THOSE WHO CAN

 

Those who can, will certainly do

Those who can’t become teachers

Those who cannot teach either

Must then become administrators

RICH OR NOT

You shouldn’t care if you’re rich or not

As long as you live comfortably with your lot

And everything that you want you’ve got

TIME

You can fool all the people some of the time

And some of the people all of the time

But you can't fool your mother any time 

PROFESSIONALS

Doctors, dentists, lawyers

And all that professional lot

Are only ever on time for appointments

When you're not

LOST LUGGAGE

 

It was a dreadful flight

And it was late as well

Then I couldn't find my case

On the baggage carousel

So, I went to “lost luggage”

To report the loss of it

The woman looked the part

But I didn’t trust her a bit

She said she would apply 

Her professional hand

Then she said “now tell me

“When does your plane land?”

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 288

As I was going to Banbury Cross

My wife was less than thrilled

“For god’s sake calm down” she said

“You’re going to get us killed

THE LABORS OF HERACLES # 05: THE AUGEAN STABLES

Heracles when driven mad by the goddess Hera

Murdered his three children and his wife Megara

The Delphic oracle punished him for the murders

By ordering him to perform the Twelve Labors

The labors were set by king Eurystheus his cousin

The fifth labor Eurystheus Took great pleasure in

He chose a Labor he hoped would be demeaning 

And he was sure would humiliate his heroic cousin

Heracles was to clean the stables of King Augeas

And he must do it in a single day to have success

King Augeas possessed for years vast herds of cattle

Their deposits of manure was to be Heracles battle

So much had been deposited by the cattle of Augeas

That a thick aroma hung over the Peloponnesus

But Heracles Instead of using baskets and shovels

He diverted two rivers through the Augean stables