A new verse to add to an old verse of the tale of Noah and the Ark.
Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic each week to write a 100 word story about.
This week it’s ridiculous humor/limericks because it’s the only thing that came to mind other than writing a gruesome piece about a lady who like, Groundhog’s Day, reawakens each morning to search for her missing family in another country: Iran, Syria, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Nigeria… (Ugh. too real and gruesome for me. I’ll stick to funny, and like Groundhog’s Day, it was humor last Wednesday, and the Wednesday before that, and before…)
Copyright – Dawn Q. Landau
There Once Was A Lady From Goa
There once was a lady from Goa
Who walked on dry land after Noah
Shlepped the ark
To a volcano – so stark,
that it probably was Mauna Loa.
Now this same old lady from Goa,
Swam all the way south to Samoa.
As the lava spewed free,
She jumped into the sea,
Quickly shouting Shalom and Aloha!!!
Randy Mazie
The Writer's Village 
Dear Randy,
This might be your best ever. I always enjoy the noun/verb Shlep. It’s my nickname you know. I have a friend I call Kvetch. Together we’re “Shlep and Kvetch it.”
Shalom, (I’ll leave the Aloha to Doug)
Rochelle
I like it!
I call my dog the Americanized version of Kvetch:
FETCH
But he doesn’t understand either language.
He just sits there and gives me that blank stare of his
Dear Randy,
On a great note, I’m still laughing form your last line….Well done.
On a technical note…it’s Groundhog Day.
You hit what you were aiming at. Good job.
Aloha and Shalom,
Doug
Thanks for the comments. I thought of you when I was writing it.
And, while I appreciate the correction, and it never occurred to me that it might be one word, I’m now going to write to the American Board of Sanctioned Use of Language because I believe that the spelling proffered in my piece certainly should be a variant of the word. I mean, come on, there are food hogs, bed hogs,
big hogs, little hogs, and I now DECLARE: the Ground Hog.
Thanks, Doug
Oh my goodness! I read what you wrote too early in the morning for my little brain to fully process what you were saying. It wasn’t that it is two words, it is that the phrase is not possessive.
But again, if the day doesn’t belong to the groundhog, why even call it Groundhog Day.
It should be Groundhogday like any other day of the week.
For instance, it should be set in the first week of February after Sunday but before Monday, and only once a year. But I don’t see it on my calendar as an eight day week in February. Although it’s always celebrated February 2, it’s on a different day each year.
Now, as I think about it (which is always dangerous – hurry, get out of the way!), it should be Labor’s Day. Independence’s Day, Christmas’ Day, etc.
It’s true. Think about it.
We call New Year’s Day, New Year’s Day – and not New Year Day. Or, New Year’s Eve…
This discussion reminds me though of a groundhog’s day dirty laundry:
A whole bunch of ground hogwash.
Randy
or is it ground hog’swash?
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
EXCELLENT!!!!! CREATIVE!!!!! WORTHY OF PRAISE TO GOD FOR THIS CREATIVE VIEW AT SCRIPTURE!!!!
I always try to practice a grateful heart.
Thank you.
Randy
You really make me laugh 🙂
Thank you. I try.
Randy
Randy,
You must know what you are doin’
As you’ve certainly got us all spewin’
All the coffee or tea
That happened to be
In our mouths as we read; all is ruined.
janet
Sorry.
I’ll try to post these when you’re not eating, driving, sleeping, operating tractors, riding horses, or trying to read texts while in your car.
Plus, I promise to post a cautionary note: Do not read and sip.
PS I liked your limerically responsive chorus..
Nice graphic image. I can just see you slobbering.
😉 Randy
Fortunately, I was sitting at a table with my laptop and no drinks, but couldn’t resist. Tractor-driving comes later and driving while texting not until tomorrow when I head back home.
Write all your texts now in advance, so all you have to do is hit send when you’re driving. Much safer that way.
Sounds like a great idea, Randy. Then all I have to do is look at my phone to decide which one to send. 🙂 People who text while driving really bother me and I try to stay as far away from them as possible!!
good for you! me, too.
Love your limerick, it’s so much fun. Thanks.
Thanks.
Fun is us!
Randy
Love this Randy! It actually works with this photo and the cadence and rhyming is flawless… not to mention it made me actually laugh out loud! 😉
I like to hear people laughing out loud.
but I have to settle for now about reading about it.
thanks,
Randy
Had me laughing out loud too, great job 😉
thanks. Randy
Thanks for the smile. I love the lady from Goa!
She sends her regards from balboa (she moves around a lot) Randy
A limerick! I thought to myself, “Oh, no-a,” But when I read through, I tell you this is true, It’s the best piece of rhyme I know-a.
I’m glad it got your limerick “juices” to-go-a.
😉 Randy
I really enjoyed this, Randy. I have a friend who is from Goa so the images are all a little muddled!
I hate muddled images.
Standby while i adjust your monitor.
Now to help out your imagery:
Noah set sail from Goa
the woman was simply a stowa-
way who set foot
but didn’t stay put
with the lava flow on Mauna Loa.
By the way she settled in old Mexicola
and ate her days through Guacamola
Rand-ola
Thank you 🙂
Very funny, Randy, and from now on I’m going to be shouting “shalom & aloha” whenever I want to get the hell out of a place ASAP. “As the lava spewed free/She jumped into the sea/Quickly shouting Shalom and Aloha!!!” Like that line!
Perry – look at that new picture of you! Nice shot…..
I always find opening up a door and running out works better and faster than shouting anything – even better than ASAP (although I never heard any one ever
yell, ASAP!)
But that’s just me. I’m funny that way.
Randy
Anyone who can come up with so many great rhymes with Goa, deserves all respect.. and great cadence in your limericks.. seems like a lady of gusto
thanks –
Now as to the lady of gusto.
She dated both van Gogh and Miro.
She kept them apart
As adept as their art –
Until both of them gave her the heave-ho.
Randy
Randy, I’ve known people from Goa. I don’t know if any of them have jumped into the sea yelling like that, but I suppose it’s possible. I don’t think I’ll inquire though as I might get some strange looks as they back away. Funny stuff and well done. 🙂 —Susan
But do you know-a
the lady from Go-a?
Thanks for saying hello-a.
randy-o-a
Hahahahaha! That was fun!
no – it was fun-o-a.
Barrump-BUMP!
😉
I wish I have a funny bone and write limericks. But alas, I don’t So I get to enjoy others’. I love the movie, Groundhog’s Day. Life is like that sometimes, waking up to the same every morning. 🙂
Lily
It’s the same thing everyday that gives us orientation and grounding. Without it, life would be terrifying. It’s our sense of seeing the new in the old, I think, which makes life so interesting.
BTW -I used to buy my “Funny Bones” at our local supermarket. A company called Drakes does or did make them.
Randy