Thursday, June 11, 2009

Shoot-out: THE MIGHTY M

We are the Friday Shoot-out MEMBERS.
But, drop one M and we'd be embers.

I'll miss my darling, loving MATE.

She lost an M, and then was ATE!

If M were taken from the MASSES,

They'd be reduced to simple....well, you know.

I took the Ms from a MICKEY CAMPOUT,
And, then we had an Ickey Capout.

God took a single rib of Adam,

Then, added M to make his MADAM.

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Here, in our town we love our WAL MART.
Without its M, it would be WAL ART.

The M transforms our Os and others
To make terrific MOMS and MOTHERS.
(Four generations of beautiful women.)
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M saw a world of human anger,
And, gave its all to build a MANGER.

We thought it strange when cousin MANDY,
Had dropped her M, and then was Andy.
(Oldest grandchild, Kayla, all female)
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A dish of M & Ms is grand,
But, with no Ms, there are no &s.

Without the M in Daisey's MILK,
She's just a beast of bovine ilk.

When dropping off my morning MAILING,
Without the M, I would be ailing.

The lovely double-M, MIMOSA,
Would lose its magic as iosa.

Of MYRTLES (Crepe), and MAGNOLIA,

M is their leader. Have I told ya?

I took away the M from MEND,
And, what was left behind?......
THE END

28 comments:

  1. Gordon, I must say Bravo
    For your post is quite the salvo!
    All the Ms lined up to bow
    to your witty know how!

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  2. I'm so glad I stayed awake
    To read your fascinating take
    On this week's Friday Shoot-Out theme,
    A very Mesmerizing Meme.

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  3. Your 'M" post amused me
    It should make you boast!
    You've proven yourself
    A most charming host.

    I giggled, I gaffawed
    I snorted and wheezed
    By dropping a letter
    You surely did tease.

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  4. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh you are SOOOOOOOOOOOO clever!!!
    And the Mimosa is beautiful. Truly I loved your post.

    thank you for helping celebrate my granddaughter Matilda with the letter M.

    Sarah Lulu

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  5. This is the great post of photos and great idea for this week's photo challenge/sharing! (clap, clap, clap). You posted a great work!

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  6. Gordon, you cleaver thing, you! This rocked!
    Loved the 4 generations, just beautiful!

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  7. What extreme FUN this was, to read, to watch...so great!!!

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  8. By far the most creative M post so far. This had to take a lot of thought and the photos are just great. Way to go!

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  9. very well done. now I hit the road again, soon I will post just for you a Mecca of fishing stuff we passed yesterday in Missippi.

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  10. Oh Gordon, how clever! And what fun! I loved the ending. And Mandy was so sweet to let you turn her into Andy.

    I loved your rhymes, too. You and J9 are the "Rhyme" king and queen of Blogosphere.

    I liked this so much, I will be back later to view again.

    Oh, you have a good eye, too. Like what you did with Wal Art.

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  11. That was great! You must of took a lot of time and thought for that one, you are very talented:) I loved all the pictures.

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  12. very cute post and very entertaining. love the play on words. wal art was clever and beautiful shots of flowers.

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  13. Excellent post here, lots of fun reading and checking out the pictures.

    Have a great weekend!

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  14. LOL - this was fantastic! I love the Manger one especially.

    You did a fabulous job, and I added your mascot to my photos. :)

    I love reading your blog - you make me look at words differently. :)

    Have a Marvelous weekend!

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  15. Classic Gordon! This is the best!
    Is that a squirrel I see?

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  16. I had all the other three in this house over here laughing at your post, how clever you are Gordon...clever clever clever!!!

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  17. Good job ~ that was a lot of fun to read and of course seethe photos.....

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  18. Gordon,

    You a witty,
    You are funny,
    You are clever.
    If you were my student, I will get you to come to the front of the class and tell the others what a good example of a successful "green" imaginative hat wearer you are.

    The End!

    Cheers,

    Ann
    BTW. The mimosa in South East Asia is different from your mimosa. It is a creeping plant and has a small marble size flower. If you touch it, the leaves will curl up, thus giving it's other name sensitive plants.
    http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2008/11/medicinal-plant-mimosa.html

    We do have the plant you call it mimosa. Is it quite a big shrub? I must try to find out what they call it there.

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  19. Wonderful 'M' post Gordon, it made me smile, thank you.
    I especially loved the flowers. :D

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  20. So creative and wonderful photos!

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  21. this is creative and original! love the wordings you played around with 'M'!! and the photos are gorgeous!

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  22. I really enjoyed the M Shoot Out you put together. It really was funny. taking the M out and putting it back in was very mmm.....clever! Thank you for the very happy start to a somewhat tenuous week. It's a good omen. I loved the anger/manger changer. =D

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  23. Very witty, fun word plays!! How do you do it? ;D

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  24. Dad! Dad! Dad! you never stop creating do you?!
    I'm so proud of you- If only my -memory- was like yours but sadly it is -eory- how it is not. :)

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  25. That's my daughter who does not take credit for her great talents and sharp mind.
    Tami, I love you, ore!

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