Posts Tagged ‘December Holidays’
Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
I’m acknowledging “Short Girl Appreciation Day” reluctantly, because of my aversion to the word “girl” when applied to grown women. Now if they changed it to “Short Woman Appreciation Day,” I’d be a lot more enthusiastic.
Though I stand at a measly five feet,
And in height-fights I’m easy to beat,
Some assume that I’m taller;
A word-spewing brawler
Like me couldn’t be small or petite.
Tags: December Holidays, Height Challenged, Height Humor, Odd Holidays, Petite, Petite And Proud Day, Short Girl Appreciation Day, Short People Humor, Short Women Appreciation Day
Posted in Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on A Holiday For Short Women? (Limerick)
Friday, January 1st, 2016
At the start of each year, it’s tradition
To draw up a vow-list, the mission
Being clean up one’s act
In some way. But in fact,
Our lapses soon lead to contrition.
Tags: December Holidays, Holiday Humor, January Holidays, New Year's Humor, New Year's Resolutions Verse
Posted in Celebrations Poetry, Holiday Humor, Limericks | 2 Comments »
Thursday, December 24th, 2015
I’m not writing a climate-change screed,
But I’d wager most folks would concede
This is crazy as heck:
Icy drinks on our deck,
Late December, New York. Coat? No need!
Tags: Climate Change, December Holidays, Drinking Limerick, Holiday Humor, New York City, Outdoors Humor, Weather Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, New York Limericks & Haiku, Outdoors Humor, Seasons Humor, Weather Humor | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 10th, 2015
When I was a child (way, way, way before computers) I was fascinated by the Dewey Decimal System. How I loved perusing the sliding drawers of those beautiful wooden library cases! They were packed with tiny cards, key to my quest for the number that would lead me to a book’s aisle and shelf location.
So I feel compelled to celebrate Dewey Decimal Day with a limerick. (It’s observed each year on December 10th, in honor of the birthday of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System.)
The U.S. librarian Dewey
Found our library book placement screwy.
“Shelve this system,” he said.
“Number topics instead!”
(So chop suey is near ratatouille.)
Note: Under this topical/numeric system, food books would generally fall into the 641 classification. Cooking and recipes would be 641.5, whereas “cooking specific kinds of composite dishes” would be 641.8.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Books Humor, DDC, December Holidays, Dewey Decimal Classification System, Dewey Decimal Day, Dewey Decimal System, Food Verse, Library Humor, Library Poetry, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, Odd Holidays
Posted in Books, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy Dewey Decimal Day! (Limerick)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
A pastry chef promised to can
All her plans to procure a nice tan,
Cuz fresh wrinkles appeared
Ev’ry day, which she feared
Came from baking like cake in a pan.
Happy National Pastry Day. (December 9)
Tags: Cakes Humor, December Holidays, Food Humor, Food Verse, National Pastry Day, Odd Holidays, Pastry Day, Pastry Humor, Sun Bathing Humor, Tanning Humor, Wrinkles Poem
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy National Pastry Day (Limerick)
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
It’s Telescope Day, celebrated because on December 3, 1621, Galileo announced he’d perfected his telescope. And so, a celebratory limerick:
Galileo perfected in spades
The magnificent gadget that aids
Us in viewing the stars
And the planets, like Mars.
Of course, NOW we need curtains and shades.
Tags: Astronomy Limerick, Astronomy Verse, December Holidays, Galileo Humor, Inventions Poem, Odd Holidays, Planets Humor, Science Humor, Telescope Day, Telescope Humor
Posted in Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Science Humor | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Happy National Mutt Day! (It’s celebrated twice a year, on December 2nd and July 31.)
Today we must cherish the mutt.
Mongrels matter, no if, and, or but.
Purebred dogs may be chic,
But each mixed breed’s unique.
It’s clear cut. Walk yours proudly and strut.
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, December Holidays, Dog Humor, Dog Verse, July Holidays, Mutt Day, Mutts Humor, National Mutt Day, Odd Holidays
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 26th, 2014
Post-Christmas Lament
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The Christmas season’s ended,
So shopping’s at a stall.
But exchangers have descended.
When’s it safe to risk a mall?
Tags: Christmas Gift Humor, Christmas Humor, December Holidays, Holiday Humor, Malls, Money & Finance Humor, Quatrains, Shopping Humor
Posted in Gift Giving Humor, Holiday Humor, Money & Finance Humor, Shopping Humor | Comments Off on Post-Christmas Lament
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
Dear Klutzy Gift-Givers (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Are your fingers all thumbs? Then beware!
Please don’t try to convince her you care
By wrapping your gift.
One quick look — she’ll be miffed:
“Why’s my present been mauled by a bear?”
Tags: Christmas Gift Humor, December Holidays, Gift Giving Humor, Gift Humor, Gift Wrapping Humor, Holiday Humor
Posted in Clumsiness Humor, Gift Giving Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Relationship Humor | Comments Off on Dear Klutzy Gift-Givers (Limerick)
Saturday, December 13th, 2014
Happy “National Day of the Horse.”
Limerick Ode to the Horse
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It’s the “National Day of the Horse.”
Till I’m hoarse, I of course shall endorse.
On the racecourse or farm
Or police force, what charm!
It had better not be your main course.
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Verse, December Holidays, Equine Humor, Horse, Horse Humor, Odd Holidays
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 8th, 2014
Something I’ve Noticed (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
This notice can fill you with dread,
When it comes from your office-place head:
Not the “blue slip,” you smarty–
The “holiday party!”
I’ll bet you’d feel safer in bed.
Tags: Christmas Limerick, Christmas Parties, December Holidays, Holiday Humor, Holiday Party, Office Holiday Parties, Office Humor
Posted in Holiday Humor, Limericks, Workplace & Career Humor | Comments Off on Something I’ve Noticed (Limerick)
Friday, December 5th, 2014
Happy Bartender Appreciation Day! (first Friday of December)
Limerick Ode To Bartender Appreciation Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow walked into a bar
And ordered a “smoked cable car.”
“Outta rum,” barkeep said.
“How’s a sidecar instead?”
It was close but, alas, no cigar.
*****
When you are ailing,
a bartender’s frequently
a stout companion.
******
UPDATE: February 24 is World Bartender Day.
Tags: Bartender Appreciation Day, Bartender Day, Bartender Humor, Cable Car, December Holidays, Drinking Humor, Drinking Limerick, February Holidays, Liquor Humor, Odd Holidays, Rum, World Bartender Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
Resolution Disclaimer (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Resolutions ain’t sticky, I fear,
Be it sugar, tobacco or beer.
If you’ve broken that pledge,
Please don’t be on edge.
No worries! There’s always NEXT year.
Tags: December Holidays, Holiday Limericks, Holiday Poetry, January Holidays, New Year's Humor, New Year's Poem, New Year's Resolutions Humor, New Year's Resolutions Verse
Posted in Holiday Humor, Limericks | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 21st, 2013
I was disturbed to hear that today (December 21) is “Look On The Bright Side Day.”
Please don’t tell me to “look on the bright side.”
This merely exposes your trite side.
Neither wise, nor delightful,
It makes me feel spiteful.
Quote that maxim? I’ll max out my smite side.
Tags: Advice Limerick, Aphorism Humor, Behavior Humor, December Holidays, Maxims, Odd Holidays, Optimism, Personality Verse, Pessimism, Truisms
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Aphorisms, Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
Since 2013 is almost here, I’m offering you an alternative: You may write a limerick related to new year’s resolutions, using any first line. Next week I’ll present an extra award — one for the best new year’s resolutions limerick.
And now, getting back to my regular Sunday challenge: It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A fellow was making a list…*
or
A woman was making a list…*
*(Minor variations to my first lines are acceptable, but rhyme words may not be altered.)
Here’s my limerick:
Happy New Year Limerick
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow was making a list
Of items he’d try to resist
In the upcoming year.
But he lost it, I fear:
Both the list and his will to desist.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same first line and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Competition Limerick, December Holidays, Holiday Humor, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, List Humor, List Limerick, New Year's Resolutions Humor, New Year's Resolutions Verse, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Holiday Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Forms | 128 Comments »
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Here’s a 2-verse limerick to celebrate National Regifting Day (3rd Thursday of December.)
Regifting Gone Wrong
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A woman was trying to sift
Through items to maybe regift.
But alas, she confused
The stuff she perused.
I suspect that some folks will be miffed.
A fruitcake went back to the sender,
And the same thing occurred with a blender.
Then a gift from her brother
Got sent to her mother.
Her relationships now need a mender.
Tags: Christmas Humor, December Holidays, Exchanging Gifts, Family & Relatives Humor, Friendship, Gift Giving Humor, Holiday Gifts, Re-gifting Humor, Regift Limerick, Relationship Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Family & Relatives Humor, Family Verse, Friendship Humor, Gift Giving Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Odd Holidays, Relationship Humor | 21 Comments »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Happy National Cookie Day, December 4th.
Ambitious Techie (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A techie served cookies malicious
To his team members. Talk about vicious!
A promotion he chased.
He was fired post-haste—
Just deserts for a guy so ambitious.
Tags: Ambition Verse, Computer Humor, Cookies Limerick, December Holidays, Dessert Humor, Food Verse, Just Deserts, National Cookie Day, Self-Promotion, Techie Humor, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, General, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Workplace & Career Humor | 4 Comments »
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
Tomorrow, October 28th, is National Chocolate Day. (Okay, every day is chocolate day in my house. But still…)
A Limerick for National Chocolate Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Oh, no! Did I make a mistake
While baking that chocolate cake?
An ingredient doubled?
Or tripled? I’m troubled!
I should have bought something from Drake.*
* Drake’s a baking company, now a subsidary of Hostess.
UPDATE: If you need a further excuse, I’ve just learned that December 16th is Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
Tags: Baking Humor, Baking Limerick, Candy Humor, Chocolate, December Holidays, Drake's Cakes, Food Verse, Hostess, National Chocolate Day, October Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 7 Comments »
