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Gilly J
Number of posts: 1251
Points: 1178
Registration date: 2008-10-21
 | | Subject: December Challenge Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:07 pm | |
| Val will set the topic for the December challenge. Good luck everyone!  |
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Val
Number of posts: 1464
Age: 69
Location: Devon
Points: 1386
Registration date: 2008-10-22
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:36 pm | |
| Thank you, Gilly, well....as it's Christmas & a time for Children, I pick.....
Toys
(Any type of toy you'd like to write about. Perhaps the first toy you owned, or your child's first toy. Anything toy related.) _________________  Regards Val |
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Gilly J
Number of posts: 1251
Points: 1178
Registration date: 2008-10-21
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:08 am | |
| Thanks Val, and here's abit of silliness to start the ball rolling...
TOYBOY
I said I'd like a toyboy
but when it came he was no good,
his name was Pinnochio
and he was made of wood! |
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Val
Number of posts: 1464
Age: 69
Location: Devon
Points: 1386
Registration date: 2008-10-22
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:40 pm | |
| I laughed out loud at that one, Gilly.  _________________ Regards Val |
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Kevin Redwolf
Number of posts: 564
Age: 37
Location: Kansas City Missouri
Points: 684
Registration date: 2008-12-06
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:37 pm | |
| I Want THIS Toy for Christmas, Santa!
I think I'll ask
For a flask
(A very small toy for a very big boy)
While I egg my nog
In miles of bog
I'm thinking Santa is likely to
Bound chimneys nightly to
Hang around
With a bound
DOWN my chimney, that jolly old elf
But enough, I'll cheer up MYSELF! |
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Rowan Hicks
Number of posts: 219
Age: 61
Location: Gloucestershire, England
Points: 333
Registration date: 2009-01-26
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:59 am | |
| Ooh, nearly missed the monthly challenge which I like to support. This is about a time when parents had the sense to give to their children presents which used no electricity...
Long Ago Christmas
Crepe paper chains and tinsel in trees.
Soft coloured lights and folks at their ease.
Icy winds blow and snow drifts do creep
But logs on the fire, with cats curled asleep.
Christmas morn comes and bright eyes grow wide.
Gifts are unwrapped to see what's inside:
Clockwork delights, dolls' house, six gun.
Rocking horse glistens, face full of fun.
Chemistry sets, tops that make hum,
Top of the pile a bright soldier's drum.
Innocent eyes, full of delight,
Will feast on this harvest into the night.
Can they be lured to give up the play?
Will it be playing with presents all day?
Mum knows the answer as out loud she shouts:
Roast chicken beckons... and crackers...
... and sprouts...
© Rowan Hicks
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Steve
Admin
Number of posts: 1255
Points: 1573
Registration date: 2009-03-23
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:05 pm | |
| Loved each of these three little gems. Two wise men and a wise lady 
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Steve
www.noaddress.co.uk
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Kevin Redwolf
Number of posts: 564
Age: 37
Location: Kansas City Missouri
Points: 684
Registration date: 2008-12-06
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:44 pm | |
| I really liked Rowan's poem although I do think there's a difference between electricity and electronics. Some of my favorite toys had electricity, but NONE had electronics (let alone the Internet.....) |
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Gilly J
Number of posts: 1251
Points: 1178
Registration date: 2008-10-21
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:57 pm | |
| Great entries folks,, and no.. there was no toyboy, wooden or otherwise for christmas LOL Over to Val for the winner.....  |
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Val
Number of posts: 1464
Age: 69
Location: Devon
Points: 1386
Registration date: 2008-10-22
| | Subject: Re: December Challenge Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:08 pm | |
| Sorry for my delay. Truth is I forgot all about it. The one I liked best is....Rowan's.  It was the rocking horse that did it for me & I always wanted one, but never got one.  I don't mind sprouts. Congratulations... Over to you Rowan for the next Monthly Challenge. _________________ Regards Val |
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