Comment from rhymelord

Excellent

Dear Brooke,
Great stuff. Right off the flower kick and those odd, but charming formats you love so well, into a good old limerick form, whimsical and potent.
Regards
Reg

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2009

Reg, thank you - glad you enjoyed my limerick :-D Brooke

Comment from Nicnac

Excellent

LOL
I enjoyed this, Brooke!
I've done it 'my way' before - many times I crash and burn (Ha-Ha), but I still think MY WAY is the best. haha

Silly mood.
Thanks for the chuckle.
Waiting rooms are no fun!!
I wouldn't be in a 'flowery' mood either. ;)
Nic

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2009

Nic, thank you - waiting rooms and the bill that inevitably comes at the end of the wait!!! :-) Brooke

Comment from babylonia

Excellent

brooke,
i totally understand what you are saying. this last week or was it two weeks ago, my muffler popped off. loud loud loud. hubby mentioned it the other day. i guess he finally discovered it.
love,
barbara

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 08-Sep-2009

Barbara, thank you. Yes, $340 later, I am broke. Brooke :-)

reply by babylonia on 08-Sep-2009

brooke,
oh dear, that could pay for my trip to meet stephen king. i get my muffler fixed tomorrow. it won't cost that much.
love,
barbara

Comment from perunest

Excellent

Your limerick is a perfect anthem -
a counterpoint to "I Did it My Way"
and something we can all identify with
either literally or figuratively. (And
some of us can identify with it both
ways!) I love your concise expression
of stress! Carolyn

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 07-Sep-2009

Carolyn, your visits and comments today are most appreciated :-) Brooke

Comment from Fleedleflump

Excellent

I think mechanics are simultaneously the saviours of the modern citizen and the devil incarnate. They have a very real power over us; the power of specific, helpful knowledge, and that means that some of them exploit it mercilessly!

Mike

 Comment Written 07-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 09-Sep-2009

Mike, thank you. Actually, I have an honest mechanic, thank goodness, but our state mandates these inspections and I actually did need a battery too, so I was just stressed over the bill. I wouldn't have been able to write or joke at all if I'd been stressed over a dishonest mechanic LOL. Brooke

Comment from Xuders

Excellent

It's a pleasure to see a metrical poem in which the meter is as it should be. This little limerick is quite satisfying, rhythmically.

But if one is forced off life's highway, has one died?

 Comment Written 06-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 09-Sep-2009

Redux, thank you. I work extremely hard to make sure my meter is correct in anything I write :-) Brooke

Comment from aviddbrut

Excellent

brooke... great job. fun piece. here in Montana (and I suspect, in other parts of the world as well) we have a saying that there are two seasons...winter and construction. potholes and detours and torn up roads all over the place. getting from point A to point B leads through all the other letters of the alphabet. thanks for the smile.
david

 Comment Written 06-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 09-Sep-2009

Thank you, David. Yes, I've heard that same saying in Pennsylvania :-) Glad you enjoyed my limerick :-) Brooke

Comment from jmyron

Excellent

This is the best entry I've read yet in this contest. As a limerick, I might have done it a little differently, but who cares.

John

 Comment Written 06-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 06-Sep-2009

Thanks, John - I did not win, but I still enjoyed writing it :-) Brooke

Comment from Mrs Happy Poet

Excellent

This is a very good poem with a very apt title you have done very well I enjoyed good luck in the contest my friend regards Fuller

 Comment Written 06-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 06-Sep-2009

Thank you, Fuller, as always, you are most kind :-) Brooke

Comment from Nanny 6

Excellent

LOL... You were writing in the moment, weren't you Brooke. This had some humor, yet spoke a volume of truth. Got a chuckle out of me as I can relate..." : ) Judy

 Comment Written 06-Sep-2009

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reply by the author on 06-Sep-2009

Judy, thank you - the chuckle is something I was hoping to elicit :-) Brooke