THE BITTER IRONY OF LIFE IS THAT BY THE TIME

 

The bitter irony of life is that by the time,

By whatever means, reason or rhyme

You're old enough to know your way

Around, you're not going anywhere anyway.

LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE # 11

 

When things go wrong

There are always faults numbering two

The second of which

Will only become apparent to you

After you have rectified

The first of the two

A BITTER IRONY

 

Twenty-five years I have been married to my present wife and for twenty-four and a half of those years I have been praying to go deaf or for my dear wife to be struck dumb.

Ironically, my wife now needs a hearing aid and I have laryngitis.

THOSE WHO CAN, DO

 

When training kamikaze pilots

The instructor told them firmly

Please pay very close attention

I will show you this one time only

CREAM DREAM

 

Is this product real or just a dream?

This new-fangled anti-aging cream

I think it’s a little odd, at any rate

Because the stuff has a sell by date

FONETIC IRONIE

 

I have often thought it ironic

That to spell the word phonetic

You are not required in reality

To spell the word phonetically