Comment from Aiona

Exceptional

Great poem! It fulfills three criteria for me. 1. It rhymes. 2. It informs. 3. It made me giggle. Who was it who said poetry is a device to help us remember important things? I can't remember, but this one certainly fits the bill.

 Comment Written 11-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 14-Feb-2014

Thank you!

Should have it framed and on my kitchen wall!

Steve

reply by Aiona on 14-Feb-2014

I'll bet it'd sell well on Etsy, too!

Comment from HL Pepper

Excellent

Ok, always, ALWAYS wash your hands afterwards but every once in a while you should also wash them beforehand, as well!!

Very cute! It's so great to laugh, laughter heals the soul!

 Comment Written 09-Feb-2014

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reply by the author on 10-Feb-2014

And I guess with a name like yours, you would know.

My previous greatest garden/food blunder was thinking I had blood in my urine when really I'd just eaten a lot of the beetroot I was preserving....

Steve

reply by HL Pepper on 10-Feb-2014

Oh, been there, done that one! I decided not to take radiation after I finished chemo for breast cancer because avoiding meat & dairy offered a 40% chance of it not coming back. I went vegetarian whole hog (pun intended, didn't last). I was also anemic at the time so I ate like a gazillion beets a day. Scares it right out of you doesn't it?!! haha It should be embarrassing being a dumbass but I'm used to it now!! Take care, Pepper

Comment from Debra White

Excellent

LOL! Sorry Steve....ouch! I guess you had a knobbly red fruit of your own after your bathroom mishap!
Cute little rhyme, thanks for the laugh ;)
Kindest regards as always, Debra

 Comment Written 28-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

The chilis are drying and the fruit is recovering....

Thanks for reading this piece of silliness.

Steve

Comment from jackpeg

Excellent

No one's gonna ever want to hold hands with you, Steve. What a nifty reminder. Your "willy" is suppose is...well, just take it for granted I KNOW what your "willy" is. Very funny!

 Comment Written 28-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

Thank you.

All body parts have recovered well, thanks.

Steve

Comment from humpwhistle

Excellent

You message comes through loud and clear, Steve. I rather enjoy cooking with spicy ingredients. Experience demands I add one more to your list of sensitive things to keep your chili-(the correct spelling)paws off: Your inflatable love . . . pfffft.

Peace, Lee

 Comment Written 28-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

Thanks, Lee.

With advanced age comes experience and wisdom - you'd think I would have learnt this one by now! I've made a note about the inflatable thingy....

Steve

Comment from paulah60

Excellent

I know someone who DID forget. Fortunately for him it was in the privacy of his own home. Unfortunately for the masses, it was in the privacy of his own home! That level of stupidity deserves an audience! Oh...oops, I just noticed this poem was inspired by a personal experience. That level of stupidity deserves an audience LOL !! Let's hope you actually READ your notes.
A nice bit of frivolity!
cheers
Paula

 Comment Written 27-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

Thanks, Paula

You'd think by my age I'd be acquiring enough experience and wisdom not to do anything this stupid.... I definitely won't again!

Steve

Comment from Cumbrianlass

Excellent

HAHA! Steve, I bloody laughed out loud at this one. Not that I have a willy. (Okay. Let's not go there.) So I can only imagine it would be quite the burning sensation!

Thanks for the laugh.

Still laughing.

Av


Still laughing.

 Comment Written 27-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

Av, thanks for laughing at my stupidity - that makes me feel a whole lot better! :o)

Steve

Comment from rama devi

Excellent

LOL--so sorry this is not fictional! Good humorous post. An easy one to chuckle at, but I know it's no joke (having chopped chillis before, too. One, I was packing Ayurvedic pain balm cream in the ashram and I forgot about the camphor effect when i went to use the toilet. (In India, one wipes with one's hand). I came hopping out of the bathroom and one of the ashram inmates (a nun) asked: "Did you have an 'experience?"

Chuckling,
rd

 Comment Written 27-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

Thanks, Rama

Yes, not an experience to forget easily - I will definitely remember this for next time.

Steve

reply by rama devi on 30-Jan-2014

:-)

Comment from strandregs

Excellent

I like it . It reminds me of the other educational gingle of teenage.
If you want to be a hippy put a flower in your pipi.
Try my last few limericks for a smile.
The last one I like in particular.
Reviews not solicited.Z.

 Comment Written 27-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 30-Jan-2014

Thanks.

And I'm just about to head off to check out those limericks.

Steve

Comment from Loren (7)

Excellent

What can I say. Never tried it myself and now with this cautionary note, pretty sure I never will in the future. Besides, who would ever want to in the first place. : )

 Comment Written 27-Jan-2014

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reply by the author on 27-Jan-2014

Thanks for reading.

never too old to learn something, but some people are slow learners - this time I only burnt my hands..... and there's a pack of food-handling gloves just sitting on the shelf.

Steve