The Jam-man!
By Rhiannonw
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He came to see me about us courting.
‘Can you sort out my drawer that’s jammed?’ I said.
He did!
Taking our children to visit my widowed mother.
Straight into the loo – quickly out, back to the car to
fetch the tool-box. Cistern problem. Broken chain? (flush jammed?)
First job of the visit.
Old friends call. Their little girl playing with
their child toilet-seat.
Oh, no! Bewildered child has toilet-seat necklace.
Seems jammed on, but work out the mathematics and turn to release!
Nowadays, ‘Grandpa will mend it!’
Bouncy grandchildren need to learn not to be over-confidently careless!
‘Grandpa, I’m jammed in this chair. I can’t get out!’
Get screwdriver to remove chair-arm. Or first, pull in your tummy and wriggle!
Christmas tin mug inscribed, ‘In case of emergency, ask …!’
{IP: Jam]
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Good old Grandpa, righter of
Good old Grandpa, righter of all ills.
Beautiful.
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A lovely poem Rhiannon. It
A lovely poem Rhiannon. It really conjures up a scene of sanitary earthenware fiasco panic.
Especially...
'Oh, no! Bewildered child has toilet-seat necklace'.
I really enjoyed reading it.
Turlough
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It always seems so easy to
It always seems so easy to get caught up in a situation, yet so difficult to escape from. Trouble is if that was me I'd start to panic, which is the worst thing you can do. I remember as a child pushing my hand through some metal bars, yet couldn't get my hand back out because it expanded where I was all hot and bothered. The next thing I knew a man came out of his house with some butter and smothered my hand in it...luckily it worked and I was free...phew! Do I recall the panic I felt...yes I do.
Great poem for the I P Rhiannon.
Jenny.
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Cherries for the master de
Cherries for the master de-jammer!
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A funny and amusing tale but
A funny and amusing tale but I am sure the toilet seat necklace would cause a great deal of panic in the child. A good take on the subject of jam.
Lindy
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Ah a different take on the
Ah a different take on the word "jam". A ".. bewildered child has toilet-seat necklace.. "
Well I wasn't expecting such drama and could picture the kerfuffle. Loved that last line. Made me smile. Very nicely done, Rhiannon. Paul :)
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