The Lighter Side of PMR - Another Little Pome Wot I Wrote… ;-)

[markbenjamin57]

Greetings Polymalingerers, Pred Playmates and Tapering Techies.

Well, it’s THAT time again! Yes, another Friday evening on the exciting Journey known as Perhaps-I-might-linger-longer and Giants-are-all-righteous.

In rare reflective mood, I penned the enclosed last night and thought you might like to appreciate my elegant use of the precise art of what is known as ‘Poetic Rhythm’.

Here goes:

Twinkle, twinkle little Pred, how you keep me from my bed!

Magic tabs to ease the pain so, one day, I‘ll feel normal again.

PMR feels like a dreaded curse.

But, in Life, there are things much worse.

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Now, where are my magic pills?

Ah, yes, in the wardrobe still (ok, so that didn't rhyme exactly..)

One in the morning, another at night.

And a little ‘something’ to help in the fight (first 'glug'…)

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Twinkle, twinkle, little, or, er, whaadever.

Actually, this other stuff is going-down bedder (clink, hic).

Just a ‘small’ one, etc etc etc.

WHERE’S THE CAT GONE! (sorry - I was interrupted)

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Where was I? Oh yes - The cat sat on the mat. Or was it the dog?

Cat my dog, I blame ‘Brain Frog’ - GRRRR (ok, so I lost the rhythm a bit here too)

Anyway, WHO LET THE ****** CAT OUT?!!!

This isn’t funny..

Don't make me SHOUT (ok, I sort- of recovered it - Phew)

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I’m grumpy now - GRR, GRR, GRR :-(

It’s that bl***y doctor’s fault, I blame HER (pretty good rhyming, eh?!).

Anyway, what do THEY know? (um dee dum dee dum, etc - you can fill-in the gaps).

Ok, so I’ll just have another teeny-weeny one (glug, glug).

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I am NOT so drunkles as thinkle peep (sorry, I blame my ‘new' teeth)

Just relaxshing a bit before I shleep. OK WITH THAT?!!

Now, WHERE’S MY DINNER?!! NO WONDER I DRINK, WITH YOU LOT AROUND!!

Humpphh, besht order-in a NICE BIG PIZZA. Yummmy….!!!!

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Ok, that’s blown the poetry rhythmy thingamyjig - HA!

So, best finish the boddleyboo - a shame to waste it? (hic, glug, slurp)

BUT I LOVE YOU ALL! YOU ARE MY BESTEST FRIENDIES IN THE UNIVERSE!!!

The Peetsszhaa is here (hic). Got to go. Finish the Pome for yourself?

(end).

I'm sure that Bill Shakespeare would be proud - keep smiling on the Journey...

MB 

[Pat9442]

Twinkle, twinkle Uncle Mark

Please don't keep us in the dark

How many bottles did you drink?

Whatever will your Teddy thinK

But thanks anyway

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Pat9442]

Thanks too, Pat - only a small one, as usual. But don't tell Teddy!

[nevagivup in reply to markbenjamin57]

I know who you are! Your real name is Radar!

[markbenjamin57 in reply to nevagivup]

Ohhh, nevagivup :-(. So my true identity is revealed...?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to markbenjamin57]

A small barrel that'll be???????

[markbenjamin57 in reply to PMRpro]

Trust You PMRpro...

[Janll]

Lots of snickers from me.......thanks. I love poems, especially ones that are silly. Happy Friday night Mark. I’m almost relaxing is very wet Scotland and wish I had some of that stuff that you slurp.....I forgot to buy some, silly me.

Jan

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Janll]

Thanks Jan, enjoy Scotland, a magical place - in some parts!

[Hidden]

I think I need a drink after that one 😵 well done Mark, I couldn't stop laughing you silly ...

Best laugh all day!!

Pete 😀😵😂

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Pete!

[Hidden in reply to markbenjamin57]

Actually Mark, it's more than funny, and I don't know how you do it but its got some very carefully penned laugh triggers that strike some of us more than others.

I in particular curled up with laughter when I got to: WHERE’S THE CAT GONE! why did I find that so funny? It must be that we all have a different sense of humour. The whole thing managed to produce a picture in my minds eye.

I gave the 'Pome' to my better half to read and she looked at me and said "what's funny in that"

Must be the steroids I'm on, but there again she doesn't find Dick Emery funny either

Keep doing it Mark and make some of us laugh at least

Pete

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Hidden]

Ah, thanks Pete

Well, I don't know either. But if this nonsense raises a few giggles here I'll stay with it.

You're right - Humour is a very personal thing. I loved the late Dick Emery and his outrageous characterisations (e.g. 'Mandy' / YAABILY.. etc), 'Old' Terry Wogan's 'Janet and John' parody too. Legendary comedy characters?

I don't think it's the steroids - some kind of Humour is inside all of us - if we allow ourselves to see The Lighter Side?

MB

[Patience47]

Mark, your humor is greatly appreciated. Sometimes laughter is truly the best medicine.

Thanks, Edward

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Patience47]

Many thanks too, Edward :-). I agree... that's why I write this silly stuff!

[Mary63]

Twinkle twinkle oh my god,

Why’s my doctor such a sod,

Aunties help me what to do,

Uncle stop that ballyhoo,

Twinkle twinkle oh my god,

What is happening to my bod?

( no offence meant to the majority of our doctors)

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Mary63]

Lovely, Mary! :-D..!

[SheffieldJane]

I love Polymalingerers......🍷🥂🍻🍺 cheers everybody!

[markbenjamin57 in reply to SheffieldJane]

Thanks J, cheers to you too!

[Jo_Lyn]

Haha! Thanks for the laugh markbenjamin57! I'm new so this is your first Pome I've seen

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Jo_Lyn]

You're welcome Jo_Lyn - 'all part of the service' here

[Insight329]

Bravo! Encore! (Bartender, I'll have what he's having.)

(Darn, my prednisone brain took a detour at the who let the @&$ cat out and I'm now singing "Who let the dogs out..who...who...whoo.?)

Day after I posted this I'm still chuckling. Also, it occurred to me that some of you might not get the dogs reference. If not, here's the music video. Beware, you, too, may find yourself singing "Who let the dogs out?"

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkuu0...(Not working as expected?)

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Insight329]

Ha, Insight! Yep, 'Cat my Dog (or is it 'Dog my Cat'?) apply equally in comedy nonsense terms. Thanks for the vid...

MB

[Insight329 in reply to markbenjamin57]

You're welcome! Thanks again for the very entertaining pome. As stated, I was still chuckling at your humor this morning. Funny (and at times oh so true) stuff.

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Insight329]

Dear Insight

HAVEN'T YOU GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO?!!!

Glad you're still smiling on the PMR Journey. It doesn't matter what about - or why

Best wishes

MB

[Insight329 in reply to markbenjamin57]

You'd think, huh? But I'm an easy target for humor so when something tickles me I tend to replay it a few times -- just to make sure I've milked it for all it's worth. Look forward to seeing where your crazy imagination takes us all next.

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Insight329]

It's 'funny' isn't it? I agree - the same old gag / humour can trigger the Chuckle Muscles time and time again!

Maybe that's why I get away with it so often here?

[Kaerick]

Mark Mark Mark - oh you are a clever one!! Poetic Justice done ✅.... thank you for bringing smiles to us sleep deprived ppolymongetees or whatever our new nicknames are - ha ha ! Cheers to you my friend from across the pond ... love your contributions - a highlight of a difficult day! Full moon 🌕 lots of aches and pains today but ending the day on a high note! Thank you 😊

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Kaerick]

Thanks too, Kaerick :-).

[Jackoh]

Seems like a good Friday night!!

Twinkle, twinkle, Mark is ace,

Steroids first and then just pace,

Add to this a drink or two,

Could be the start of something new!

Twinkle, twinkle, writing and spending time just here,

But I'm not even dressed, I fear

Reading posts I find I'm never ready,

I think like Mark, I'll just blame my teddy!

We need a bit of light relief don't we?!!! 😜

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Jackoh]

Hang on a minute Jackie, this is getting a bit competitive now - but that was the intention in the first place! I love a bit of Upping-the-Ante...!

[Jackoh in reply to markbenjamin57]

Oh I thought I had entered into a competition? Just wasn't sure of the prize

Look what you've started this could go on and on ..... 😜

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Jackoh]

OMG Jackie, maybe I (or You Lot?) have started something here? Actually, what a great idea to have a competition for the best limerick on this PMR / GCA?!

The Competitors' prizes?:

First prize: a night-out with MB

Second prize: 2 nights-out with MB

Third prize: (you can guess... - don't even try to imagine it).

Yep, I think this one will run and run!

MB

[Jackoh in reply to markbenjamin57]

I am really laughing here- must stop- my husband now definitely thinks I've lost it!!! I am a bit worried though about the prizes - thought we wanted it to run and run. And for folk to want to join in? ...?!!! 😂( only joking MB)

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Jackoh]

[Hidden in reply to markbenjamin57]

A night out with MB, what about a proper prize 🤔😱😀

[Sandy1947]

Thanks for the chuckle! In Charleston, SC celebrating my almost birthday (11/11). I went off the PMR diet of no sugar, low carb diet with bread and chocolate cake with ice cream. Slept through my 5:00 am Pred dose, woke up a bit stiff and realized life is good!

Please continue to keep us laughing on this erratic journey!

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Sandy1947]

Thanks from across the Pond, Sandy. Yep, Life IS good for us - compared with what some others are going through..?

No worry, will keep-up the silly nonsense as long as You Lot are there to enjoy it!

MB

[Roltuba]

OK Mark, here's my entry for the 2017 PMRGCAuk Limerick challenge....

"You know that you've got PMR

When your legs say "whoa now" that's too far,

So I sat on my bum,

And thought mustn't be glum,

I know, why don't we go in the car"!

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Roltuba]

Lovely, Roltuba! I think you're one of the front-runners for the title...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Hathaway Cottage,

Queen Elizabeth Square,

Stratford Upon Avon.

Dated the seventh day of October in the year of our lord 1584

To those suffering PolyMolyRunoutofsteamitis and GenerallyConfusedApathy

Friends, Romans’, countrymen lend me your ears,

I come to bury Mark, not to praise him,

For he hath plagiarised my words,

So banished to the sofa he must be.

His latest pome may make some smile with glee,

But for my part, it was all Greek to me,

My standing as the Bard of Avon,

He hath dented, beyond pardon!

Yond Marcus has a lean and hungry look;

He thinks too much: such men are dangerous

I’m not fooled by his words of gobbledygook

I cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war

Sadly I say, Et tu Brute!

I remain good people,

Will I Am Shakespeare

Wordsmith (and soothsayer) to our honourable QE1

[markbenjamin57 in reply to DorsetLady]

Ok DL, so my cover's blown. Yes, a self- confessed Imposter and Trojan Horse, Mirth Mangler and Marauding Fraudster. I plead Guilty as Accused, Your Honour

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to markbenjamin57]

From one upstart crow to another -

T’is neither here nor there. Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge. There is flattery in friendship.

Fear not my friend, thou shall be saved from a fate worse than death (well, we all have to improvise sometimes!)

[markbenjamin57 in reply to DorsetLady]

Ha, DL! Yes, as the Bard said: 'whether tis nobler in the mind' or.. er.. whatever, I remain a true and dutiful fiend (sorry, 'friend').

x

[Jackoh]

Wow, Dorset Lady ! Follow that......!!!!!

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Jackoh]

Better not try, she's on a roll!

[Hidden in reply to markbenjamin57]

Beware the ides of DL. 😱 Or something like that 😵

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Hidden]

Beware indeed the Ides of October - 15th to be precise. What with that and Friday 13th we’re all doomed, I tell you DOOMED 😱😱

[Hidden in reply to DorsetLady]

What with the antics of North Korea and a certain D Trump, we have yet to get there

[Grants148]

Well doneMB,we all need some humour to cheer us up.

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Grants148]

Many thanks Grants, All Part of the ('comedy'?) Service here!

[Grants148]

Well done MB,we all need some humour to cheer us up.

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Grants148]

OK - I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!!! :-/// (only joking...)

[Grants148]

Brilliant! Dorset lady. My l pad is playing up,hence the double messages,or maybe l am having one of my brain fog days.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Grants148]

Blame the iPad! That’s my excuse now I can’t blame the Pred 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Michdonn]

Very good the Devil's Tic Tacs, how would we live without them and God I HATE them! 🙂

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Michdonn]

Nice analogy Michdonn!

[Hidden]

There was a "young" man named MB,

A Polymalingerer he,

Now his Ted has a frown

And his cat has left town,

He sounds like a nutcase to me!!!

(Not really, Mark)

[markbenjamin57 in reply to Hidden]

Ha, Maxx - they all say that ('not really..' etc)!

From your daft poetic reply I can only assume that you are equally 'As Mad as a Box of Frogs' and so there's probably no hope for you either

[Hidden in reply to markbenjamin57]

True!

[mzz70-70]

Twinkle twinkle little star

Oh Mark this time you've gone to far

Drinking while you're taking PRED

You surely must be off your head

Twinkle twinkle little star

Can I join you at the bar

We'll have a drink and take our PRED

Then both be completely OFF OUR HEAD !!

Come back soon Mark,I love your posts.......Maz x

[markbenjamin57 in reply to mzz70-70]

Dear Maz

Lovely! Clearly, you are as poetically Bonkers / Mad as a Box of Frogs as me. This takes some doing - well done!

Many thanks, yes, I'll try to continue to live up (or down?) to your expectations

MB

[Kaerick in reply to mzz70-70]

Awesome!! love all the clever sharp witted entertaining responses - such a crazy bunch of people!! Thank you for bringing the humor to these diseases - often times the highlight of a difficult day!! You have a fan in Nevada / 🇺🇸

Cheers and hugs to you all!!

Kathryn

[MelodySue]

I'm new here, recently been put on Pred and feeling very low in spirits because I feel bamboozled by symptoms and diagnosis. Your poem has really cheered me up, thank you sooo much!

[GOOD_GRIEF]

Twinkle twinkle PMR,

What a nasty *itch you are.

You and sister GCA, need to take a hike, OK?

But we are not afraid of you, we’ve got Pred to see is through!

Twinkle twinkle Prednisone,

Let us eat an ice cream cone.

We know how you like to pump

That thing on our necks we call The Hump.

Give us just a treat or two so we can stand dealing with you!

Twinkle twinkle “aunties” dear

Who care for all of us on here.

And MB who brings us cheer, teasing, laughing at our fear.

What, without you, would we do? Can we ever repay you?

[markbenjamin57 in reply to GOOD_GRIEF]

Ah, Bless you GOOD_GRIEF!

Just to say.. lovely to see you and others here 'upping the ante' (i.e. joining-in with and competing with the funny stuff). I am but a mere catalyst in the process - it's YOU LOT who bring it all to Life with your equally Bonkers sense of Fun!

MB x