In My Bath

By Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
United Kingdom
August 6, 2018 9:10am CST
While relaxing in my bath and sipping at my gin (I know, I know it's naughty, but just a little sin), he came in and looked at me, then said with quite a leer "Your back looks so alluring, d'you want it scrubbed my dear?" I said "I'm almost speechless" (perhaps it was the gin) "but who the devil are you and how did you get in?" Illustrated by my friend Jeff Bowers Did I manage to make you smile?
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@LadyDuck (458179)
• Switzerland
6 Aug 18
You did and the little poem and the drawing are both beautiful.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
Glad I made you smile Anna, thanks, and I'm pleased you like the drawing too.
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@LadyDuck (458179)
• Switzerland
6 Aug 18
@jaboUK It is a very nice drawing. It is so hot today that my brain is slow. I hope the rain will come as predicted.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
@LadyDuck Yes, it's hot here too. We've had hardly any rain all summer.
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
6 Aug 18
@jabouk My fellow café sitters are wondering what I’m giggling at.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
I'm happy to have made you giggle Fiacre, thanks
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
@xFiacre That's true! Somewhere under that facade is a fun loving guy
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@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
6 Aug 18
@jaboUK Quite a feat, given my status as Grumpy Old Man!!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
8 Aug 18
I love the poem and way to go Jeff Bowers!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
9 Aug 18
@jaboUK It most certainly does add to it.
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@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
12 May 19
I almost forgot about this funny limerick
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
8 Aug 18
I am really lucky that Jeff illustrated this for me, it really adds to the poem doesn't it?
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
6 Aug 18
I am sure that gin made you ask that question. Who knows. That must have been your husband Great drawing there. I wonder if your friend had you in mind while doing that. Definitely a sin
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
7 Aug 18
@jaboUK All your limericks are just figments of your imagination. If wishes were horses beggars would ride kind of thing sometimes.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
Wot?? Definitely a sin!! Oh you're very hard on me . Jeff drew the picture to fit the poem (I don't actually drink gin)
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
@allknowing That's true Grace
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@crossbones27 (48435)
• Mojave, California
6 Aug 18
Amen miss lady not only asked right question but you sure did. Not sure you were going for buy I saw and felt it.
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• Mojave, California
7 Aug 18
@jaboUK It was a neat one, you are the master at these.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
@crossbones27 That's a nice thing to say, thank you
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
That's good, I'm pleased if this amused you - thanks.
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@Juliaacv (48445)
• Canada
6 Aug 18
That's adorable! It matches the picture just perfectly-well done!
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@Juliaacv (48445)
• Canada
6 Aug 18
@jaboUK Yes, he's excellent and must share your same sense of humour.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
Jeff is a very good illustrator. isn't he? He's done a few pics for my poems.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Aug 18
I didn't only smile but I laughed out loud. Such imagination! And who could that man be?
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Aug 18
@jaboUK It would be nice that you were too drunk to recognize your husband and you really screamed seeing him in the room.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
8 Aug 18
@SIMPLYD Yes, that would be an interesting scene . (I'm actually teetotal )
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
I'm so pleased that this entertained you , thanks. You can put your own interpretation on the poem - it could be that I was too drunk to recognise my husband, or that a complete stranger had entered my house.
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@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Aug 18
I think I wooda screamed, she's way too calm.
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@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Aug 18
Silly me, I just reread this and noticed that the artist is Jeff @jaboUK disregard my silly inquiry, ok?
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug 18
@rebelann That's ok, I replied to your query anyway.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug 18
You could be right there, but I think the expression on her face is great
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• Preston, England
6 Aug 18
that is very funny
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
Thanks, I'm pleased that you thought so
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
7 Aug 18
lol More than a smile and that is a wonderful drawing and of course your poem matches it perfectly.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
Thanks Iz, I'm glad you like both the poem and the drawing - Jeff is very talented.
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• United States
6 Aug 18
Love the illustration to go with your poem. I always get a laugh from your poems and sense of humor
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
They do say that the American and British sense of humour are completely different, but I must say that most of you seem to understand mine. Thank you Marilyn.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
@Marilynda1225 I do too.
• United States
6 Aug 18
@jaboUK I think we're on the same wavelength humor wise
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
6 Aug 18
You did make me smile, and there is nothing wrong sipping a little something in the tub. Your friend did a fabulous job illustrating the poem. Well done to the both of you!
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
If I made you smile I haven't wasted my day. Thanks Dianne, and yes Jeff did a great job with the illustration.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
@DianneN Oh I do, I do
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
6 Aug 18
@jaboUK I doubt that you ever waste your days.
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@just4him (306236)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Aug 18
You managed to make me laugh. Love the poem and the illustration.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
6 Aug 18
I'm really pleased about that Valerie, thank you
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@just4him (306236)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Aug 18
@jaboUK You're welcome.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
12 Aug 18
lol. I grinned.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug 18
@porwest Thank you
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug 18
Then I did my job, thank you
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@jaboUK I really liked this one. Very clever.
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• Pamplona, Spain
15 Aug 18
Yes and its nice to have compliments like that too. Very nice drawing also.
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• Pamplona, Spain
15 Aug 18
@jaboUK Its really good. An Uncle I had could draw in that style.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
15 Aug 18
Lol, and I'm pleased that you like the drawing.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
8 Aug 18
oh dear, I wouldn't have been speechless at all, he would've had bleeding ears! Wonderful illustration too.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
8 Aug 18
You made me laugh with that Catherine. Yes, the illustration is such fun, isn't it? (Good go see you again )
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug 18
@bluesa That's good to hear, I'm pleased if I've cheered you up.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Aug 18
@jaboUK could just imagine me shrieking, Janet . It is a fun illustration. I am happy I could stop by, you always cheer me up.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Aug 18
Oh lordy, I have no words. That is just too dang funny @jaboUK .
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
27 Aug 18
Glad you like it, thanks
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
27 Aug 18
@jaboUK You're just so good.
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Aug 18
That's very clever and the drawing is gorgeous. I am so envious of people who can draw - and they do it so easily!
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
I honestly don't know how easy it is for Jeff to do this, all I know is that he does it very well. I'd love to be able to draw too.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
@JudyEv That's a sweet thing to say, thanks Judy.
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Aug 18
@jaboUK Your poems and limericks make up for any lack of drawing skills.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
7 Aug 18
oh my! who is that man? hahaha. maybe the man thought that was his house?
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
8 Aug 18
@ridingbet They are taps Ingrid
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
7 Aug 18
That is possible Ingrid, you are free to make your own conclusions
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Aug 18
@jaboUK i like the illustration of a surprised woman. the eyes. and i thought those bottles at the bottom of the picture (probably shampoo and lotion? hahaha), i thought are the feet of the lady.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Aug 18
You did, you made me laugh. that's the best one yet.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug 18
Thanks Ruby - coming from you that really means something
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
16 Aug 18
@jaboUK Thank you, You know I appreciate your writing.
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