Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Bugger!...

******************************

I'm a syllable
short of a haiku, and my
pen's run out of...

******************************



(17 Syllables)

Tuesday, January 30, 2024




                                                ******************************

                                                If politics is
                                                showbiz for ugly people,
                                                then I've found my niche!..

                                                ******************************


 

(17 Syllables)

Monday, January 29, 2024

*************************

If love were hate
And hate were love,
And those who hate 
Go up above,
Then those who love
Go down to hell...
They'll feel at home,
They know it well.

*************************

Sunday, January 28, 2024

The tales she could tell...

***********************************

Bertha greets the girl
on the till - and that, today,
was her social life...

***********************************



the stories she could
tell - if only she had some
friends to tell them to...



(17 Syllables)

Saturday, January 27, 2024

If John knew Zealanders like MIKE knew Zealanders...

*******************************

Anti-podean?
No, I don't have anything
against them at all...

*******************************



(17 Syllables

Friday, January 26, 2024

"Come here often, darlin'?"...

***********************************

I'm a terrible
flirt - but it's the ONLY thing
I'm terrible at...

***********************************



(17 Syllables)

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Round the bend...

*********************************

Apples that think they're
oranges? To my mind, they
must be bananas...

*********************************


Poor things - as round the 
bend as the most bendy of
bendy bananas...



(17 Syllables)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The Land of Nod...


 
                              *********************************************

                               So vivid the dream,
                               so...till "DAD!" brings me right back 
                               to earth with a bang..

                               ********************************************


                               (17 Syllables)

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Seems some people ARE as daft as they look...

**********************************

I've just made a rod
for my own back, as it, too,
wants to go fishing...

**********************************



(17 Syllables)

Monday, January 22, 2024

They looked at my innards and wrecked 'em...

***********************

I've just endured a 
semicolonoscopy;
I got it half price.

***********************



(17 Syllables)

Sunday, January 21, 2024

'Twas the drink that killed him...

**************************************

"We're only here for
the bier," said his drinking pals
at the funeral...

**************************************



(17 Syllables)

Saturday, January 20, 2024

If you want a double entendre, I'll give you one...

****************************

It's hard coping with
erectile dysfunction - I
wish it were harder... 

****************************



(17 Syllables)

Friday, January 19, 2024

Nightmare on Elm Street...

**********************************

"Run for your life!" yelled
the cold-water tap. And the 
water ran. Then froze...

**********************************


(That's the last time I
watch 'Nightmare on Elm Street' all
alone at midnight)




(17 Syllables)

Thursday, January 18, 2024

She's My Rock - My Jailhouse Rock...


                                               ----------------------------------

                                                Me and the Mrs
                                                are so close, we finish each
                                                other's sentences...

                                               ----------------------------------

                                                Last year - when she got 
                                                eight months - I took her place for
                                                the last two of them!...

                                                ---------------------------------

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Four spuds that have had their chips...


                                              ***************************************

                                                   one potato, two    ♫
                                                   potato, three potato,
                                                   four - that's lunch sorted...    (17 Syllables)

                                               ***************************************
                                Old age? Don't knock it (it might fall over). They used the title 
                                only, and not the verse: It's better to be around ninety than
                                not to be around at all. They're such incompetents.
                                (Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Jan 17)

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Whatever your strength, it'll lick you every time...


                            *******************************************************************

                                                 Who says I can't hold
                                                 my licker? I just LOVE to
                                                 cuddle my pussy...

                            *******************************************************************

                            PIANO TUNA - is this the right quay? (Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, Jan 16)

                             (17 Syllables)

Monday, January 15, 2024

                            ***********************************
 
                             rice terraces: the
                             most beautiful of views - on
                             so many levels...

                            ***********************************

Sunday, January 14, 2024


                              ******************************
                              
                              who hasn't once dreamt
                              of living just left of the
                              middle of nowhere?...

                               ******************************
                                       If self-acceptance (happiness) involves 5.45am trips to the gym 
                                       five days a week, breathing oxygen in a pressurised pod, exposure
                                       to extreme cold and red light therapy, I think I'd rather continue to 
                                       wallow in my misery, thank you very much. Self-acceptance is 
                                       hugely overrated.




Saturday, January 13, 2024

Table 4...

****************************************

"Can I have the chef's
special, please? And he can have
my fish, if he wants"...

****************************************



(17 Syllables)

Friday, January 12, 2024

Brief encounter...


                                     ***********************************************************
                                                 Hello, sweet birdie,
                                                 if I approach, will you take
                                                 fright? Or.....'oops, bye, then'
                                                 **********************************************************



                                      (17 Syllables)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

WARNING: the following haiku contains flash photography...

************************************************

I'm a man of my
word, so don't say you weren't warned:
'Flash photography'.

************************************************



(17 Syllables)

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

As my old mate Breathalyzer Doolittle says...

**********************************************

You know the car that
works BEST when drink-driving? An
Aston Martini...

**********************************************



(17 Syllables)

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

"What? ANOTHER one!"

**********************************

Another of mine!
As deep and pointless as an
empty swimming pool...

**********************************



(17 Syllables)

Monday, January 8, 2024

Doh!

*********************************

Poor baker. He thought
he was fit, but he soon ran
out of puff. Pastry.

*********************************



(17 Syllables)

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Enough's enough! (apparently)

***************************************

On the twelfth day of
Christmas, my true love said to 
me "put that pen DOWN!"...

***************************************



(17 Syllables)

Saturday, January 6, 2024

poverty...

****************************************

when single teabags
become 'bags for life', you know
you've reached rock bottom...

****************************************



(17 Syllables)

Friday, January 5, 2024

Who she? She my ex...

*****************************

Show me an ex
And I'll show you a why -
He stared at the photo
And started to cry...

*****************************

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Could Foster's do better?...

******************************

If Carlsberg did hai-
ku, it would probably be
a total disast...

******************************



(17 Syllables)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How many doubles was that? I thought Luke Littler didn't drink...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

*********************************

watching trees grow is
not for everyone, but then
again, nor is quark...

*********************************



(17 Syllables)
--------------------------------------------------------
"Curiosity killed the cat," Penny the Poodle 
informed Tiddles. "Why's that?" asked Tiddles. 
Talk about famous last words. 
(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 3)
--------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

tip-topiary...

******************************

trimming my hedge, the
shape of my large libido
began to emerge...

******************************



(17 Syllables)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
WHINING AND DINING - Donald Trump's favourite activities...
(Vincent Hefter, Daily Mail, January 2)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, January 1, 2024

Damn!...





                                             *************************************** 

                                              I always knew year's
                                              resolutions to give up
                                              on puns wouldn't last!...

                                             ***************************************



(17 Syllables)