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LngJhnAg
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0 posted 2001-12-04 01:18 PM


In the grim and bitter cold of the long, dark Yukon nights,
The story is told of the tenderfoot who opened a mining site.
He was spare of frame, and weak of mind, that feeble Balladeer,
And how he came to be a prospector is now for you to hear.

In the distant north on the Klondike, each miner must face a test,
Or give up his stake and catch a sled that heads back to the west.
And so it was our Balladeer stepped forward to make his mark,
And pass whatever tasks were set for him in the land of eternal dark.

He listened carefully to each word the bartender had to say,
He knew he would pass every test (he's kind of dense that way).
"You must do three things, young Balladeer, if you want to mine
Way out here in the Klondike where the gold is pure and fine."

"First, you drink this bottle of whiskey without stopping to take a breath,
"Then you make love to a maiden fair until she needs a rest.
"And then you find a grizzly bear and wrassle him to the ground,
"Do all these things by tomorrow morning, or we'll run you out of town."

Well, Balladeer has always considered his capacity to drink, the best,
So he swilled down that bottle of Yukon Jack without a moment's rest.
And then he staggered out of the saloon into the frozen evening air,
So everybody turned back to drinking as they awaited young Balladeer.

The night wore on for six long hours before Balladeer came through the door,
His clothes were torn, his body mauled like it never had been scratched before.
He staggered up to the bartender and said aloud that memorable night,
"The bear is contented, so tell me, where's that maiden I'm supposed to fight?"


heh - That Balladeer always misses the finer points of his tasks.

© Copyright 2001 Michael Waterman - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-12-04 01:20 PM



The chuckling will last long into the day with this bit of rendition....




LngJhnAg
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2 posted 2001-12-04 01:21 PM


And it's all true, Karilea.  Every word of it.  I swear.
Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2001-12-04 01:24 PM


LJA,
Your quite the man if you can hold down a bear, I've been there. LOL Enjoyed

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4 posted 2001-12-04 01:41 PM


LongJohn~
LOL~
Now you are REALLY stretching the challenge~
But, I'd let that Balladeer strike GOLD with me any day of the week ... and three times on Sunday ! !  

Oh, Lordie ... I can barely stand it~

You've just started a new GOLD RUSH~
*Hugs*
~*MaidenFair*~

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Startime
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5 posted 2001-12-04 01:44 PM


Oh my gosh but this is a good one.   You two are the cutest and I love you both dearly. **hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

LngJhnAg
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6 posted 2001-12-04 01:51 PM


Marge - Striking gold and Balladeer go hand in hand; you can't find gold without a GOLD DIGGER!  As for three times on Sunday...lordy girl, can you really wrestle that long?

Startime - Thank you from the bottom of my heart for not loving that Balladeer more than me.  That means a lot, yanno.  Yanno, ol' 'Deer is getting long in the tooth.  You might want to throw in with me before it's too late.  heh

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7 posted 2001-12-04 02:05 PM


Long John, I gotta take my hat off to ya.   What a fantastic idea for a poem!   I wish I had thought of it....wait a minute!! I did!!  
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Don't worry, sailor. They say the good thing about Alzheimer's is that you get to meet a lotta new people!  

LngJhnAg
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8 posted 2001-12-04 02:11 PM


'Deer - Well I'll be hornswoggled - Of all the jokes I had to pull out of thin air, it would have to be one you used eons ago.  Well, the aim is still true - a scalawag was involved in the story.  This is what I get for skipping past your poetry to read the really good stuff - lol.

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9 posted 2001-12-04 08:56 PM


"This is what I get for skipping past your poetry to read the really good stuff - lol."

ROFL!!!! With that comeback, I REALLY tip my hat to ya! Good stuff!!  

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10 posted 2001-12-04 09:00 PM



VERY good stuff, indeed!

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11 posted 2001-12-04 10:14 PM


hehehe the two of you crack me up!
((hugs to you both))

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12 posted 2001-12-04 10:24 PM


Fantastic writing Lng Jhn...James
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13 posted 2001-12-04 11:08 PM


Dare I say "Great minds think alike?" LOL

Love this sir!  

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14 posted 2001-12-04 11:15 PM


Hmmm, sounds as if Deers joke kicked him in the bear bottom - they say what goes around comes around and, LJ, I'm here to say YA DID GOOD!!! (No offense Big B...)


jwesley

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15 posted 2001-12-05 02:05 AM


LJA,
This is good wish I'd thought of it...oh wait I did too, remember you challenged me to. /pip/Forum33/HTML/001949.html

I bet your face is red now.  

TO follow on from Deer's A comment....and you get to hide your own Christmas presents. lol.  
Keth

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16 posted 2001-12-05 05:35 AM


Long John, this is so cool! I love it. Thanks for the laugh  
Andrea

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LngJhnAg
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17 posted 2001-12-05 09:24 AM


Keth - I sincerely hope that everybody notices, if they read your poem and 'Deer's, that I did not require either woman or bear to be killed.  I am much more sensitive that way.  *haughty sniffs*

Thank you one and all for your most kind compliments.

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18 posted 2001-12-05 12:07 PM


ROFL... You've shown your short memory as well as your poetic talent with this one, scalawag... but I gotta admit it's about time you picked on someone other than that sweet saint Toerag! LOL

Great job, sailor... on both the poem and the "so there!" retort to Deer! *G*

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19 posted 2001-12-05 01:41 PM


You are such a nice man with such a terrific sense of humor. This is PURRfect  

Kathleen (Kay)
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