Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, 2008

July 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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[JustAmy]

Kids Day? Sure ... everyday should be Kids Day!


Kids Come Up With Some Good Ones

1) NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked!

As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, ‘Mom, that lady isn’t wearing a seat belt!’


2) OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother.

The note read, ‘The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.’


3) KETCHUP
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone.

‘Mommy can’t come to the phone to talk to you right now. She’s hitting the bottle.’


4) MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women’s locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover.

The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, “Haven’t you ever seen a little boy before?’


5) POLICE # 1
While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old.

Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, ‘Are you a cop?

Yes,’ I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?’

‘Yes, that’s right,’ I told her. ‘Well, then,’ she said as she extended her foot toward me, ‘would you please tie my shoe?’


6) POLICE # 2
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. ‘Is that a dog you got back there?’ he asked.

‘It sure is,’ I replied.

Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said; ‘What’d he do?’


7) ELDERLY
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass.

As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, ‘The tooth fairy will never believe this!’


8) DRESS-UP
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, ‘Daddy, you shouldn’t wear that suit.’

‘And why not, darling?’

‘You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.’


9) DEATH
While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt.

Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased.

The minister’s son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: ‘Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he goooes.’

(I want this line used at my funeral!)


10) SCHOOL
A little girl had just finished her first week of school. ‘I’m just wasting my time,’ she said to her mother. ‘I can’t read, I can’t write, and they won’t let me talk!’


11) BIBLE
A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.

‘Mama, look what I found,’ the boy called out.

‘What have you got there, dear?’

With astonishment in the young boy’s voice, he answered, ‘I think it’s Adam’s underwear!’


NOW IF THIS DIDN’T BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY, GO BACK TO BED AND FORGET IT

[MEG33]

I clicked on Ella first..Great selections!

[MEG33]

http://i35.tinypic.com/27xnevb.jpg
200,000 bytes so I am just putting the link up.
Look closely
This is titled The Past..Potlatch posted it and it evokes great memories of my dad, an avid fisherman, at our lake cabin teaching my kids to fish..My daughter, who was always in motion, would sit quietly with my dad and fish.

[yorkie]

Wow, Meg! That one gives me goose-bumps! Thank you.

[MEG33]

Me,too, (((yorkie)))

[yorkie]

Little ones know how to enjoy summertime

[JustAmy]

WOW .... great YouTube links. Thanks Yorkie.

Good morning. Nat King Cole is one of my all time favorites.

Hope you are having a great day.

[JustAmy]

And I wish I were with you!!!

Thanks, Meg. Thanks for the picture of what looks to be a very relaxing place.

[JustAmy]

OESY ... thank you for the great summertime graphics and poems.

All .... Today's Holidays are .....
Sugar Cookie Day
Fashion Day
Rock N' Roll Day

I need to leave for awhile (in this heat, I must be nuts).

Happy Rock N' Roll Day!

[JustAmy]

Awesome ..... this is a wonderful graphic, Meg.

Thank you for sharing it with us.

[JustAmy]

Ahhhh ..... so cute.

Reminds me of my son, Oh so many years ago. When given a fresh peach, plum or any fresh fruit, it seemed that he wouldn’t come up for air until he had finished it.

Thanks for those memories, Yorkie.

[MEG33]

Happy Fashion Day Everyone!

[yorkie]

Taylor Hicks - Old Time Rock and Roll

What better song, for Rock and Roll Day?

Tried to get a quality rendition by Bob Seger, but couldn't find one. Hope you ladies don't mind Taylor Hicks......

[yorkie]

Children seem to know just how to stay cool on days like this! Com'mon, everybody! Let's go run in the sprinkler! Last one in, is a 'monkey's uncle'!

[La Enchiladita]

I stayed up way too late and didn’t want anyone here to know HOW late, so I tip-toed in, turned out the lights, and tip-toed out....:)

[La Enchiladita]

Hi MEG, this pic makes me think of Dolly...:)
I would love to be there, too.

[La Enchiladita]

Yes, we caught lightning bugs too... or fireflies, as we also called them. Even though I was a city kid, it was much less populated than now, MUCH less. We had room to roam....:)

Here is something for you and Nan and all our FRiends here:

Tennessee Waltz~~The Barrel House Mamas

Tennessee Flat-top Box~~Lyle Lovett

I'm From the Country~~Tracy Byrd

[La Enchiladita]

Hello, Amy.

Kitteh is beatin' the heat.
Hope you stay under 100 today, and have a cooling trend!

[MEG33]

ALWAYS a hit! Here I come!

[MEG33]

My pleasure..Thank you, Amy.