The Ill-Fated Breakfast: a limerick
@puddleglum (1380)
United States
15 responses
), it's funny and to the point. I see you based it on something that actually happened. Well done.
Thanks for suggesting this 
@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
Thanks. You're right, it doesn't strictly adhere to form/content. It's not a form I've played with since I was a teenager. I loved reading limericks back then.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
12 Jun 16
Good limerick!
I wonder if the cook in an early-start diner has breakfast before he starts work?
Oh to be a short-order cook,
His bleary eyes so often mistook
The waitress's order
Notes on the border
The diner his fist he then shook!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
12 Jun 16
@puddleglum And to be up and coping with all those grumps who have yet to take their first swig of coffee... no, not a short-order cook's life for me, I think.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
Thanks! If I were a cook at a place like that, I probably wouldn't want to eat breakfast food. I'd probably have pizza.
Nice verse! One should really sympathize with the cook. It can't be easy to keep up with all those orders.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
@pgntwo Yes, people are not at their best in the morning. I'm certainly not!
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@Bluedoll (16770)
• Canada
12 Jun 16
the cook Fred was much too hot
he ignored for want of colder
so hot cake day was never bought
the waitress name was Holder
Pete he thought it was a real steal
because he lost his break fast times
sitting in a booth begging for a meal
writing on small napkins silly little rhymes
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
Very nice. Perhaps my coworker should have scribbled on his napkin also. He might have felt more patient then.
@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
15 Jun 16
Thanks. I shared this with my coworker and he felt better about his breakfast troubles after reading it.
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@JudyEv (364897)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jun 16
@puddleglum What a shame to have to walk away and leave them.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
13 Jun 16
@JudyEv Yes. He deserved something after his wait.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
Thanks! Yes, I'm not sure they were worth it. My coworker didn't think so, he left and told the waitress to cancel the order, since we were supposed to start work at eight.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
17 Jun 16
@puddleglum It just goes to show that inspiration really does come from everywhere!
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
17 Jun 16
Thanks! My coworker said he was glad his misfortune inspired me. I told him I hoped the limerick would cheer him up after not getting pancakes.
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@toniganzon (72539)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
i would have had cornflakes as well if it takes that long to wait for a pancake.1 person likes this
@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
Sometimes the best things in life are the simplest. Lol.
@BelleStarr (61413)
• United States
27 Jun 16
lol Very well done and I think he needs to try a different restaurant.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
27 Jun 16
Thank you, and I agree. There are other places to get breakfast. I think I'll start a petition among my coworkers about this.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
3 Jul 16
well done :) perhaps the chickens were jest late layin' their eggs 
'r the cow refused to be milked? :D
'r the cow refused to be milked? :D1 person likes this
@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
3 Jul 16
Since the nearest farm to this restaurant was probably a good twenty miles away, that would actually explain a lot!1 person likes this
@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
27 Jun 16
Thanks. Yes, maybe toast and jelly would have been even better.
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
28 Jun 16
Hunger and waiting, can greatly influence one's choices;)
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
28 Jun 16
Definitely. If the menu had a disclaimer like: Allow 30 extra minutes for pancakes, he would have known what to do. Haha
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
28 Jun 16
He waited longer than I would have.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
12 Jun 16
Did they suffer from growling stomach too?
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
He did! I think he tried to fill up on coffee, but that's no substitute for pancakes.
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
15 Jun 16
@puddleglum Oh no. Lots of coffee on an empty stomach will give you indigestion.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
16 Jun 16
@savak03 That is probably the other reason he was in a bad mood that morning.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
12 Jun 16
Just wondering what took them so long to cook the pancakes! He could had been so hungry!
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
12 Jun 16
The cook was new and he apparently saved cooking the pancakes until last. Everyone else got their eggs, biscuits, and everything.
