Call From The Hospital
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
United Kingdom
August 17, 2020 3:01pm CST
A man called his wife on the phone
"Hi Mary, I'm not coming home,
don't want you to worry
but I'm very sorry
it seems that I've broken a bone.
While riding my bike down the street
enjoying the sunshine so sweet
a truck shed its load
all over the road
it landed right there at my feet.
My bike tipped me head over heel
I got my foot caught in the wheel
then I hit my head
they thought I was dead,
it all seemed to be quite surreal.
Fay drove me at speed in her car
the hospital wasn't that far,
I'm not feeling great
I'm in a right state,
what happened was very bizarre.
So here I must stay for some days
I'm seeing things through a dull haze
I've broken my hip
have cuts on my lip
and my knee's a big messy graze."
But all his wife had to say
was "Who the devil is Fay??".
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42 responses
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
17 Aug 20
Wonderful! It's been a while that I've read a poem of yours.
I've read this poem attentively and must say that it is surprising how well a man can rhyme who's just broken his hip and grazed his knee. Or are the rhymes a result of the strong anaesthetics he got during the operation? :-)
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
18 Aug 20
Ahh, yes you would be curious about Fay in that situation...lol.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
18 Aug 20
I knew someone named Fay and she only had one boyfriend great poem Jan.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
18 Aug 20
@jaboUK
Much better to have fun than the contrary.
I do like it and I still listen to Pam Ayres when I can as well not that she would be understood in this country really.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
18 Aug 20
@lovinangelsinstead21 Oh I love Pam Ayres!
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Aug 20
Yay for you! Another limerick or five or six. Well done.
Poor Bill had to think really fast
But came up with an answer at last
Fay was just passing by
When me she did spy
But now I’m covered in plast(er)
(I've told you I don't find these easy) 
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
18 Aug 20
That's great. I have not heard a poem for a while. It's so funny to hear the question of the wife asking who is Fay instead of are you okay or something like that.
. I think it is a typical question of a wife when another woman was with his husband during an accident.
. I think it is a typical question of a wife when another woman was with his husband during an accident.2 people like this
@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
18 Aug 20
Lovely Jabo, been awhile and the wait was worth it. I can just see the comical look on the guys face as she replies. Imagine the hard work that went into telling his wife in so poetic a way what had happened.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Aug 20
Thank you for sharing this nice poem.
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@Deepizzaguy (94512)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Aug 20
@jaboUK You are welcome.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Aug 20
Trust I'm not being flippant
He's hurt badly,thats evident
But the question,I've got
About 'Fay' being on the spot
Was that too an accident?
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