A rather long read.
Yesterday I celebrated my birthday four days early at my Amvets post. More about it next time. Especially with my Valentine’s delivery.
Yesterday word of the day was WOO or WOOING. Such an old fashion word that is not used anymore.
My first two writings are about wooing or courting. The second is a modern man following the wooing rituals of his ancestor.
The last funny piece came from something a friend wrote about pooing rhyming with wooing. As for the wacky holiday piece it came into my head as I enjoyed a few brews at my early birthday event. I actually made notes about the piece.
Terry’s word for yesterday was IGNORAMUS. A word I have used verbally and heard. I wrote a break up piece using this word. I’ve known many that fit the word enough said.
My Valentine’s Day memory could have been in the blog where I wrote about secret admirers. I wrote a story from the past, but have a current one now. Unfortunately don’t have the outcome about it as of yet but will tell the story in another blog.
Until tomorrow....happy Saturday and it’s one day of Valentine’s Day shopping left; as always Stay Safe.
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One of my best Valentine’s Day memories focuses around a joke my husband and I played on a co-worker/pal: another co-worker/friend was involved. A few weeks before Valentine’s Day, the recipient of the joke had been with a group of us at a bar/night spot to hear a band. We were celebrating another individuals birthday and my husband’s birthday. Well M, I’ll call her, a very attractive blonde was single (not dating). She looks around the place at the men there and said “there’s sure slim pickings here tonight.” When my husband and I heard slim pickings we both thought of the country star Slim Pickens for some reason. Now Valentine’s Day comes and few days prior M says I won’t be getting anything this year.
I worked at a rather large company. Flower deliveries were plenty to the women on Valentine’s Day. I was only working half day due to allergies from roses so I planned to leave at eleven. My husband dropped me off at work that morning and would be picking me up at eleven.
He stopped at a local grocery store that morning to pick up a box of candy for his mom for Valentine’s Day. He noticed the store already had all the candy half-priced so he got one for his mom and a second box for the joke. We already planned to do something funny for M but had no idea just what. He dropped of his mother’s and came to my place of employment. Taking a Valentine card he also picked up he wrote M’s full name on it while at his mom’s and taped it to the second candy box. He arrived 30 minutes before my quitting time. He walks into the lobby of the company; hands the pound heart shape box of candy to the security guard and says please make sure she gets it.
I see her passing through my department carrying the box of candy back to her desk. My husband signed the card Slim Pickings. Another co-worker knew what we planned and she too saw M carrying the candy. M was indeed baffled about this. I actually left at eleven and after she exhausted any one who could have sent her the chocolates she decided to open and enjoy. (I got this information the following day). She told me it was another co-worker who figured it out for her as that person actually saw my husband there in the lobby. M said it made her day and she shared her surprise with a few others.
To this day, when I send birthday greetings to her I always say from myself and Slim Pickings.
Now it happened again but this time a male recipient but all I did this time was supply the Valentine’s card and candy. More about it tomorrow.
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WOOING
Wooing such an old fashion word and term
Often many used the synonym....courting
Oh yesteryear days when men courted and
sparked
Idiomatic expressions and gestures no
longer used today
Now men don’t woo, court or spark....just
date
Gone are those days of romancing like the
horse and buggy
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TIME TRAVELER, PERHAPS
He took a page from his great-great
grandfather’s book
Deciding to woo the woman he wanted in
his life
When arriving for their dates
flowers he brought to her door
sometimes boxes of chocolates
on occasion books of love poems
and once in awhile little tokens he
thought she’d enjoy
Little old courting gestures he did to pursue
Opening of the car door
holding doors when entering or exiting
pulling out her chair at a restaurant
Things he saw in old movies
and researched on the internet
She thought it all so romantic
but strange
No man ever acted this way
Her conclusion he was a time traveler
from her great-great grandmother’s time
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THE BREAKUP
What a ignoramus
He expected she’d accept his apology
Again he stood her up
Was at the bar shooting darts with his
buddies
She waited for an hour for him
at the restaurant
Had two glasses of wine while
pondering what to do
Decided to order dinner
best to eat alone then with a nincompoop
like him
Realizing he’d never changed
she broke off their relationship via text
He did not deserve a face to face goodbye
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WACKY HOLIDAYS February 12th
(Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday; Lost Penny
Day; Safety Pop Day and National Plum
Pudding Day)
I found a penny someone lost in the grocery
store parking lot
no doubt it would be lucky
a bright new shiny Lincoln
Funny it occurred on February the twelfth
the day of Abe’s birthday
Shopping for ingredients for the
plum pudding I planned to make
I passed down the candy aisle
saw a bag of safety pops
Fond memories of my childhood
and fun days with my grandparents
came to find
It indeed was a good day
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FUNNY FUNNY
Woo or wooing
Not good idea if someone is pooing
Who wants to be courted when on the
throne
Best just to leave them alone
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