Prose Silly

“Welcome to the Registration Department. Please say to our automatic teller what brings you to us today.”

Po-tato - a spud
No-tato - absence of spuds
Ono-tato - what you say when you discover you have no-tato

At the City Civic Arena today, a group of very tall men bounced a large inflatable ball and hoisted it towards a hoop situated about 10 feet off of the floor

“Best of the year!!”
“Cleverest writing of the decade!!”
“Never laughed so hard!”
“Funny and tugs at the heartstrings too!”

Dear Batman:

I was wondering about secret identities, like yours.

Local Nincompoop Wishes
Christmas Wasn’t on Thursday

Meanwhile, at a large bowl-shaped venue out of doors, another group of men, different from the one yesterday, engaged in a different activity with a somewhat different inflatable object.

ach day, I jog along a road with gently rolling hills that goes east of our village of Drapanos into the countryside.

An atom can’t think.

But, incredibly, over time spanning billions of years, collections of atoms reacted to form molecules

I haven’t set up a Christmas tree in many years, but one of the last ones I had I’ll never forget, thanks to my unusual mother.

Dear Batman:

Thanks for answering my last letter.

I tried to talk about how I felt
And you went off rambling
In some weird-ass direction
Taking my thoughts and twisting them

So God goes to his doctor
Cuz he’s been feeling chest pain
Too many responsibilities
Have caught up with him

Dear Mrs. Batman

In sports today, the Washington Potatoes defeated the Arizona Desert by scoring more points.

Some poets
Write prose
And then arrange the words
Vertically.

Where you from?
Juneau
Know what?
“Juneau Alaska”
“Sure.

Welcome to Microshaft Word 21.0, the most advanced word processing system in the world.

Dear Batman:

How are you?  I am fine.

Mrs. Lucocci has lived
in her house for 40 years
and every day, Mrs. Lucocci
gets out her broom

We arrived safely in India yesterday after approximately 48 hours of flying. Actually, most of that time was spent in airports, but I digress.

Things were going according to plan
Reggie told Diane
She was the only girl
In the world for him

Little Jimmy in school today
Learned how to make babies
“First you take the ‘y’ off”
“And then replace it with ‘ies’”

Apparently when you get COVID, you lose your sense of taste and smell.

Dear Universe:

How are you? I’ve been meaning to write to you for a long time (for me, not you!), but I’ve been very busy (my boss) . . .

Dear Batman:

How are you today? I’m still fine.

A third ball-related event took place in another bowl shaped outdoor public observing area.

The children’s classic lullaby, “Rockabye Baby on the Treetop,” has, in its lifetime, achieved almost universal acceptance, but no significant analysis has been made of its lyrics since its inception.

Esperanto was created by Polish ophthalmologist L.

You sit
Office-bound
Shuffling memos
Greeting people

Dear Batman:

It’s great having a superhero to write to.

David Copperfield was happy
To finally get out of his novel
Adjusting to life in the 2020s
Without too much difficulty

Setting - Busy Restaurant. Seated inside - man and woman, arguing. Two males walk in, one tall, one short, and get seated.

Scientists studying back- ground radio signals formed during creation of matter in the universe recently refined the signal and fed it through an amplifier.

Dear Batman:

Thanks for replying to my letter.

She sits on a riding lawn mower, the sun shining on her wind-mussed, streaked golden hair. One hand clutches the steering wheel, the other, a cell phone.

Dear Batman:

It’s me again.

We went to a garden shop/nursery today and had a great time. In fact, if you were to sum up the pleasure of my wife and I had at the garden store and divided it by two, you’d see an extraordinary amount of pleasure . . .

Dear Batman:

How was your day? I just wanted to write and let you know I appreciate you stopping crime at night, but then I got to wondering about all the crime that goes on in the day.

“You Are Here”

Great idea for a themed restaurant with strong name recognition.  Unfortunately, mall map makers balked

This year marks over four decades since the assassination of John Lennon and I thought it would be timely to have a conversation with him.

I never had a girlfriend until I was in my 20s. It wasn’t for lack of wanting one. I just didn’t know how to play the game.

I grew up in a tiny town called Fowler, Illinois, which, on a big day, had a population of 200 people and just about as many dogs and cats.

I have several friends struggling currently on diets, so this is dedicated to all of them.

“You Are Here”
Great idea for a themed restaurant with strong name recognition. Unfortunately, mall map makers balked at putting the business name on their maps.

(a disguised poem follows)

People often tell me.

TIME FOR BED
TOO MUCH OF THE DAY
IN MY HEAD
AND I KNOW TOO WELL
THE WORLD’S GOING TO HELL

Today we went to Portland on the train and learned a couple of things. First, there’s the Albany train station. You get a bit of history stepping into it - like being in a world of 100 years ago.

Are you tired of high grocery bills $$$$ week after week?

My wife is not tall enough
That is not said in a negative way
Nor meant to imply that

Where there’s smoke, there’s a fryer
A miss is as good as a smile
You can’t teach an old dog new treks

Dear Batman:

I’m glad to hear your wife (Claire) is OK.