1 (edited by Dirk B 2026-01-01 04:26:17)

Topic: Merry Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And Happy New Year!  :-)

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Merry Xmas, everyone.

Sorry, no all-inclusive "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem this year (too busy) except a few atrocious verses.
If you're still here next Christmas, you're fair game.

Special thanks to Bill for handling most of the spammers this year.

Dirk

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I have no long poem to share with you all,
My cat's been a drain on my time since the fall.
Chasing toy springs is all he will do,
Whining away if I don't play too.

Hide them he does, they're gone from my sight,
Then pulls them all out in darkest of night.
Annoy my dear neighbors he probably does,
Smacking the springs at walls, he just loves.

Meanwhile it was Bill who fought fake accounts,
Knocking them out in bigly amounts.
If only the site could blow them away,
Sans throwing him out along the damn way.

For George, I have this, since ask he did do,
A verse just for him of poetry poo.
Borrow I did from my cat's litter box,
Which stinks oh so high, like crap from an ox.

Gandalf is moping, lying right here,
As scribble I do this poem, my dear.
Next year I will try to read what you write,
For now, Merry Christmas; to all a good night.

And thank God I do that AIs can't write,
Works like this ditty, my garbage outright.
I claim I'm the author, the brain that produced,
Who else this can do? The mind of a goose?

It keeps up my skills, in what I know not,
But if nothing else, my mind will not rot.
Unless this is proof, already too late,
All is now hopeless, all as of this date.

2 (edited by George FLC 2025-12-26 00:32:33)

Re: Merry Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thanks Dirk,
To you, Gandalf, and to everyone else, be blessed and enjoy this Christmas Day.
Enjoy your families, friends, and pets, too.
Merry Christmas!
I did not use AI in writing this short prose... even though AI could probably improve it.

Re: Merry Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

And a belated Merry Christmas to all
Twas too busy eating to talk to y'all
Maybe next year you'll make my list
But if not, don't get your bloomers in a twist
Just keep writing and mind me not
I'll keep posting short of a lot
I'm always lurking to see what shows
But where and when, only The Shadow knows.

Take care. Vern

Re: Merry Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year!

Re: Merry Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Be-lated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Re: Merry Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thank you so much! Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! ????✨

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