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Thursday, July 20, 2023

Angels, And How To Tuna Fish





It's been a rough week, and in fighting off the angels sent to take me home during the night I may have made the fatal step from hardass to dumbass.

Of course, it may play a role that Barb's sick, and her system doesn't like the prescribed medication. Kinda don't think bowing out would be good, right now.

But anyway.

Did you ever have the thought,
did you ever have the wish
that you really truly ought
to know just how to tuna fish?
Are there scales to check the tension?
Is it tenor? Largemouth bass?
Did perhaps I fail to mention
that this can be Pain in the... Donkey?
But, oh, yes, the piscine tunes
must play acquatic harmony,
and raise on high their fame-balloons
unto the Lord's Eternity
in which He dared to see the play
of a singing fish fillet.

The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is DECIDE.

If you decide to tuna fish
to make in music-land your mark,
be careful, very, not to wish
that you had a mako shark
with its quite distinctive tail
(looks like it could be strung as harp),
but your effort would not prevail;
its teeth would make the tuning sharp.
But a flounder is no better choice;
please believe when I say that
its tonal repertoire and voice
are like it's body, really flat.
So, for fish-song with no worry,
stick with Nemo, Bruce, and Dory.

Three minutes forty-two, exactly.

Music from Pharrell Williams, with Happy

Sylvia's happy I'm still here.
 



25 comments:

  1. My uncle fishes for salmon in Alaska, but I don't believe he has caught Tuna fish, Andrew. I hope Barbara starts to feel better soon, and that you both have a good weekend.

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    1. Lisa, I went fishing for tuna once. Caught a waterlogged palm trunk. Yee haw.

      Thank you for the good wishes, and we hope you have a lovely weekend!

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  2. Fishing is always an adventure :) But that's where we get our fish stories from which makes life so fun! I truly pray that Barbara gets to feeling better quickly and that you both have some better days! Praying!

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    1. Joanne, fish stories keep me going these days! And we thank you so much for your prayers.

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  3. Sorry to hear that Barb is unwell. I hope your wonderful humour can cheer her up!

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    1. Sorry I didn't mean to post a comment anonymously.

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    2. Corinne, no worries, and thank you. I do hope that an unceasing stream of jokes will help, or at least make Barb yearn for unconsciousness.

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  4. This, and your response to Joanne's post, reminded me of the Cole Porter song 'Let's Do It'. Possibly not appropriate but thinking of you both.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qf_QorYgDE

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    1. Tish, thank you so much! We're both big Cole Porter fans!

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  5. I’ll stick with Nemo and Dory!

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    1. It’s me Tara!! I’m back again

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    2. Tara, it is SO GOOD to see you here, and yeah, Nemo and Dory, for sure.

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  6. Praying for you and Barb. Hope she feels better soon.

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    1. Grams, thank you. Barb had a rough week, but she is on the mend.

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  7. Praying for you both, and hoping Barb is feeling better soon!

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    1. Kym, we thank you so much for your prayers. Barb is doing better.

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  8. Sorry Barb has been unwell. Hope she is better soon.

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    1. Lesley, thanks. Barb had a hard week but has turned the corner.

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  9. Andrew, so sorry about Barbara. You are good to hang around till she is better. Love the poems. I love to eat fish but someone else can catch and clean them. Someone gave me shrimp today. Yum! Praying up a fishnet full!

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    1. Mary, I used to love fish and chips, but can no longer eat them.

      And, yeah, Barb's worth staying for.

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  10. Cheers to a new day and a new week! Glad to see you hear this week with FMF #1 as usual! You never disappoint!

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  11. Hope Barb gets better quick, for both of you! :)

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    1. Lisa, thank you. She is getting better. Not 100% yet, but streets away from where she was.

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  12. Oh Andrew I am sorry to hear Barb is not feeling well. Loved the fishing bit, though. I have fresh water fished for years, but never for the big guys in salt water!

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    1. Donna, thank you...Barb is doing better.

      There's an old saying that God does not count hours spent fishing in one's apportioned hours. I believe this to be true.

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