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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Holiday Alert!

APRIL MAY MAPLE'S EVE!

The evening to morning of April 30 to May 1 is that most looked forward to of all the Holidays!


IS YOUR MAPLE SEEDLING READY?
IT MUST BE PLANTED AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT!


Don't miss out on the fun and hijinks! An overview of traditional AMME lore is available to you few forgetful folk right HERE! 

Monday, January 28, 2013

The Agony of Aunt Agnes, and her triumphant harvest song

AGNES SINGS
 
 
We dug the bed we planted seeds

and performed a lot of tiresome gardenin' deeds.

But Y'all can't tell with veggies,

They jist might get et by weeds!

So give us all a signal if our gardenin' work succeeds!

 
 
 

Oh tie a yeller turnip to the old oak tree,*
 
One jist ain't enough, better make it three!
 
When Ah sees yeller turnips on the old oak tree
 
Ah gits out the pot,
 
Gits thuh water real hot,
 
And dance around in glee**
 
And we's be eating turnips from that old oak tree!!
 
 
 
MASHED AND THRASHED
 
 
*Ok. So it's an ash tree. It's called "poetic license".
 
**Not a sight for the faint of heart.
 
 
The further antics of Aunt Agnes, Farm Girl, Uncle Mac, Leatherface, Jack the Ripper, Millie Quackenbush, Nero, Dire, Blinky, Mrs. BobKat and the others may be followed at UNCLE MAC'S GARDEN SHED. (You could enjoy even more of the above! 
 

Friday, January 18, 2013

Uhhh, what?

HAVE YOUR TROLL MONEY READY!



Questions without answers
 
There’s a bridge that crosses o’er a stream,
connecting parking lot with deli.
Where wondrous hot dishes steam
And Limburgers are exceeding smelly.
Each day as I cross this span,
Chill waters gurgle underneath.
Alert, the roiling flood I scan,
For the trolls which surely lurk beneath.


They clutch unwitting bagel seekers,
And drag them to the depths below.
They steal their wallets, and their sneakers,
and show them where the wild geese go.
Then launch them in a foamy geyser,
to land disheveled on the shore.
A good deal sadder (but no wiser),
to flee, and to return no more


I know the secret of these trolls,
and so each day I toss a coin.
To where the foamy water rolls,
and thus the sodden wights enjoin.
To answer questions by the ton,
Which plague me as I strive for sleep
What’s the square root of minus one?
And how does it relate to sheep?
Should one wake a sleeping dog?
When calm and peaceful it lies napping?
Can you digitize an analog?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?

If a tree within a forest falls when just one soul's around,
And that poor soul proves to be deaf and cannot hear a sound
will there be sound, or sound unheard, or, I further query;
A unique sequence of events which validate string theory?
No answer do I e’er receive from moist and churlish troll,
thus to the deli man I wend, and buy a buttered roll.
And a coffee large in size, no sugar, extra cream,
and turn and toss another coin and cross again the stream.

Dear friend I must advise you; should you chance upon this deli,
To merely pause a moment, buy some eats to fill your belly,
Toss a coin to calm the trolls, and keep you safe and dry
But don’t ask them any questions ‘cause they never do reply.

©2013 Mac Pike All Rights Reserved

Monday, December 10, 2012

INSPIRED TO WRITE

Poetry:* I must write







What's this that comes to make me ill?

Dear Lord, it is the cable bill!

For the vapid shows I watch each night,

I owe a bundle, I must write.



A check! Or maybe go on line, and pay them thus,

Won't that be fine?





But my 'puter suffers viral blight.

Pass the check book. I must write.






*Using the word in its loosest sense.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

GIVE ME AN ALASKAN HOME


Ode to Alaska






Oh give me a home in the suburbs of Nome,
where the bear and the caribou play.
Where the frostbite doth tickle,
and my ear's an icicle,
and its dark twenty hours a day!





Oh no I'm deranged!
And I'm up to my tookus in ice.
Its too cold to grow oats,
and the wolves ate my goats,
and the pie is too frozen to slice.

©2012 Mac Pike All Rights Reserved
 
 
WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL "A SING ALONG" IN NOME
 

Sunday, December 2, 2012

SIZE DOES MATTER


IT PAYS TO DREAM BIG



TRACY

 



Tracy was a stripper; she worked the go-go lounges, 
Selling dreams to biker men, and cops, and other scrounges.
She left her home to prosper in the clubs of San Hose,
Her legs were long, her bottom schweet! Her boobs alas, just “A”.
 




She had an A-team dancer’s moves, she had grace and charm and pluck,
And when it came to cuteness she’d disgrace a baby duck.
She could work the floor and work the bar her people skills were deep,
The way she buffed the old brass pole made Jaded patrons weep!

 
 

But when she counted up her tips they barely made a dent,
In the car and light and phone bills; forget about the rent!
As Tracy left the club one night Bill the bouncer caught her frown,
He led her to a table and he said, “Hey kid, sit down.”
 

He signaled to a waitress, “Trixie, set us up with shooters!”
Then turning round to Tracey said, “The problem is your hooters."
Oh the fellows really like you; they love to watch you wiggle,
But to separate them from their pay you’ll need some frontal jiggle.”
 

Tracy clutched her chest and said, “How can this cruelness be?
I cannot be a jiggly gal, all I’ve got is what you see!”
“Trace, take this, it holds the cure.” – And Trace required no urgin’,
Bill handed her a business card: “Sol Goldstein, Plastic Surgeon”
 




Next morning at the clinic Trace said “Doctor Solly please!
Can you help a Sister out and turn these into “B’s”?”
“Ho, ho,” the kindly doctor laughed, “Dear girl, it is no trouble,
To turn those bee stings into “D’s”. Said Trace, “Make those a double.”
 




Now Trace lives in Monaco in a mansion by the sea.
She drives a Bentley and a Jag and Royals come for tea.
She has a cook, a parlor maid, and a butler (his name’s Bill),
She dances sometimes just for fun and to give the crowd a thrill.
 




She sips her champagne cocktail on the fantail of her yacht,
And reflects some times in wonder on the good things she has got.
As she oils her phony assets she is sometimes moved to snigger,
It’s amazing what a girl can do, if only she’ll dream bigger.
 

Saturday, December 1, 2012

KNOW YOUR BIRDS

Do you know what is on your bird feeder?




This is a red headed woodpecker and he should be encouraged to attend.




This is a red headed peckerwood and he should be slapped repeatedly with a halibut until he goes away.

No need to thank us.