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Wisely and fluidly written, Tony
Often people think that those who are childless are heartless, selfish, etc. Very untrue and unfair. Thanks for reminding.
posted by
Katray2
on May 11, 2007 at 2:39 PM
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Great, thanks so much, Munih!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 7:28 AM
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Excellent, Discom! Thanks very much!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 7:28 AM
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Thanks, Bhaskar - good use of strife and strive - and good point!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 6:49 AM
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Hi Chili - thanks!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 6:47 AM
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Thanks for that, Proc - and you make a good point too.
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 6:46 AM
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Wonderful and relevant!
posted by
Munih
on May 11, 2007 at 4:14 AM
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I loved this!!
Hooray!
posted by
Discombobulated78
on May 11, 2007 at 3:42 AM
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Wow To Tony.
Already the world's so overpopulated (reminds me of D
iscombob
ulated) that in order to reduce the strife, one must strive for remeining childless for being productive (pun intended).
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on May 11, 2007 at 2:32 AM
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Good post!
posted by
Chilitree
on May 11, 2007 at 1:13 AM
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you ve made some very valid points Tontzonit. I sometimes think thats
also one of the purposes of Gay people( besides all the other good things they contribute to the world) to keep the population down.
posted by
proc
on May 11, 2007 at 1:07 AM
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Hi Trisha - thanks. Have you got the time, please?
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 12:18 AM
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Thanks, Rumored - maybe they should at least split it 50-50
between relatives and charities.
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 12:16 AM
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Thanks Afzal!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 11, 2007 at 12:14 AM
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very interesting
posted by
trisha4005
on May 10, 2007 at 10:07 PM
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Tonyz, I like that idea of whatever $$ are left going to charities
automatically, instead of to our kids to fight over (reminds me I need to update our Will)...
..
posted by
Rumor
on May 10, 2007 at 6:48 PM
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Great poem.
posted by
afzal50
on May 10, 2007 at 6:31 PM
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It's a link - I suppose you can link to somewhere else on the web with it.
I've never tried it, but maybe if you wrote the word 'peas' you could make that a link to a picture of peas somewhere on the web. Just in case anyone doesn't know what they look like. Very useful. Unlike a bag of milk. Now that was useful to see. No, don't warm it up, I like it cold. Some like it hot, i hear, but i like it cold, like ice-cream...!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:18 PM
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Tony
20 or 30! Oh my. My limit is only 50! hee-hee. Sure, I'll bring the bag of milk in from Momma's garden, would you like it warmed?
what does this emoticon mean?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 4:14 PM
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Yes, they were very good - I only had about twenty or thirty though.
Oh no - I haven't got much milk left for my usual bedtime nightcap ... can i borrow some from you, Mary?
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:10 PM
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Justi - thanks so much - I'm glad you appreciated the sentiments!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:08 PM
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Tony
Me? Naughty with ice cream? Bite your tongue young man! Were the pringles good? And did you wash them down with chocolate milk?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 4:07 PM
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Well, Mary, I haven't got any sweet apart from chocolate, and
as you know I scoff that at work, so i didn't have any more tonight, but i did open the tube of Pringles. Rather naughty, like you with your ice-cream...
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:06 PM
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Tony
Oh, you're right. WHAT was I thinking?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 4:06 PM
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You can't eat too many peas, Mary........
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:04 PM
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Many thanks, Ron - well, I don't know what to say...
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:03 PM
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tonyzonit
Such a truth and beautiful post. I have posted to Mothers for Mother's Day and many of them have never born a child they have nurtured a place, person or need in this world. God bless you.
posted by
Justi
on May 10, 2007 at 4:02 PM
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Tony
NOW you tell me! lol So, what was the sweet?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 4:02 PM
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Thanks so much Najwa - it's good to know you enjoyed it,
including the sound! I'm lucky to be able to use this rhyming scheme - it works well, i think. Well done to whoever created it in the first place!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:02 PM
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Tony Dear........
I think you ate too many peas!
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 4:01 PM
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I'm choked with emotion at their beauty, Neil.
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 4:00 PM
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I do love a tax administrator that can write poetry
Tony, excellent work. I would like to have you on my ardio program at some point. The English tax system would be interesting to my listners. They certainly would appreciation another tax professional writing poetry.
posted by
taxguy
on May 10, 2007 at 2:39 PM
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TONY this majic music in my soul and very down to the earth in my ears, you have beautifull poem words and sound among the all ..........just perfect ,,,,
,,,,,,the stranger
posted by
NAJWA
on May 10, 2007 at 1:31 PM
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Guys don't choke on these US Native Chokecherry Blossoms (Prunus Virgiana)
http://plants.usda.gov/gallery/standard/prvi_004_shp.jpg
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on May 10, 2007 at 1:30 PM
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Um, I normally don't have any, but tonight I'll make an exception.
Now don't eat too much with Em, since you've already had some at my place.
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 1:25 PM
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Tony
Well, what's the sweet for this evening then? On the phone!!! At least they couldn't see you. lol Ah, so you DO eat at the computer. Ahem. Well, okay. The Sequel, lol! Off to have dinner with my Miss Em now! EnJOY! Pleasure sharing a meal with you!
Pass the napkin please?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 1:17 PM
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Oh, probably, Mary. I've finished now. Yesterday i was talking with my
mouth full again, on the phone. It wasn't my fault - I got a call in the miffle of my dinner. Yes, I do have quite a late dinner, because I blog when I get home, from work, and then eat. I look forward to Ice Cream: The Sequel!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 1:13 PM
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Tony
Ha, ha, ha! No, I mean are you typing with your mouthful? I can hear it you know. Don't you know how to eat ice cream? Your Momma never taught you? Or your Daddy? Or Miss Mary in my blog yesterday? You need a refresher course I see. I'll post the conclusion now......
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 1:04 PM
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Hi Neil - first, worthy is good, second, I think your posts are full of fun
and enjoyment. i love your love of flowers and living things, for instance. It's so needed on Blogit - unlike anyone else. Plus you have many good points to amke about historical and cultural stuff that being from the UK I don;t know much about. Yes, you are certainly invited to fun at my garden party, complete with tent for when it inevitably rains!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 1:02 PM
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Mary, I do talk with my mouth full sometimes - but what do you do with
a mouthful of ice-cream...? I got told off for talking with my mouth full during that meal at the weekend. Well, I wasn't dining with the Queen, was I? people should lighten up - who cares if they get splattered?
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:59 PM
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Tea invitations---with crumpets, biscuits & afterwards, a game of croquet?
Tony, the themes are always so worthy because I think I am more serious than I am funny ...often history and current events take over my thoughts. This one too I have pondered, but not in any exquisite form and rhymes as you have done here. (Some of the rhymes were stretched...as I do more than I wish to in my own efforts). Really enjoyed this one ...and will catch up with your chatting with FG & yesterday's sonnet. Sorry about the rain there; in my neck of the woods, the heat & pollen (sinuses) knocked me out early last night. shalomfromneil
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on May 10, 2007 at 12:54 PM
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Tony
Ha, ha, ha! Welllllllll, lemme see........
You talking with your mouth full? Naughty man! Thank you that was delicious! Peas are one of my favourite veggies. Plant them every March and my daughter loves to eat them while in the garden. So never did get much of a harvest. hee-hee. One summer she talked Nick into eating them and he did. With his mouthful he said: But, I don't even like peas! lol
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:53 PM
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Here you are, Mary, lean forward towards the screen, and.... did you get it
- I hope it didn't drop on your lap. I like most fishy type stuff, and I can't get enough peas. Yum. I don't have Pringles very often, they were for a recent day out - I didn't eat them, so that was good of me. Mind you, we did eat out in the end! food, eh - what better subject is there? Don't answer that!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:48 PM
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Tony
Can I come to your house for tea? We're having storms here. Why are you having your tea so late? Isn't it 9:00 pm there? I haven't had fish cakes in years, I like them. Had a lot of crab cakes in Florida, really yummy! You know we could have a pea fight with the neighbours.... Yes, we have Pringles but I'm not too friendly with them. They go right into my Mummy Tummy.
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:44 PM
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Fishcakes - a common choice - I think I've talked about them before on here
... and potatoes and peas. nothing fancy - but at least I don't eat those frozen ready meals! I'm lazy, but not that lazy. And if I get peckish later on, I've got a whole unstarted tube of Pringles. Do you have Pringles over there?
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:42 PM
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Tony
Ha, ha, ha! This is a test. Do not adjust your set. We are testing the Emergency Broadcasting System through Miss Mary's tin foil head. I repeat, do not adjust your set. What are you eating?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:37 PM
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Yeah, you told me about the mice, and you blogged about the yank cops
recently - I feel like you've given me a sneak preview of the latest episode of some top sitcom. You won't believe it, but I was just about to call you a magnet for drama or for something, anyway - but I didn't, i think because I was cooking my dinner! There, my revenge for your ice-cream - mind you, my dinner isn't as tasty...
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:27 PM
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Tony
Did I write on mice and cops already? hmmmm, dunno. part of the reason I didn't sleep last night........... Tony, I think I'm a drama magnet, the muses are just wanting someone to write that new sit-com. Doncha think?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:22 PM
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Hang on, I thought I had already.
Do mice and cops reappear again in another story - together? How on earth do you manage it, Mary?
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:15 PM
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Tony
Well, you just wait until you read about the mouse in the house and 3 cop cars! That'll fix 'ya! lol
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:13 PM
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Yes, please do, Mary. Hose, spaghetti, you always use things in an...
interesting kind of way!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:11 PM
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Tony
Oh, Ick, Ick, Ick! You be careful young man, or I'm getting out the hose!
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:08 PM
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Tony - Oh Dear!
Well have a coupla
on me then! Rubbish, trash, garbage, noisy neighbours, means all the same thing on this side of the pond..........
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 12:06 PM
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PS: Mary, I wonder if there's such a thing as mice-cream?
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:04 PM
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No, sadly I ain't! I'm just clumsy! And no, the only present they'll get is
my garbage (or do you say rubbish in Canada?) through their bedroom window just as they're in thr throes of passion. Gotta keep the birthrate down somehow...
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 12:02 PM
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Tony
are you? Did you give them a
? Poor you! How long until you move, now?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 11:56 AM
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That should read 'party'!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 11:53 AM
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Thanks Mary - yes, too many of us, destroying the environment.
I got some sleep, yes, thanks - not enough though. Okay, I sytayed up too late, but in my defence there was a aprty going on the other side of the bedroom wall!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 11:52 AM
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Hi Enigmatic - yes, if it shocks, all well and good!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 11:50 AM
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Thanks so much, Chakazulu.
Yes, whether I'll be strong enough to live up to it I don't know, but I certainly think for people with a decent amount of assets, that a large chunk of it should go outside of the family. Tax is a fundamentally decent thing. As long as it's not wasted on war, of course!
posted by
Antonionioni
on May 10, 2007 at 11:49 AM
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Tony
Oh my, waxing poetic today? What are we now, 7 billion in the world? I often admire people of whom decide to not have children. And then there are those who should not have children. It's mind-boggling the state of this race of mice. Did you get some sleep?
posted by
FoliageGold
on May 10, 2007 at 10:58 AM
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Tony
Now that's what I call a provacative poem - I'm sure that's what you were going for!
posted by
Enigmatic68
on May 10, 2007 at 10:52 AM
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COMMENT
a great observation, one that I hadnt given much thought too, but when you made me think about it, you are right.
posted by
chakazulu
on May 10, 2007 at 10:52 AM
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