My dietitian said to stop My candlelight dinners for four. He said I’m gaining too much weight And not to have them any more. I asked, “Why not, one has to eat, A meal’s a meal, why should you care?” He said, “A meal for four is good But there should be three others there!”
Category: Poems for Grownups
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Candle Light Dinners
November 18th, 2025 — General Humor
The Whole Load
November 17th, 2025 — Church Humor
He was a country preacher, With a country preacher’s zeal. His earnings were quite small Sometimes a single meal. Attendance was erratic, His congregation small. But when all thirty came at once, They barely fit inside the hall. Then one snowy Sunday morning One old rancher named Jerome, Was the only one to show up, […]
New Dress
November 14th, 2025 — Married Life
His wife went shopping at the Mall, So very much to his distress. He said, “Go look, but just don’t buy, You sure don’t need another dress.” But then she found the perfect gown, It cost too much and she knew it. So when her husband asked her why, She said the Devil made her […]
The Visit
November 13th, 2025 — Life with Children
Our loving grandson came to see us, He brought a girl that we should meet. That he would visit us from college Itself was really quite a treat. He introduced us to his girlfriend A perfect match for him we knew. The bags they carried were not presents She had brought her laundry too. We […]
Birds and Bees
November 12th, 2025 — Life with Children
He doesn’t need his old dad’s views Or the book he’s supposed to use. It makes him feel bad But he must tell Dad He’s learned it on the evening news. The moral of this little Limerick, The Birds And Bees, is so obvious that not much has to be written about it. During the […]

