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18-12-2013, 01:57 PM
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The Dangers of Christmas

Twas The Month After Christmas



T'was the month after Christmas and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.

The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste.
All the holiday parties had gone to my waist.

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).

I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt---

I said to myself, as I only can
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip

Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie--not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.

I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---
But isn't that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!
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18-12-2013, 02:01 PM
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Re: The Dangers of Christmas

Good one - did you write that !

Whoever feels that way - have what you fancy I say - just not 'so much' of it !
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18-12-2013, 02:16 PM
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Re: The Dangers of Christmas

Running out of booze, hic.

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Re: The Dangers of Christmas

Originally Posted by Patsy ->
Good one - did you write that !
No - I'm not that talented, we'll have to leave it to the men to come up with original stuff
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18-12-2013, 02:22 PM
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Exactly.

I mean the poem and not the previous reply . Then again now that you mention it ...
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Re: The Dangers of Christmas

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Running out of booze, hic.

Awww, look at that bottom lip
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Re: The Dangers of Christmas

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Running out of booze, hic.

Just had to buy more .... double hic
 



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