Comment from Gloria ....

Excellent

I can totally relate, sometimes a person has to hide their word-grubbing because some people think it's an addiction or something. Course having a deep and abiding fondness for the dictionary isn't to everyone's taste. I find it handy to look up words like injustice that I figured I knew the meaning of, and then learned later there's more to it than meets the eye.

Excellent Limerick and some unique rhyming in there too.

Thanks for the share.

Glorai

 Comment Written 14-May-2018

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reply by the author on 14-May-2018

Thanks very much, Gloria. I like being unique, but only if someone else will be unique with me :) Cheers, Craig

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

Oh dear! Well, I hope most of this was just in jest to make the limerick rhymes for word-grubber. I never did understand the washing the mouth thing. Couldn't they just leave it as a figure of speech. Fun limerick and word.

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 14-May-2018

LOL it's not pleasant.... errrr, so I've heard ;-) Many thanks. Craig

Comment from --Turtle.

Excellent

Hi, Craig,

Read through this limerick, nice job combining the word of the day with a bit of a mom theme of the day, too. There's some humor, though with the darker imagery of a mom who takes some serious stances on language for her offspring. No word-grubbery allowed.

Though I only take the humor lean because it's in limerick form, as kids getting the what-for for gateway vocabulary to a sesquipedalian lifestyle.

I liked the drubber/ scrubber rhyme. Easy to follow limerick beat and flow.

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

Well, the pot-scrubber was an exaggeration, but I certainly got the soap treatment when I was a little fella :) WOW , I just learned a new word - not one I see myself saying any time I'm in a hurry! Thanks for that :) Cheers, Craig

Comment from BeasPeas

Excellent

Oh no! I am happy to say that I did not receive a drubbing nor did I give one, especially with a pot scrubber. I think this topic fits perfectly into the limerick style of poetry. Marilyn

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

Thanks very much, Marilyn. Sad to say, I received my share of both (OK, the pot-scrubber was an exaggeration, but the bar of soap figured prominently). Cheers, Craig

Comment from Dawn Munro

Excellent

I'm sure glad Mom wasn't a drubber,
especially if she used a scrubber!
But mine used some soap
to help her to cope
with language from this non-land-lubber.

Okay, so wadda want from a review anyway? Shakespeare I'm not. (LOL)

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

LOL :)

reply by Dawn Munro on 13-May-2018

:))

reply by Dawn Munro on 13-May-2018

(See how bad my day is? First I say life isn't a bed of roses, and then I say live with the thorns...WHAT thorns?) Hahahaha. Duh...

reply by Dawn Munro on 13-May-2018

Have I mentioned I hate Mother's Day?

reply by the author on 13-May-2018

I seem to recall you did :)

reply by Dawn Munro on 13-May-2018

Did what? (HAHAHAHAHA) Read my dialogue only contest entry. Like concise? HAHAHAHAHA!!!

reply by Dawn Munro on 13-May-2018

It's VERY short (and brusque, some would say). It's called, "Think About It".

Comment from bichonfrisegirl

Excellent

Haha ... this is cute, Craig! You taught me two new words ... drubber and grubber. You are a pro at writing these limericks!

I love the humor in this, and the imagery you've created of this poor kid getting his mouth scrubbed with a pot scrubber of all things is creative. I'm guessing that lots of kids got their mouths washed out with soap. A pot scrubber may be taking it just a little far. LOL

Great job, Craig! ~~ Connie

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

I can raise my hand to that one, Connie :) Many thanks for a lovely review, Craig

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A very well-written Limerick. Most people are talking like normal people but their are many who always have to use words that we never knew before and have to find a dictionary to look up what they mean.

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

Thanks very much, Sandra. Much appreciated. Craig

Comment from Jannypan (Jan)

Excellent

Ouch! That'll teach most kids==maybe.

Good job on your fun limerick CD. I like your word choices 7 the great way you rhymed them. Thanks for sharing. Jan

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

Thanks for the kind words, Jan. They are much appreciated - Craig

Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

What fun! I want to play too.

my body is made up of blubber
so I can't be a very good drubber
I punch and I smack
with my jello-like sack
but victims bounce off me like rubber

I love limericks. I could write them all day. Once I had a long conversation with someone all in limericks.

Craig dreamed of becoming a writer
instead he became a street fighter
with fists, guns, and knives
he lost eight of his lives
too bad he was not a bit brighter.

I'm just kidding, of course. :)

 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

Now Phyllis, I think that's unkind;
you might just be losing your mind.
"Your body's not rubber,
you crazy land-lubber"
Old Hook shook his head and opined.

Thanks for the fun review :)

Craig

Comment from Alexander Vasa

Excellent

Hello, this is a witty limerick. I understood the word 'drubber' without your author notes, I think that is one of the few times that's happened, LOL. I also understand that to give someone a good 'drubbing' may be a verbal assault.

I like your poetry and this poem is no exception. Thanks for sharing it, and I found it a fun work to read and review, Ana.

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 Comment Written 13-May-2018

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reply by the author on 13-May-2018

Thanks very much, Ana. I'm glad you liked it. I like limericks, but three in a row seems a bit excessive, even for me :) Cheers, Craig