There he came into the house,
The first thing he showed us
Was the watch,
Of which he was so proud.
My son and his partner
Had started kayaking,
And he needed a watch
That could survive in the wet,
So here it was.
It goes down to the depths,
It told when the tides were rising,
Or receding,
It could even tell the time!
We were sitting chatting
And he needed to know the time.
So there it is,
His new watch on his wrist,
Ready and waiting for him,
And what does he do?
He looks at his ‘phone!
I just laughed and laughed.
“What are you laughing at?
My son said.
So I asked him
“Why do you have a watch,
Of which you are so proud;
But tell the time on you ‘phone?”
He looked at me dumbfounded,
And he too burst out laughing.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: True story and a classic Dave Allen sketch.
- Category: Humor
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Oh lol good write Gold.
Thanks Orchi
Did your photocopier, if you had one in your office make the coffee, as well as doing everything else?
HAHAHA,I'm guilty of doing the same thing, yesterday actually, HAHAHA 🤣😂😂
Thank you C4C, it is so strange, I always use my watch to tell the time, perhaps that is all part of being old and living before the computer/cell phone age. LOL
Andy
HAHAHA,well in my defense, I just got my watch today,but you are definitely right,living in the computer and cell phone age is actually ba handicap,because everything comes so much easier,. Melissa
Been there, done that, still there! Just the other day I needed to know the time, wristwatch on my free hand found myself fishing for my phone which has a working clock on its homescreen wallpaper. LOL. Faved!
Thank you Rik, see my reply to C4C.
Andy
Oh I hadn't been able to wear a wristwatch from prep school. Some skin allergy. But with getting older and the body chemistry changing or slowing down or both, that has shifted. Everything I used to be able to do I am quite suddenly very allergic to and vice versa. Doctors tell me that's normal. For me the normal state of the body is to be healthy and ailment free, lol.
I ain’t got no phone.
Double negative?
Means I ain’t got one;
I manage to live….
Plus Dave Allen...My cup runneth.... thanks Andy.
Thanks Dave, not having a 'phone can be a blessing.
Dave Allen is such a funny man.
Andy
Son? Son?! Is there something I should know?
Well it was you a few years ago, are you now of an age where you have lost your memory.
Dad.
Looks that way! I can't remember. But I must say what an amazing sense of humour I have
Ahem
Habits are a hard thing to break even when one wants to. A great story Gold.
Thank you soren, yes they are, that is why I always look at my watch to tell the time and have done nearly all m y long life.
Andy
old habits die hard ....... very funny tho' 🙂
Thank you Neville.
Andy
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