THE STATISTICIAN
When things looked bleak in his bank account
he enrolled for a job on a pollen count.
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Michael Edwards (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Although I am at home recovering from op and have time on my hands I can't seem to switch on the writing juices at will. So my output remains as it was. So you'll have to put up with a few short comic (or at least I hope they are) pieces for a few days.
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Counting pollen is hard once you get passed ten.
“There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
― Benjamin Disraeli
Trouble with pollen is it sticks to your fingers
He just had to be a busy bee i guess.
p.s. is that a typo in the title or am i missing something?
I*t's a typo - about to correct it - thanks Dusk
Oh lol, good write M. Did Miss Berles enrol on a syllable-counting job?
A fine pic too. I can't 'cross some (river) bridges when I come to them'. If they are too high, I can see the water beneath, and think I am going to fall in.
Yes a little stream passes the Church - this painting was done for a bride who married there.
Miss Berles went to the count by coach with Sylla Bus
All this Berles family! I've got to know more abstract paintings lately. I been to one show so often, some of them know me by name. It's held twice a year.
Sorry MIchael, I forgot to say how much I like that painting, is that the bridge that leads to God?
It could be - its Medbourne - a delightful village near by.
Ahhhhh UNCLE MIKE ~ The Pack Horse Bridge @ MEDBOURNE ~ I know it well an Affluent Anonymous Friend of mine has a Holiday Cottage ~ and Angela & I have attended the Church ~ Un Mondo pequeno ! Love the mini~ode but joking aside the Ubiquitous Pollen Count is an indicator for peaople who suffer from Pollen Sinusitis to stay indoors !
Blessings & Love ~ BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Please to check our Poem on the "Armour of God" Thanks A & B !
Pollen allergies can come on unexpectedly - the pollen counters have to count very quickly. 🙂 🙂
Oh Michael - My brain must be going awry cos after a double read of your fun two-liner still cannot see how the pollen count would interest a statistician who is getting near bankruptcy. Or have I missed the punchline in this piece of clever wit through gazing too long at your exquisite watercolour - - must say a quick á-bientot though now - will review again in the morn - - so bon nuit my friend.and be well soon.
Thanks Fay - actually it's a total nonsense - you can't count pollen (unless you use a microscope I guess but why would you?) - perhaps I should have called him a mathematician. It's all bonkers anyway.
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