Mad Aunt Bernards Tortoise Poetry

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Mad Aunt Bernards Tortoise Poetry

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Tuesday, April 14

Bumped Into Father In Town


Ah, can you stop for a minute?
Well, I don't want to hold you up, but -
I've been talking to a man - you know the one,
called Bert
his wife,
Eileen - VERRRY ugly,
is eighty seven and has a wooden buttock. You've seen it.
Marvellous for her age.
Oldest woman in Trebollocks with a Glider's License.
And her son has a glass eye.
Well you know I told you about their eldest son, Bunstable -
well his new French wife, Sardine -
She's French.
And she knows an incredible amount of things about Trout.
She did a day course at Bibury Fish Farm,
where she got an honours in Fish Fondling. She's sought after,
But unemployed cos it's not the sort of thing you admit to, you know?
Well, I've got a leaftlet on it, if you want.
Anyway, I'll push off, got some pickled onions on the go and the cat needs a perm.
Scratched with a crow claw by: by the sundial hour of

7 comments:

  1. Heather14 April 2009 at 21:37

    This made me laugh out loud. I know someone just like that!!

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  2. Totalfeckineejit14 April 2009 at 22:42

    I said 'Hey Tortoise , you've got a wattly chin'
    The tortoise, clenching it's claws, retorted indignantly, 'I beg your pardon?'

    Not wanting to risk a brawl I said

    'Er, umm,I've got a bottle of gin'

    'Good man' said the tortoise, 'let's have a drink.'

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  3. Anonymous15 April 2009 at 12:14

    LOL :oD

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  4. Raph G. Neckmann16 April 2009 at 00:09

    Your town must also have the blessing of great oddness! Wonderful!

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  5. Will16 April 2009 at 03:11

    Wonderfully stream-of-consciousness piece which just goes to show. So diverting, in fact, that I forgot to put the hemlock in the wife's cocoa and put it in my own inst

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  6. Kush17 April 2009 at 08:28

    Ditto Will, I love 'em stream-of-consciousness pieces and this was a good one.

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  7. The Lesser Weevil14 May 2009 at 23:34

    This really does sound SCARILY familiar - do you think that all your followers have the slightest clue that you are ACTUALLY genetically linked to such a person.

    Gotta go - Hamster needs her peroxide rinsing.

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