tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post9170280779095294269..comments2023-07-17T08:19:24.624+01:00Comments on Delusions of Adequacy: The Poetry Bus looks a gift-horse in the mouthArgenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-72952247634543971282010-12-29T11:47:29.240+00:002010-12-29T11:47:29.240+00:00Excellent!
xExcellent!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-17237751889410164392010-12-29T11:03:24.821+00:002010-12-29T11:03:24.821+00:00Hahahahahahaha! Love it! (One of my Irish friends ...Hahahahahahaha! Love it! (One of my Irish friends always wants Tootsie Rolls!)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-87369287422478695542010-12-29T09:56:43.312+00:002010-12-29T09:56:43.312+00:00haha another in law rears it's gifting head!
I...haha another in law rears it's gifting head!<br />I wonder why they're coming up so often!?!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-4927434729837109292010-12-29T07:12:26.137+00:002010-12-29T07:12:26.137+00:00Bug, that's a genius idea! Maybe we should se...Bug, that's a genius idea! Maybe we should set up a website for exchanging/combining these unwanted items.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-46304004239996170812010-12-28T20:34:54.684+00:002010-12-28T20:34:54.684+00:00Ooh - I can use the dishcloth to dry my saucepan!Ooh - I can use the dishcloth to dry my saucepan!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-24057344609545793332010-12-28T20:12:44.794+00:002010-12-28T20:12:44.794+00:00When you go will you send back a dishcloth from Am...When you go will you send back a dishcloth from America?<br />Great fun and the capitalisation adds to the humour.Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-90877075792489015612010-12-28T12:40:28.163+00:002010-12-28T12:40:28.163+00:00Nuts4fruit - many thanks
MuseSwings - I don't...Nuts4fruit - many thanks<br /><br />MuseSwings - I don't think it was made in America. It was a plain wiping tables cloth.<br /><br />TFE - Muchly thankings<br /><br />Helen - She never really was satisfied with my housekeeping so I suspect there was a bit of a hint going on, but she meant well.<br /><br />Dr FTSE - we call them tea towels here too (Midlands). I'd have been happy enough with a souvenir one of those.<br /><br />NanU - heh! I didn't exact my revenge as it happens, to be honest I never thought of it and now it's way too late.<br /><br />Dick - I always think gift giving is important as it says a lot about the giver, the giver's opinion of the recipient and their relationship. I should be grateful she thought of me at all.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-88499990542039273292010-12-28T11:51:17.657+00:002010-12-28T11:51:17.657+00:00large lolling!.. fantastic! :-D
hope you had an ex...large lolling!.. fantastic! :-D<br />hope you had an excellent Christmas, and in case I don't get round before friday, have a fablus new year too ;-)Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-42982730400803744342010-12-28T09:26:53.514+00:002010-12-28T09:26:53.514+00:00A jolly rhyme with an inbuilt smile! LOLA jolly rhyme with an inbuilt smile! LOLJinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-19141309922866725312010-12-28T08:22:17.230+00:002010-12-28T08:22:17.230+00:00Neat and even a tad poignant: how to get something...Neat and even a tad poignant: how to get something important so badly wrong!Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-40460995358813601882010-12-28T08:11:28.535+00:002010-12-28T08:11:28.535+00:00In-laws everywhere seem to have a thing for bad gi...In-laws everywhere seem to have a thing for bad gifts. I hope you put it to the use it deserved...and found something just as lame to return the favor!NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-78933389024044924712010-12-28T08:09:03.469+00:002010-12-28T08:09:03.469+00:00It's a great poem with true festive forgivenes...It's a great poem with true festive forgiveness as well as some interesting terminological inexactitudes! Dishcloth or Dish Towel. Up 'ere in t'frozen north we call 'em "tea towels." Clog Dancing or Black Pudding motifs are not uncommon.Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-20732643352612886362010-12-28T00:53:38.219+00:002010-12-28T00:53:38.219+00:00Rip roaring fun! Love your poem .... the thought ...Rip roaring fun! Love your poem .... the thought that counts? Hard to keep in perspective.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-67729754116502241892010-12-28T00:03:48.254+00:002010-12-28T00:03:48.254+00:00Ha, Ha!! LOves it does I !!!Ha, Ha!! LOves it does I !!!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-6351040703534808772010-12-27T22:35:30.637+00:002010-12-27T22:35:30.637+00:00Imagine if you will - a dishcloth as a souvenir. w...Imagine if you will - a dishcloth as a souvenir. wow. Was it at least "Made in America"? Most stuff in America isn't made here or grown here or constructed here. Masterful poem -both in the construction and the story it tells.MuseSwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999288873532715380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-39074109913325458102010-12-27T20:27:33.592+00:002010-12-27T20:27:33.592+00:00Awesome poem, I'm still laughing :)Awesome poem, I'm still laughing :)nuts4fruitshttp://nuts4fruits.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-70014901105216095222010-12-27T20:22:29.512+00:002010-12-27T20:22:29.512+00:00I have not been clear. By dishcloth, I do not mea...I have not been clear. By dishcloth, I do not mean the thing you dry up with that has nice pictures, recipes or whatever. I mean a small cloth for wiping tables, a Jay-cloth type of thing. A nice tea-towel, I could have tolerated, welcomed even. She explained that she thought they were of better quality than the ones we have here - they were IDENTICAL to the ones we have here!Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-77437929639128658032010-12-27T19:44:37.864+00:002010-12-27T19:44:37.864+00:00Did it have a recipe on it? We always get the &quo...Did it have a recipe on it? We always get the "Irish Soda Bread" tea towels brought to us, or the Buckingham Palace tea towel, or are you talking non-descript, run-of-the-mill DISHtowels? That's hilarious!<br />I like the way you disclaim and give her the benefit of the doubt. <br />I'm going to read this to the Mister now.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-61190031229729433182010-12-27T19:20:22.278+00:002010-12-27T19:20:22.278+00:00I'm sat in the living room here with a laptop ...I'm sat in the living room here with a laptop on my lap (now I know why it's called a laptop! Of course!) Your poem -I only do this rarely- had me reading it outloud to the assembled company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-52522485583156257442010-12-27T18:31:23.551+00:002010-12-27T18:31:23.551+00:00Was it a Stars and Stripes motif, at least?Was it a Stars and Stripes motif, at least?English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-25111717082152178932010-12-27T18:05:13.886+00:002010-12-27T18:05:13.886+00:00Dear Argent,
OMG, no lie! I have some dish towels ...Dear Argent,<br />OMG, no lie! I have some dish towels from Ireland, brought back. They are not the good linen tho.<br /><br />Blahahahaha!<br />Ann T.Ann T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11128699035211561119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-55214018570377072392010-12-27T18:01:07.025+00:002010-12-27T18:01:07.025+00:00Oh dear! I hope Mother-In-Law isn't trying to...Oh dear! I hope Mother-In-Law isn't trying to tell you something!<br />I like the rhyme scheme here, and the 14 syllable lines which carry the poem along in a steady rhythm.Lucy Westenrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787225228788303013noreply@blogger.com