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Saturday, January 31, 2026

FIBBING FRIDAY...pensitivity101wordpress.com

 





1 What are florins tanners and bobs?

     colonial  tea cups

2 What are Dead Mans Fingers

  sausage rolls from the supermarket

3 :What killed the triffids?

Dead Man's Fingers

4,:Whats the difference between a buck and a quid?

a thick accent

5: How much is an old crown worth?


nothing

teeth extraction detritus is used as road fill


6 :What can be known as a 'little gem'?

a Greek boyfriend

7 :What is pearl barley?

cheap jewellery

8: I came I saw I...(finish the sentence)

had an uncontrollable desire to ravage Greenland

9.:Smile it enhances your face value ...who said that?

Donald the Diabolical camel squeezer

10:Where on the human body is the zygomatic bone found

Only in fat humans with bone spurs and red hair










FRIDAY WRITINGS # 212..... POETS AND STORYTELLERS UNITED





nico
killed by a shark
swimming in  the harbour
a 12 year old schoolboy gone far
too soon

Tribute from surfers for Nico Antic at Bondi Beach


lucky
when i was young
we swam in the harbour
without fear or a care in the
whole world

weather
is not the cause
we all know what it is
they were here before us so we
must pay

( according to p.c. enlightened wackos)  

 culling
a no no now
no culling no netting
swim at patrolled beaches sharks win
for now












 

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

W3 Prompt # 196 .... DoubleTetractys...The Skeptics Kaddish





stop
give up
you can't push
the camel through
not even powerful money bags you
best get used to the heat where you're going
at least you'll be
with kindred
spirits
cheers








Tuesday, January 27, 2026

TANKA TUESDAY POETRY CHALLENGE no 49

 

SHADORMA

just because
i am a pet cat
does not mean
i have to
tolerate weird behaviour
i call the shots here


Monday, January 26, 2026

AUSTRALIA DAY ....JANUARY 26th

 WHATS GOING ON....Help for hurting hearts

https://newwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com


momentary maybe
but  important
certainly a 
help for hurting hearts
from recent events
we felt unified
joyous
optimistic
proud of
and love for our country
lots of laughs and smiles
and a few tears


"i am 
you are
we are Australian"

 




















MLMM... MONDAY WORDLE #461





try  petty honest rich pride sorry support head custom worry suggest carry

INSPIRED BY DI
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/they-are-out-to-kill-us/

why should governments support ordinary folk
why worry about them
why should the head of the government carry the burden
of  subsidising the aged pensioner and the disabled
the custom is a petty over zealous religious idea
these pensioners have no pride
we suggest you put them on ice floes
and float them out to sea as they did in the past
sorry that we are not permitted to do that any longer
anyone can get rich as long as you are amoral
 immoral and not honest...it's easy
follow the example of the world's most powerful leaders
there is no excuse
these pensioners are not giving it a try








Friday, January 23, 2026

FRIDAY WRITINGS # 211... POETS and STORY TELLERS UNITED


  

at night
you enter my thoughts
time after time

if you fall i will catch you
i'll be with you
time after time
i may teeter gasp
but I will never let you go

you are the shadow
half caught
in the corner of my eye
the distant wistful thought
on my pillow at night

when it's time
i will take your hand
swan dive with you
bathed in sunshne and smiles
into the starched white crest
of a giant ocean wave