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Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 1999-08-10 03:40 PM

Twelve men were on the jury,
...The verdict would come soon,
The judge had called his wife and said
...I should be home by noon.
The case it was a simple one,
...No question as to guilt,
Caught in the act, the crook confessed,
...An ironclad case was built.
But noon it came and then it went
...No verdict was received.
The lawyers and the judge all said
...This cannot be believed.
At half-past four a note came out
...From forth the jury room,
Please could we get some food to eat
...No verdict does there loom,
We shan't divulge our present vote
...The note went on to say,
Eleven steaks is what we'd like,
...And for the ass some hay.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 1999-08-10 04:01 PM

Very good, enjoyed the read. You write well.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 1999-08-10 04:05 PM

Bravo! Too True! You must simply write more about this life we submit ourselves to.

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Sunshine
Words will always express our feelings true. ~~~ KRJ
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

3 posted 1999-08-10 04:07 PM

Great poem Tim.....(Ya think LongJohn will be satisfied with hay though?)

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

4 posted 1999-08-11 12:09 PM

Would that be hay-beus corpus? Very cute story, Tim.......and, I'm sure, true more times than not.

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

5 posted 1999-08-11 12:56 PM

Well done! Look forward to more.

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"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with." *Mark Twain*

Dragoness
Senior Member

since 1999-08-07

Posts 513

6 posted 1999-08-11 04:42 AM

Well written!I enjoyed this!

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Set you heart free and your mind will follow.

Sue
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 383
France

7 posted 1999-08-11 04:53 AM

We all meet asses in our work,
Too stupid to see sense.
Some say "it's just a quirk"
I think there's no defense.

angel girl
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since 1999-07-23

Posts 322
within a whisper...

8 posted 1999-08-11 05:25 AM

Very cute (and funny).

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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
-William Shakespeare

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

9 posted 1999-08-11 12:28 PM

Hehe.....Gotta keep a sense of humor, eh???
Another good'n, Tim.....

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

10 posted 1999-08-11 08:10 PM

Laughs................wonderful!!!! Good one Tim, it's nice to see some humor when it comes to dealings with the court system sometimes.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

11 posted 1999-08-12 10:12 AM

Great job, Tim!!

ac
Member

since 1999-06-17

Posts 129
Cayey, PR - USA

12 posted 1999-08-12 02:18 PM

Great one Tim...i loved the rhythm in it....

JP
Senior Member

since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

13 posted 1999-08-12 02:28 PM

Good work Tim, you haven't seen "12 Angry Men" recently have you?

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Dum spiro, spero
JP

Andrew Scott
Member Elite

since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

14 posted 1999-08-12 02:43 PM

I can think of a few trials this could relate to. Nice work Tim. Good twist, good rhyme.

linus
New Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 2
Leiden, NH, The Netherlands

15 posted 1999-08-12 03:10 PM

Very good cadence; good punch-line too.

I enjoyed it a lot. -- Linus

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aziza
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since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

16 posted 2007-06-10 05:58 PM

:: Laughs ::

I love this.

A

Artic Wind
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Realm of Supernatural

17 posted 2007-11-12 09:04 PM

Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

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