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Balladeer Strikes Gold (Does this qualify as a Marge challenge?)
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Balladeer Strikes Gold (Does this qualify as a Marge challenge?) |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion 
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In the grim and bitter cold of the long, dark Yukon nights, The story is told of the tenderfoot who opened a mining site. He was spare of frame, and weak of mind, that feeble Balladeer, And how he came to be a prospector is now for you to hear. In the distant north on the Klondike, each miner must face a test, Or give up his stake and catch a sled that heads back to the west. And so it was our Balladeer stepped forward to make his mark, And pass whatever tasks were set for him in the land of eternal dark. He listened carefully to each word the bartender had to say, He knew he would pass every test (he's kind of dense that way). "You must do three things, young Balladeer, if you want to mine Way out here in the Klondike where the gold is pure and fine." "First, you drink this bottle of whiskey without stopping to take a breath, "Then you make love to a maiden fair until she needs a rest. "And then you find a grizzly bear and wrassle him to the ground, "Do all these things by tomorrow morning, or we'll run you out of town." Well, Balladeer has always considered his capacity to drink, the best, So he swilled down that bottle of Yukon Jack without a moment's rest. And then he staggered out of the saloon into the frozen evening air, So everybody turned back to drinking as they awaited young Balladeer. The night wore on for six long hours before Balladeer came through the door, His clothes were torn, his body mauled like it never had been scratched before. He staggered up to the bartender and said aloud that memorable night, "The bear is contented, so tell me, where's that maiden I'm supposed to fight?" heh - That Balladeer always misses the finer points of his tasks. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
The chuckling will last long into the day with this bit of rendition....  |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
And it's all true, Karilea. Every word of it. I swear. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
LJA, Your quite the man if you can hold down a bear, I've been there. LOL Enjoyed |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
LongJohn~ LOL~ Now you are REALLY stretching the challenge~ But, I'd let that Balladeer strike GOLD with me any day of the week ... and three times on Sunday ! !  Oh, Lordie ... I can barely stand it~ You've just started a new GOLD RUSH~  *Hugs*  ~*MaidenFair*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
 Oh my gosh but this is a good one.   You two are the cutest and I love you both dearly. **hugs**  Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Marge - Striking gold and Balladeer go hand in hand; you can't find gold without a GOLD DIGGER! As for three times on Sunday...lordy girl, can you really wrestle that long? Startime - Thank you from the bottom of my heart for not loving that Balladeer more than me. That means a lot, yanno. Yanno, ol' 'Deer is getting long in the tooth. You might want to throw in with me before it's too late. heh [This message has been edited by LngJhnAg (edited 12-04-2001).] |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Long John, I gotta take my hat off to ya.  What a fantastic idea for a poem! I wish I had thought of it....wait a minute!! I did!!  /pip/Forum24/HTML/000178.html Don't worry, sailor. They say the good thing about Alzheimer's is that you get to meet a lotta new people! |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
'Deer - Well I'll be hornswoggled - Of all the jokes I had to pull out of thin air, it would have to be one you used eons ago. Well, the aim is still true - a scalawag was involved in the story. This is what I get for skipping past your poetry to read the really good stuff - lol. [This message has been edited by LngJhnAg (edited 12-04-2001).] |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
"This is what I get for skipping past your poetry to read the really good stuff - lol." ROFL!!!! With that comeback, I REALLY tip my hat to ya! Good stuff!!  |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
VERY good stuff, indeed! |
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RosePetal
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
hehehe the two of you crack me up! ((hugs to you both)) |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fantastic writing Lng Jhn...James |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Dare I say "Great minds think alike?" LOL Love this sir!  |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Hmmm, sounds as if Deers joke kicked him in the bear bottom - they say what goes around comes around and, LJ, I'm here to say YA DID GOOD!!! (No offense Big B...) jwesley |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
LJA, This is good wish I'd thought of it...oh wait I did too, remember you challenged me to. /pip/Forum33/HTML/001949.html I bet your face is red now.  TO follow on from Deer's A comment....and you get to hide your own Christmas presents. lol.  Keth Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown [This message has been edited by Kethry (edited 12-05-2001).] |
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misguided angel Member
since 2001-11-23
Posts 106Australia |
Long John, this is so cool! I love it. Thanks for the laugh  Andrea Summon the courage to step out of your familiar rut and suddenly many of those things which held you back will no longer have the power to do so. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Keth - I sincerely hope that everybody notices, if they read your poem and 'Deer's, that I did not require either woman or bear to be killed. I am much more sensitive that way. *haughty sniffs* Thank you one and all for your most kind compliments. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
ROFL... You've shown your short memory as well as your poetic talent with this one, scalawag... but I gotta admit it's about time you picked on someone other than that sweet saint Toerag! LOL Great job, sailor... on both the poem and the "so there!" retort to Deer! *G* |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
You are such a nice man with such a terrific sense of humor. This is PURRfect Kathleen (Kay) |
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