Thursday 4 November 2010

Magpie Rooster 39

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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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21 comments:

  1. Helen4 November 2010 at 4:14 pm

    Bad Rooster! Nice Magpie!

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  2. Business IQ4 November 2010 at 4:41 pm

    Fabulous! Well done and funny to boot.

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  3. ninotaziz4 November 2010 at 8:50 pm

    Dear Stafford,
    I had a tough tough week at work. And your magpie is the first thing that managed to make me smile!

    Thanks!

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  4. Jim Swindle4 November 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Very clever. Thanks for sharing it.

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  5. Strummed Words4 November 2010 at 9:02 pm

    Funny and clever!
    Here's my Cock of the Walk

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  6. Unknown4 November 2010 at 9:37 pm

    I'll just say it...the word chook makes me all kinds of happy
    and your poem makes that frightening rooster almost approachable

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  7. ninotaziz4 November 2010 at 11:15 pm

    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!

    A winner for sure!

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  8. Carrie Van Horn4 November 2010 at 11:51 pm

    He is a real gentleman....:-)

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  9. kaykuala5 November 2010 at 12:02 am

    Spiders and all, it's all in the game.

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  10. Suz5 November 2010 at 12:20 am

    good one....gave me a chuckle

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  11. annell45 November 2010 at 12:33 am

    I like that, and didn't even share one with you?

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  12. Gabriela Abalo5 November 2010 at 3:10 am

    brilliant!!

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  13. Tess Kincaid5 November 2010 at 3:31 am

    Ah, he is SO very French. (said with an exaggerated accent)

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  14. rel5 November 2010 at 7:04 am

    Stafford,
    I think your game is just fine!
    :)
    rel

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  15. Glenn Buttkus5 November 2010 at 9:19 am

    Humor has returned to the Ray
    pages; 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.

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  16. Tumblewords:5 November 2010 at 9:25 am

    Aw, this is great!!

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  17. signed...bkm5 November 2010 at 9:36 am

    Love it Stafford...you always have something good to say....bkm

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  18. Anonymous5 November 2010 at 9:55 am

    How genteel of him to address the spiders prior to eating them.

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  19. Reflections5 November 2010 at 12:29 pm

    Hmmm, dinner after its announcement... Nice take.

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  20. Martin6 November 2010 at 1:58 am

    One canny rooster.

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  21. Anonymous12 November 2010 at 11:33 am

    hahaha!!
    I 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...

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