Tuesday, May 9, 2017

WHAT'S THIS FOR?





Most of the time
     men make it just fine
keeping the old home fires
      burning, so to speak

and wives are marvelous 
     adorable creatures to
have running the households

Men are oft the fixers, the repairers,
     the "do-it-yourself" guys
and the "go-to-guys" 
     when something is broken

That brings up a dilemma---
     "Fixing" means spare parts
and those have a way...
     of accumulating

Okay.

But what about, the ladies
     who think their guys
know everything...
     about stuff?

and they come out with 
      weird little things...
you know, er...
      like screws and nails
and gadgets and widgets---

stuff long-forgotten from
     some former appliance
or tricycle, or toaster, or---
      name it---

"Honey, where does this 
      thingie go?
It keeps turning up and is 
      in the way, and I'm
tired of seeing it."

"What's is for? Can you 
    put it back on?"

"Or should I toss it?"

From years of experience
     the cognoscenti husband
will answer:

"Keep it in the junk drawer,
     we'll need it
tomorrow."

(Never toss it.)

*****************
BY MIL
4 MAY 17




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