If all the world was bread and cheese
there’d be a lot less anguish
for picnics in the diocese
would never be short of a sandwich.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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Dolce latte of course Micheal.
Thanks Andy - mine too
Some of those picnics are short of a sandwich I reckon! The only solution is as you say: get more bread and cheese in! heehee.
Yup - I love those sayings (not sure if they use them in the States) : sandwich short of a picnic, crumb short of a biscuit - but my favourite is one of my own - wait for it ----- a fart short of a colander full.
Using that colander for sprouts? Bit windy!
Too much 'Anglo-Saxon' for me! Ok, I know what a trunk is, and I do wear trousers instead of pants, but when it comes to sandwiches, crumbs, biscuits, or colanders or calenders, whatever, I get lost!
But your poem does sound nice, even if I don't understand it! 🙂
Thanks Fred - go on Fred I think you're pulling my leg - you must know sandwiches and biscuits are what you would know as cookies. As for a colander (or cullender) it's a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as vegetables or pasta or rice - you might have a different name for them.
lol.. bread and cheese is nice .. i think crusty frenchbread , cheese with added pickle and tomatoes.. nice read 🙂
Thanks Charlotte - yes I've eaten it in France in a gite we hired - with local cheese and wine after a long drive - may not have been the best meal I've ever had but the most memorable.
Very clever write! I enjoyed it!
I've never written in this genre (If all the world...) before and just finished another - good fun, thanks for the comment
Alaways perfect!
Thank you M - I quite like a bit of nonsense - so British.
One of the phrases i use is 'he/she's not exactly the sharpest tool in the box' which conveys a similar meaning.
'If he were a ghost he'd be too mean to give you a fright'
They probably call a collander a strainer stateside whereas here its simply the release of flatulence whilst constipated.
Please don't draw mental pictures.
Love your pic, two birds with their wings out of sync (a rare sight... how do they do that, u never see them taking lessons).
I promise not to draw them - love all these idioms and haven't heard the ghost one before - perhaps a poem consisting of nothing but idioms might be fun - I might work on the idea. Thanks da.
Now that does indeed sound like a fun project.
Ahh, you started me off singing now! A hymn with similar title: 'Let all the world in every corner sing'. A square world then?!
Square? I thought it was flat with a lip to stop the oceans draining away. But aah no - you're not really singing are you?
Rhyming "diocese" with "cheese" is bold to say the least. I love your style, as always.
Only works if you can get the metre right - seems okay in this - thanks so much Aislinn - I really appreciate your looking in and commenting.
Very droll MICHAEL ~ Gorgonzola for me and Chianti ! Yours BRIAN
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