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We were sitting in a restaurant having enjoyed a marvellous meal I caught sight of a man sitting near us His hair was bizarre, no way was it real As we’d never seen a bouffant so big Hubby declared that it must be a wig I said it looks like a ferret that’s dead When suddenly the ‘ferret’ slipped off his head He desperately tried to catch his falling hair And his frantic hands flew up into the air Alas it landed slap bang in his soup He fished it out, covered in gloop He nonchelantly placed it back on his head I turned to hubby, and then I said 'It was very wrong of us to stare but it wasn’t a ferret... it was really a hare!' A lot of poetic licence but based on seeing a man with the most bizarre ‘rug’ on his head 11/8/18

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Date: 11/10/2018 7:45:00 PM
Bravo, Humor Queen. This one really works from the get-go … And that punch line! -- Whoa, just perfect. Just great, Jan! :) gw
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Date: 11/13/2018 5:12:00 PM
Got to say the final line is one of my fave recent gems, it even makes me giggle lol:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/10/2018 11:56:00 AM
I can't believe how loudly I laughed at this one!! Do guys still wear wigs, these days... thought we'd all just resigned ourselves to be follicly-challenged!! ;) Regards, John.
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Date: 11/10/2018 2:17:00 PM
This looked so un natural and we werent the only ones to see it was a rug. I giggled when i came up with the punch line:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/9/2018 6:00:00 PM
G'day Jan … so it was a hair in his soup. Pretty common I expect. I suppose he had something to suck on for a nightcap - thanks for the giggle Jan - Lindsay
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Date: 11/10/2018 2:13:00 PM
Lol lindsay:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/9/2018 12:55:00 PM
So you were dining at Mar-a-Largo? Aloha! Rico
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:44:00 PM
Lol rico:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/9/2018 9:57:00 AM
I can really see this happening Jan, License or not, Very funny! Happy Friday xxoo
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:44:00 PM
I get a lot of inspiration from people watching and having a vivid imagination certainly helps:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/9/2018 8:09:00 AM
LOL, Jan! That’s what us poets do! Uncomfortable staring, relishing the thought of a wig taking a dunk, pulling apart the froth of his wig...lol!
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:42:00 PM
Lol kim:-) I can't have a pet maybe I could have a pet wig lol:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/9/2018 5:36:00 AM
Nowhere like restaurants and superstores for finding funny stories, Jan. // Barry
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:42:00 PM
I get lots of inspiration from people watching !:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
Haha, when its gone its gone, Id never go down that road. Never done Yul Brynner any harm lol.
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Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/9/2018 4:24:00 PM
Are you by any chance a trekkie ?
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Jan Allison
Date: 11/9/2018 2:39:00 PM
Ooh Patrick Stewart is so attractive i dont thi k its just his voice and as for greying men ohh dont get me started lol:-) but a dead ferret on the head is not a good look l:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/8/2018 8:17:00 PM
Hahaha! Always love your humor my friend!
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:37:00 PM
I keep seeing this guy, his wig freaks me out lol:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/8/2018 5:05:00 PM
A fun poem, Jan. Well done.
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:36:00 PM
Thanks line:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/8/2018 5:01:00 PM
so!...you ver out raisink hare eh?...andt ve all know how fast hare raises : )
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Date: 11/9/2018 2:36:00 PM
Lol:-) Hugs Jan xx
Date: 11/8/2018 4:16:00 PM
This was funny...so now he has soup in his hair and we have his hair on soup. : )
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Jan Allison
Date: 11/8/2018 4:20:00 PM
The only truth in the tale is we saw a man with the most horribly obvious toupee - the rest is pure poetic licence!:-) hugs jan xx

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