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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2013-04-08 07:34 AM



I stood in line
the line moved slowly
then it stopped
started again
stopped
why has the line formed
I asked the woman in front of me
"to connect with another line"
she told me
you're crazy, I said, I'm leaving
she pointed to another line
"in that case you have to get in that line"

©March 30, 2013 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ Jokes about German sausages are the wurst~*~

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Michael
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1 posted 2013-04-08 01:00 PM


Lol... Sounds like the CA Department of Motor Vehicles...  only I'm not sure the lines even move in there.  Thanks for the laugh.

Michael

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2013-04-08 02:16 PM


Lines . . . I learned to hate them when I went into the Air Force. Thanks, Michael.

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Lighthousebob
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3 posted 2013-04-09 02:17 PM


A line to leave a line! Perfect! Enjoyed!  
JerryPat2
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4 posted 2013-04-09 02:44 PM


Heh.Heh Wouldn't surprise me if that doesn't come to pass, Bob, thanks for checking me out.

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EmmaRose
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5 posted 2013-04-09 03:02 PM


Yep, as annoying as being on the phone,
'press 1 for this, 2 for that, then you get to 1 or 2, and it's 'press 1 for this, 2 for that'
Ugh..........part of Life unfortunately, guess we have no choice

JerryPat2
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6 posted 2013-04-09 03:34 PM


Hah! I guess you're right, Emma, but unless absolutely forced to I will NOT stand in line. Thanks for your input here, I appreciate it . . .

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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7 posted 2013-04-10 03:10 PM


Ironically I'm forming a line here.   And at this point in time I'm at the end of it.
Guess I don't have an issue with it.  Thank God! I have enough issues about other things
seemingly as insgnificant as standing in line.
Loved this poem Jerry it had one of your classic "gottchas" at the ending. You still amaze me how you can take the mundane and make it entertaining at the very least

lori

JerryPat2
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8 posted 2013-04-10 03:32 PM


Lori, I think we are all in that line you speak of. You say you are at the end of your line, and I maintain, in that case, there is nowhere else to go but towards the starting of that line. Thanks for your interesting input.

~*~ Jokes about German sausages are the wurst~*~

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