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Strange Thing in my Icebox
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Strange Thing in my Icebox |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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(my not ready for book submission poem  )There's a strange thing in my icebox. Can't say what it is because It's been in there so long I can't remember what it was!  It's kind of round and fuzzy And stuck fast to the plate. Small flowery things on top began To sprout and germinate. It's green and red and yellow, too With just a touch of pink. It could have been a burger or A plate of Spam, I think. I thought of throwing it away But it's become a shrine. It's like the son I never had And I'm so proud it's mine.  The other foods think it's a god Or Kenmore king, at least. They haven't seen so many molds On anything since yeast! So I think I'll just leave it there. Forever may it thrive! A testament that life will always Find ways to survive. |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Gives a whole new meaning to the term Fridge Poetry... good verse jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
heheheh yuh balladeer tasty this was o yuh even with the mold just cut it off heat and serve |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
ROFL  Delightful, Balladeer! Now with that chuckle I am off to bed! p.s. throw that yucky thing away!! Denise [This message has been edited by dsnyder (edited 06-28-2000).] |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Had a wonderful laugh. It might be a good time to call the Smithsonian. Forever may it shine as long as the eyes upon it are not mine. Thanks for the lift. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I would vote for this for the sub-title alone... thank you, Balladeer, you make me smile, and so smoothly too...I'd hug ya if I could--RUN!!! |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
You know, this is so true! I can suggest a cold bottle of wine ....you can leave it there for years and years and not be afraid to touch it. Goes well with just about anything....even lighthouses You left me, sweet, two legacies,- a legacy of love A Heavenly Father would content, Had He the offer of; Emily Dickinson |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Balladeer~ Looking in my fridge I had to laugh with glee See, I'm not the only one Balladeer also has these ! Furry little fur-balls growing green inside ... Past the age of smelling they've become petrified ! A plate of absolute repulse now sits upon the shelf ... I'd try to throw it out but it might revive itself. Then the mutant Spammies would take over the garbage truck I think I'd better leave them in so things don't go amuck ! *One of us is certifiably insane ... perhaps both ?  Welcome to my refrigerator ! Love you ... ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Only one word can summarize what caused such to be in Balladeer's world: BACHELORHOOD!!!!!  Alicat, the everpresent, not always available, Persnikitty |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
EEEEEEWWWWWWW! Clean that 'fridge, pitch the junk eeewwww can see the smell, pretty funk! I have to say I'm repulsed here looking in the 'fridge of Balladeer's! Now here I have a story for you about a chest type freezer too! When things get old, don't leave for two weeks without a looksee, have someone peek and check to see if the thing's still running and here now, see this, I'm not funning, 'cause believe me when I say this clear, what I found was worse'n Balladeer's! 'Cause if you take, oh, 100 pounds of meat, after two warm weeks, well, it don't smell sweet! Even the buzzards will leave it alone, and how do you rid that smell from your home? LOL at you, 'Deer, and giving me a way to tell everyone what I did with my last weekend! Yuck! Sunny ~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller ~~~ When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Why don't you tell them your growing a secret golf ball. I'd vote for this one. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
ROFL Balladeer! Ewww gawd, I can imagine! Scientific experiment growing in the freezer. LOL when ya take it out, make sure ya have a mask on, that smell will blow you away |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Ewww...your fridge sounds worse than mine. I just threw out some milk, dated June 16th--and it smelled to high heaven! Elizabeth I'm grabbing my hat and coat I'm leaving the cat a note Quick call me a ferry boat-getting out of town! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I thought of throwing it away But it's become a shrine. It's like the son I never had And I'm so proud it's mine. The other foods think it's a god Or Kenmore king, at least. They haven't seen so many molds On anything since yeast! --------------- LOL LOL...you kill me deer... leave it there... it will eventually grow legs and walk off on its own later-playing around with poetry-gator jm PS... isn't there some unspoken rule ... never admitt to actually eating SPAM??? LOL |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
OH Dear! You've been at my house haven't you!!! I thought this was our little secret!!! Very cute...the poem was too |
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Corazon Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209 |
love this my friend, love the way you make the reader smile |
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JulieAnn Senior Member
since 2000-06-12
Posts 754Earth 3rd Rock from the sun!! |
UUUGGHHHH!!! makes me think of my fridge.....i am sure it is in desparate need of a good cleaning.... Julie :) |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
OH YUCK!!!! And those vegetables that lie quietly festering in the bottom, just waiting for an unsuspecting hand to reach in and pluck them out! *cringe* Eric. "We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka. |
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TerryW Senior Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 779Louisville, Mississippi, USA |
Balladeer~ If anyone can make a cosmic comedy about the most mundane situations, it is you my friend! I just hope that you don't look into My refridgerator-- I think that once they get old enough, they multiply!!!! Love YA~ ~you reached inside, you touched my heart, and I am all the better for it~ Terry A. Woodson, Jr. |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Well deer one, it seems you are not alone in muckdom....love your sense of freezer fun and Marge....LOL. |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Hmmmmmmm....it's pink, it's small and grows when warmed up....yep, definitely it's called spam.....ROFL ooops HSUG |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Oh my Balladeer! Where do you get these thoughts from? Absolutely hilarious. Remind me never to eat leftovers at your house.--You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.-- |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
LOL...I think it has relatives in Arizona!!! You may have penicillin!  |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
Cut me off a slice and maybe I can get it growing ... then I can put it out in the front yard in the winter ... hose it down and enter it in the 'Ice Sculpture Festival' |
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linda munday Member
since 2000-06-17
Posts 315Adelaide, Australia |
Balladeer......rotf laughing here. Have you been peeking into my fridge. Loved it! ha ha ha ha. Linda M. |
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Kellsue Member
since 2000-05-06
Posts 210Waukesha, WI USA |
This was delightfully funny!!! It would have a vote from me hands down! ~Kelly ~Kellsue Reflect upon your present blessings-of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~Charles Dickens We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
 Balladeer! I see you're still at it ! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww ! And now the 'fuzzies' are EVERYWHERE !  MERCY ! They're taking over the site. CLOSE THAT REFRIGERATOR DOOR ! ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
'Deer It looks like you are beginning to seek inspiration from your refrigerator - I suggest you have a long heart to heart with Jenny Craig before you run out of food groups. Incidently, have you seen my phlegm specimen that I was supposed to drop off at the TB Center? I've looked everywhere for it, and the last time I saw it was when Lorelei and I dropped by to visit you last February. Say "Hi" to Fran for us. |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Oh DEER, I read the title and just new this would be hilarious!! I desperately need humor in my life....you never let me down in that department!!!! Thank You sooo much for the much needed funny stuff!!!! Very good, funny piece!! I want to know what it was though!!!! ???? Bridgette "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Geez, these replies are better than my poem!! Glad you all had fun with it Marge....you are definitely the Queen of Graphics!!! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Balladeer~ Thanks for blowing my  HORNOGRAPHICS Love ya' ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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