh toend my day...how wonderful.
posted by
Kabu
on February 8, 2010 at 7:39 PM
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now that could either be a tension breaker or a tension maker ... LOL, given some mistakes that have happened. You're a character Bob and I appreciate you. Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on February 8, 2010 at 7:11 PM
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