Bob's Grabbag

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

A Definition haiku

WAR-ship: common noun - reverence due the navy (don't quote me on this) Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

THE SECRET

Our strength's the weakness that we'd sooner die before we let others see. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 3, 2011

TWO GAGS DRESSED UP AS HAIKU

SO, HOW IS YOUR NEW HEARING AID? - It's really not so hot. That's too bad. What kind is it? - Half past one, I think. MEDICAL ADVICE "I'm suicidal! Doc, whatever should I do?" Pay me in advance.. Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

THE TWITTERER- a haiku

Last word he had time to text before collision? What else? OMG! Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

TENDERFOOT

At the top of Turkey Hill another hiker greeted me. "You seen that mother?" he inquired. "Seen what?" I countered airily. "That big ol' rattler all coiled up and lookin' mean beside the boulder where the trail hooks sharp uphill? A hundred feet or so back there." "Oh, sure." The lie died in my... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

SAY AGAIN? a mean haiku

Your brother-in-law speaks as would a modest man - and with good reason. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 30, 2011

ATTITUDE

The words of one who listens well have weight that others lack: attention is a compliment we can't help paying back. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

MARK TWAIN GEMS as haikus

"Heaven for climate, hell for the society." Mark, which have you now? Wisdom learned through pain: "Don't carry cats by their tails." That's so true, I've found. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 27, 2011

THE CAT WHO KNOWS SHE IS A CAT

Chou-Chou comes in looking bored, regards us all with listless ease, folds her paws beneath her chest, dismisses us with one slow blink, stretches, yawns, and takes a nap. She wakes indignant at some sound, pours herself upon the floor, and pads out to the kitchen where she sniffs the catfood we'd... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

TWO MORE HAIKU WITH THEIR HAIR DOWN

III Even if you win the ratrace, the problem is, you are still a rat. IV She was at that age when the Girl Scout you once knew becomes a cookie. Sign in to see full entry.

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