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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2000-02-27 06:54 PM

Our youngest daughter sucked her thumb,
...when she slept at night,
The dentist said that she must stop,
...or suffer overbite.
You need to get some alcohol,
...the rubbing kind he said,
Put some on her thumb tonight,
...before she goes to bed,
So we did as dentist said,
...and bought the alcohol,
Told our daughter what we'd do,
...and howdy, did she bawl,
She went into hysterics,
...a screaming and a crying,
I'm sure that all the neighbors thought,
...that someone was a dying,
I held her close, and asked what's wrong,
...your mom and I are here,
We couldn't for the life of us,
...figure out her fear,
She looked at us with reddened eyes,
...at six looked so angelic,
Don't make me taste that awful stuff,
...and become an alcoholic.

We nixed the rubbing alcohol idea... which is probably why I paid for braces...

[This message has been edited by Mike (edited 02-27-2000).]

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

1 posted 2000-02-27 07:16 PM

Got a great chuckle out of this one, Mike!

And I've got the perfect bite to prove it, too! See?

Corinne

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2000-02-27 07:48 PM

Tim, this is adorable!!

My son he liked his bottle
it was sort of like a thumb
something to hold and think with
when he was feeling glum.

The doctor said that juice and milk
would rot his teeth for sure
so I substituted water
and that seemed to be the cure.

Then one day a dentist, mind you
extracting a tooth gone bad
filled his bottle with red stuff
the stuff he shouldn't have.

My dear son with toothless grin
looked at the doc and said
please can I have water
this will rot my teeth real bad.

Well, sheeesh..... sorry, you inspired me,
can't rhyme like you
but the stories true.

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

3 posted 2000-02-27 08:47 PM

Mike! Wonderful story! I love it...

and Martie, what was in that bottle? KoolAid? Cute poems both of you...

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

4 posted 2000-02-27 10:17 PM

This is great, Mike!!

Denise

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2000-02-27 11:26 PM

Adorable, Mike.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

6 posted 2000-02-27 11:33 PM

Out of the mouths of babes and into the parents poems. Enjoyed both of them.

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

7 posted 2000-02-27 11:51 PM

Thanks for the smile, Mike...a funny story well told, and something that you'll always treasure.

Claire

Alle'cram
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since 2000-02-28

Posts 1816
Texas

8 posted 2000-02-28 07:13 AM

This one is fun. It made me smile {wide}.

Alle'cram

Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

9 posted 2000-02-28 08:13 AM

Wonderful tale
Wonderfully told!
Liz

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

10 posted 2000-02-28 09:52 AM

This is great Mike. Thank for an early morning laugh. Needed one today.

michael

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

11 posted 2000-02-28 10:03 AM

ROFL....this is so cute, thanks for the laugh

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