Holiday Rhymes
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- Written July 2009
The Game
When the champion decided on Scrabble
She moaned and she groaned at the rabble
Of seven round vowels
That troubled her bowels
Yet scored two sixty eight with her dabble.
She moaned and she groaned at the rabble
Of seven round vowels
That troubled her bowels
Yet scored two sixty eight with her dabble.
The Climb
When he had a go at the mountain
His physical fitness was wanton
At four hundred meters
He’d depleted his litres
So stopped for a drink at the fountain.
In Church
The preacher gave such a long sermon
We thought we must surely be vermin
But he told us we’re not
The Lord saves the lot,
The English, the French and the German.
Making Hay
The farmer was driving the tractor
And fell, so we thought it a fracture
But he got to his feet
Saying ‘nothing to treat
Just get me a good chiropractor’.
On Board
We laughed as his throw missed the picket
But he smiled as he asked for our ticket.
He tooted his horn
Just wanting to warn
That Swiss boys play tennis, not cricket.
The Oven
We kneaded the dough in the making
And sprinkled the flour we’d been shaking.
When she opened the door
We found bread on the floor
A fresh loaf by old-fashioned baking.
The Dance
The men came with bells they had tinkered
The women with dresses they’d fingered.
The rain pelted down
So we thought we might drown
But the dancing continued unhindered.
The Falls
The Eiger, the Monch and the Jungfrau
Force water through cracks that are narrow
It explodes into spray
With spectral display
Of tears that know nothing of sorrow.
The Spa
We switched on the jacuzzi's bubble
And found it dissolved all our trouble
As we stared into space
While they massaged the face
We wished we had shaved off the stubble.
And found it dissolved all our trouble
As we stared into space
While they massaged the face
We wished we had shaved off the stubble.
July 2009
A light-hearted limerick a day that reflected the jollity of a holiday in Ringgenberg, Switzerland.
For photographs of this holiday see:
Around Ringgenberg
On the Lakes - Brienz and Thun
Lauterbrunnen and Trummelbach
Clouds over the Golden Pass