Manners Maketh the Chook.
Chanticleer, the rooster tall
Saw some spiders on the wall.
Said he, “Bonjour
Nice day for sure!”
Gave me a wink, then ate them all!
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Bad Rooster! Nice Magpie!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Well done and funny to boot.
ReplyDeleteDear Stafford,
ReplyDeleteI had a tough tough week at work. And your magpie is the first thing that managed to make me smile!
Thanks!
Very clever. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteFunny and clever!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Cock of the Walk
I'll just say it...the word chook makes me all kinds of happy
ReplyDeleteand your poem makes that frightening rooster almost approachable
By the way, Stafford - all other roosters and hens appear to have been eaten, turned into coq au vin etc. Only yours ate the spiders!
ReplyDeleteA winner for sure!
He is a real gentleman....:-)
ReplyDeleteSpiders and all, it's all in the game.
ReplyDeletegood one....gave me a chuckle
ReplyDeleteI like that, and didn't even share one with you?
ReplyDeletebrilliant!!
ReplyDeleteAh, he is SO very French. (said with an exaggerated accent)
ReplyDeleteStafford,
ReplyDeleteI think your game is just fine!
:)
rel
Humor has returned to the Ray
ReplyDeletepages; succinct, worth several
smiles, one chuckle, and a glance
out the window at the massive
spider web suspended across
the bottom pane. Where is
cock Chanticleer when we need
him the Northwest?
Chaucer would be proud,
as are we, sir. Stiletto and barbed
and randy and real.
Good mag.
Aw, this is great!!
ReplyDeleteLove it Stafford...you always have something good to say....bkm
ReplyDeleteHow genteel of him to address the spiders prior to eating them.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, dinner after its announcement... Nice take.
ReplyDeleteOne canny rooster.
ReplyDeletehahaha!!
ReplyDeleteI hope this rooster didn't end up in MY tummy as dinner later in the day! Now I wouldn't want dead crawlies in it, would I? ;-)
A superb anticlimactic take on the prompt!!! Me likeys...