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You Asked Me Once . . . .
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You Asked Me Once . . . . |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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YOU ASKED ME ONCE .... 31 July 2001 You asked me once ... long ago across the ocean to tell you something about me you didn't know ... and I couldn't come up with anything. I have been racking my brain ever since and at last I have thought of something that you, who have danced with my soul, don't know about me ... I have pink and white rabbit slippers called Ambi and Dextrous - Owl |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Aw, this says a lot about you. 1) you seriously want to continue the relationship, searching that hard to find an answer. 2) You have a sense of humor. Who else names their slippers?....yet, with such darling meaningful names? Most enjoyable! Rae |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks sandgrain (Rae)- wanted, not want (wrote it in 2001!). I since was given another pair of slippers (teddy slippers) for Mother's Day whom I named Teddy and Bear. I also have a Volkswagen Jetta named Gretta (after 2 egrets near her the first time I saw her - only noticed days later that Gretta rhymed with Jetta), a filing cabinet named Fiona, a laptop named Lilian, a digital camera named Camilla, a printer named Peter (and a colleague, for a joke, called my palisade fencing, Paul). Glad you enjoyed the poem. - Owl |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
this was a pleasure to read you by...hehe you've given my heart a smile |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
I almost fell out of my chair...excellent.. I know a friend who has bunny slippers... Is this a girl thing, or what? (he would not be caught dead in them)... BUT he won't admit it... |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Diana....I had oversized bigfoot slippers at one time with no names....maybe that's why their lost now. This was too cute, but also said something serious about a relationship. :hugs |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
July 2001??? Hummmm.... quote: How many little bunnies have you now??? Just curious. Smiles, -Bob Enjoyed reading your poem very much. Thank you for sharing. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Lee. I am glad I gave your heart a smile. It gives me a good feeling. Thank you Magnus. I am glad you didn't QUITE fall out of your chair - don't want any broken bones. I don't know if it is a girl thing to have bunny slippers. It certainly is an Owl thing, though, that I can vouch for. Giggles that your friend is a He and is embarrassed by his slippers. Now, I, on the other hand, am impressed by him. Anyone who loves bunnies (the ones with the long ears and four feet) is a good friend of mine. I was sorta hoping it was you. Giggles, Martie, at your nameless slippers that are lost. Yes, I would imagine that they are lost because they thought you didn't love them because you didn't give them an identity! However, I know you wouldn't hurt their feelings unknowingly! Smiles and more giggles. I know you will realise that I am joking. Hope everyone else who reads this does! Yes, it did say something about the more than ten thousand email relationship. He, my long-haired, Californian poet, knew more about me (or so I believe) than anyone else I ever knew right here in Durban, South Africa did. It was a fun thing he asked, but it was really a struggle to find something to tell him about me that he didn't already know. Giggles, giggles and more giggles, Lighthousebob at the idea of the generations of little bunnies since 2001! Sadly they didn't have babies. - Owl |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
gotta love ya Diana  you know this poem means a lot to me, and so do you |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Diana, "he" is me.... but, if it would please you by wearing some bunnies...well, I guess there is a first for everything... I did have to dress as a girl (woman) once.. an initiation thing...does that count? |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Dixie. The feeling is mutual. I am glad you enjoyed the poem. Grins, lighthousebob. I'm delighted it's you, Magnus. Nope, dressing as a girl (woman) for an initiation doesn't count - but the bunny slippers counts twice - once for each foot! - Owl |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Here, don't say I never gave you anything.. Bunnies and Bears...Swords and Shields... The slippers fit like two gloves and kept his toes warm and dry. He did it after two big shoves and what a gleam in her eye. Bunnies two, now his best friends pastel colors that never blends. Fluffy tails so white and soft shoulda thrown them in his loft. He swore he would, she saw he did looking like some big gangly kid. Slippers on backwards, what a treat swallowing up those two big feet. So now his name has been altered cause he stopped as his heart faltered. Maggie is now the ladies choice.... As he sings tenor with his new voice. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Enjoyed your write Owl... Maggie, Is it true that Hop-along Cassidy was a guy from Texas? Did he have slippers too? LOL |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Giggles, ThisDiamond. I hope Magnus sees your reply. I bet Hop-along Cassidy DID have bunny slippers. After all, he was a good guy and loved his horse, Trigger, so I am sure he loved bunnies too! - Owl |
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S Arthur Grey Senior Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 719woven by a poet's loom |
Well, your alliteration has caught up with you, Owl! Hoppy's white horse was named Topper. Trigger was Roy Roger's faithful steed. While I never had bunny slippers, you should have seen my cowboy outfit! To die for! Love all those names! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oops! Sorry Topper and Trigger! How could I have got you muddled up? S Arther Grey, I am so sorry you don't have bunny slippers, but I'm sure you could find some somewhere - they would match your cowboy outfit tremendously! Smiles (particularly at the the picture!) - Owl |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
LOL Love this! What a twist at the end!  I was reading this with all intensity, relating to the beginning and middle, thinking that the ending would be sorrowful and then? you showcased your great sense of humour - threw me for a loop, but loved it anyway. Melissa~ |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Honeybee, thanks for enjoying my poem. However, whilst there was a muted sense of humour at the end, my point was that there didn't seem to be anything he didn't know about me, other than Ambi and Dextrous, my pink and white bunny slippers. - Owl |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Hey Magnus! Or sorry - Maggie (although I much prefer you as Magnus - you don't seem like a Maggie to me at all!) - I have only just seen your poem, "Bunnies and Bears ... Swords and Shields ..." Loved it - chortled all the way through! But I won't talk to you ever again if you throw your bunny slipper friends in the loft! - Owl |
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