Just Doing His Job by Dennis Lange

January 26, 2013 by thebardonthehill

Just Doing His Job

I questioned the plug in my sink,
“Growing up, what is it you think
You’ll turn out to be?”
Not answering, did he;
He stopped me as quick as a wink.

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Posted in Humor, Limericks, My Poems | Tagged Dennis Lange, humor, humour, just doing his job, poems, poetry, the bard on the hill | 7 Comments

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on January 27, 2013 at 7:52 AM | Reply sandraconner

Okay, you’ve really got me on this one. I know I’ll feel VERY stupid when you explain it to me. Maybe it would help if I knew where the end quotation marks go. If you’d put those in and give me another chance, I might get it.
- on January 27, 2013 at 2:16 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  After posting it, I later saw that I had left out some punctuation but didn’t add it at the time. Sorry. Also, it’s a bit far-fetched in talking to the plug in the sink and asking it what it wants to be when it grows up. Is it more understandable with the ending quote in it? Btw, you might have noticed the proper alignment of the verses (indentation). I type in Word and there’s a way to put it into the post and keep italics, bold, size, spacing, etc. When you’ve got the space open for the new post, there’s a W for inserting Word documents. Click on that and a different box comes up. Paste it into that and click insert. Everything is double-spaced, however, so you do have to do some work to get that right. And it’s tricky. If you mess up, size changes, etc. I’ve had to start over a time or two.
  - on January 27, 2013 at 6:34 PM sandraconner
    
    Well, I have to tell you that I first thought perhaps it was a play on words actually referring to the belly-button. I’m probably totally off on that because I never could really make it fit. And now I will feel even more stupid. But I’m determined to figure it out. (I can’t help but wonder how many of those people who clicked the “like” button actually know what the poem is saying.)
on January 28, 2013 at 6:04 PM | Reply thebardonthehill

Maybe it’s easier to “like” than it is to puzzle. I was asking the plug, the stopper, what he wanted to be when he grew up. But he didn’t answer. Instead, he did his job and stopped me regarding that line of questioning. I told you it was a bit bizarre.
on January 30, 2013 at 6:42 AM | Reply Dennis N. O'Brien

Mine said he wants to have a bath.
- on January 30, 2013 at 9:33 AM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  LOL
on February 26, 2013 at 9:24 AM | Reply sandraconner

Hey, Dennis, for some reason, I missed your last comment to me on this and found it only today. But I do want you to know that, at least when you put the word “stopped” in bold letters, I finally got the point. DUH! So sorry I was so dense that time around. And, of course, when I understand it, it is a really cute poem.

And Dennis O’Brien’s comment was a winner!