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Moose Gone Wild ( shocking secrets revealed/ Karens' challenge)
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Moose Gone Wild ( shocking secrets revealed/ Karens' challenge) |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Confusion reigns as astral planes lay scattered at first light. Perform a vital systems check and hope it comes out right. A coffee-mug-a-chug-a-lug and grope the daily news, then open door unto a world wherein one pays his dues. Computer check as you'd expect and then the fun begins, producing wigits by the ton, the business that I'm in. We're making wigits even now, they pile up in stacks, I run them as I slip a few choice words between the cracks. To write helps to protect the mind from repetitious tasks which threaten to enslave the soul (if anybody asks.) And, so it is my work-a-day's combined with words of wit, I wonder at their source sometimes, this guy who makes wigits. For, by the one I am defined which serves to pay the bills, while that which writes would chuck it all and take off for the hills. A balance of two distinct parts with plenty left to spare, and pretty soon before I know it's five o'clock somewhere. The clink of ice, a long cool sip and reflect on the day, I guess when all is said and done I'm fortunate you'd say. The wigit business still does good while most's gone oversea, as owner I can tell you this, I plead insanity! And that my voyeuristic friends concludes your "freebie" look, to get the complete expose' you'll have to buy the book! |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
To write helps to protect the mind from repetitious tasks which threaten to enslave the soul (if anybody asks.) ~*~ No kidding! Bravo! |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I would like to buy the unabridged version please. Widget 101 - I have the Cliff Notes now. As a voyeur, I really enjoyed this. A |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Now, how izzit I can read this and still not have a clue as to what yer talkin' 'bout? I was like, a wigit--is that like, a wee midget? Then I thought I'd better not tick off the midgets, but that led me to thinking of Willy Wonka, (politically incorrect or not, it did) and I thought a wigit sounds like a candy. So I googled it, and well...I came across a link to some wig company, and then this-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget laughing It's five o'clock somewhere, but not here, so this is me on the natch, buddy!  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
When I was in college all the imaginary companies in our lessons made widgets! This was wonderful fun Doc! I want more! "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
 "too bad ignorance isn't painful" ~Unknown~ |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Karen, Lol, thanks. Actually I started with "Widget" but then rewrote "wigit" as it seemed to rhyme better. Susan derived the original meaning from economics class. As a manufacturer I didn't want to scare any customers away by being more specific about what I make. Thanks again. Doc |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Susan, Thank you , you are correct about the origin of the word ( I just changed the spelling ), and thanks for the bump~! Doc |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Enjoyed the poem and learned something about "widgets" Ida |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
Those catchy lines made me start laughing, but reading on about the widgets (wigets) made me laugh harder. I'll soon be 73 and it strikes me so funny when words I've heard all my life are so foreign to younger generations. I'm always tempted to give some off the wall definition to get their reactions. Rae |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
Ida, Thank you, glad to share. Doc sandgrain(Rae), Lol, an interesting observation, one I've made many times myself. I'll be turning 52 here shortly (which I guess to some degree would make me one of those of which you speak). At one point when I first came here, my writing was referred to as somewhat "archaic", which I took as a compliment. The nuances of our language continue to fascinate me. Thanks for the reply. Doc |
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shyvl Senior Member
since 2008-04-11
Posts 531texas, usa |
I too use writing to keep my sanity. This was a rollicking good read. Thanks for the fun. sharyn |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Doc, when I read the poem I wasn't too sure what a Wiget was, I'm still not real sure but that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed your poem, great rhyming and great rhythm, keep up the good work. Lindsay |
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Dr.Moose1 Member Elite
since 1999-09-05
Posts 3448Bewilderment , USA |
shyvl/sharyn, Glad you enjoyed, thanks for the reply. Doc LindsayP, Thanks, as a hypothetical, it could be just about anything, lol. Doc |
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