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Viewing comments for Chapter 14 "Chores Are a Bore"Daily 5-7-5 simplicities for April Na-Po-Wri-Mo
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Comment from Pantygynt
If you think Mr Hoover sucks you should try Mr Dyson or even Mrs Shark who apparently doesn't get hair entangled in her rollers. Personally I have a thing about women appearing in public in their rollers. I hate it, however well they suck. I am staying with my well-mannered Mt Dyson he sits quietly in the corner waiting for someone to turn him on -- which is something I can seldom bring myself to do.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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If you think Mr Hoover sucks you should try Mr Dyson or even Mrs Shark who apparently doesn't get hair entangled in her rollers. Personally I have a thing about women appearing in public in their rollers. I hate it, however well they suck. I am staying with my well-mannered Mt Dyson he sits quietly in the corner waiting for someone to turn him on -- which is something I can seldom bring myself to do.
Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Mr Dyson sounds as reticent as you.
Years ago i had a very good vacuum cleaner called a Tellus - it had such a powerful suck it pulled the carpet right up off the floor. In a strange decision of what he took when we got divorced, my ex-husband took the bed, the Tellus, and the ironing board.
Comment from JudyE
I more or less did a spring clean early on but the urge is well past now. lol I have a new robo vacuum and I love it. It also washes floors. It doesn't save me any time at all as I'm so fascinated I sit watching it. :)
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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I more or less did a spring clean early on but the urge is well past now. lol I have a new robo vacuum and I love it. It also washes floors. It doesn't save me any time at all as I'm so fascinated I sit watching it. :)
Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Hahaha... watching a robot not quite the same as watching a hunky yard boy.
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Haha - true but hunky yard boys are hard to find at the moment. :)
Comment from Cindy Decker
Nice tongue-in- cheek play on words, Lisa! I liked your poem very much. I hate housework too, but my dog and I feel right at home in the chaos. Good luck in the contest. Have a nice week.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Nice tongue-in- cheek play on words, Lisa! I liked your poem very much. I hate housework too, but my dog and I feel right at home in the chaos. Good luck in the contest. Have a nice week.
Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Thanks for your feedback. You can always blame the dog.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
I haven't used a vaccum cleaner for ages! We don't have carpets! But they are good exercise! My house has never been so clean as my time is spent seeing all the jobs that need attention in my house! I loved that you gave the hoover a personality here Lisa, very funny, lvoe Dolly x
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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I haven't used a vaccum cleaner for ages! We don't have carpets! But they are good exercise! My house has never been so clean as my time is spent seeing all the jobs that need attention in my house! I loved that you gave the hoover a personality here Lisa, very funny, lvoe Dolly x
Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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I'm surprised you find time for anything but writing and reviewing!
Comment from Elizabeth Emerald
Anna Gram--We must have been separated at birth. I hate housework and gardening and spend all day not doing both. My vacuum cleaner sucks too. Cheers. LIZ
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Anna Gram--We must have been separated at birth. I hate housework and gardening and spend all day not doing both. My vacuum cleaner sucks too. Cheers. LIZ
Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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I'm adopted, so it is possible. My birth mother spent time in America I believe. I know bugger all about her. She was 23 when she gave birth to me, so plenty more child-bearing years left.
WOULDN'T THAT MAKE A GREAT FANSTORY STORY!! Shall we make one up??
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I don't know your age--you don't have to reveal it--I am 63 born Feb 17, 1957. Regardless--I still say we were separated at birth!
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I'm 1953 vintage, April 16 - respect your elders and send me a cheesecake for my birthday please.
Where were you born?
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Born in New York City; raised in suburb Yonkers. I respect my elders in general and you in particular. Not sure about the cheesecake on such short notice. Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Praveen J.
Thank you for the daily dose of smile Lisa. Funny you brought up Bogart. I wrote about him in my poem yesterday and Bacall too....a mobster caper in verse. The puns in the last two verses are outstanding. The second verse chore-bore is weak. We must improve it ;)
Also the line I'll dance with vaccum cleaner, shows up as 8 syllables !..maybe I'm counting wrong.
Also in Casablanca, Bergman was called Ilsa.....not too far from Lisa ;)
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reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Thank you for the daily dose of smile Lisa. Funny you brought up Bogart. I wrote about him in my poem yesterday and Bacall too....a mobster caper in verse. The puns in the last two verses are outstanding. The second verse chore-bore is weak. We must improve it ;)
Also the line I'll dance with vaccum cleaner, shows up as 8 syllables !..maybe I'm counting wrong.
Also in Casablanca, Bergman was called Ilsa.....not too far from Lisa ;)
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Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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That is a coincidence about Bogy.
Oooops about my syllable count - I did a quick edit but might try for a better change later.
Comment from CrystieCookie999
Guess we all like to daydream about something else while doing household chores. I like the personification of the vacuum cleaner as "Mr. Hoover." And the imagined personification as well. I guess it was Fred Astaire who seemed to dance with any number of things. Fun post.
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Guess we all like to daydream about something else while doing household chores. I like the personification of the vacuum cleaner as "Mr. Hoover." And the imagined personification as well. I guess it was Fred Astaire who seemed to dance with any number of things. Fun post.
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Comment Written 14-Apr-2020
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2020
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Thanks for your review. I had to change the first verse because the middle line had 8 syllables in it - I thought 'vacuum' was a 2-syllable word.
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Oh, I did not realize that either. I would have said two syllables in common vernacular and hope to find one dictionary somewhere with two syllables as alternate, but not there, it seems?
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Apparently it's vac-u-um in syllables even though it's pronounced vac-yoom.
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You are right. I guess the 'proper' Latin pronunciation overrode real life in all the dictionaries.
