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Array ( [sid] => 121428 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Nothing Old Can Stay [time] => 2006-06-07 07:36:52 [hometext] => Robert Frost revised ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’, his pastoral and existential masterpiece a couple of times. He must have had in-laws, so maybe he did pen a version like this….(plus I threw in an extra 4 lines - value!) [bodytext] =>

Your mother’s very old,
Your father smells like mould.
They dropped in for an hour;
Now their visit has turned sour.
The hour became a week,
And I’m about to freak
Your parents cannot stay;
They’re slow and in the way.
Fish and guests don’t keep,
They‘re cranky and so cheap,
I can‘t stand another day,
Nothing old can stay. [comments] => 7 [counter] => 256 [topic] => 7 [informant] => spike [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 50 [ratings] => 10 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => HumorPoetry )

Nothing Old Can Stay

Contributed by spike on Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 07:36:52 AM in AEST
Topic: HumorPoetry

Your mother’s very old,
Your father smells like mould.
They dropped in for an hour;
Now their visit has turned sour.
The hour became a week,
And I’m about to freak
Your parents cannot stay;
They’re slow and in the way.
Fish and guests don’t keep,
They‘re cranky and so cheap,
I can‘t stand another day,
Nothing old can stay.

Copyright Â© spike ... [ 2006-06-07 07:36:52]
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Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by ham323 on Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 10:43:09 AM AEST
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Haha. Funny. Good job.

Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 05:49:25 PM AEST
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Omigosh, spike, you are a riot! (giving Johnny a run for it, huh?)

ROTFLMBO . . . all I can say is, you TOO shall be there one day . . .

lol

excellent post!

~Breezy

Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by Silent-No-More on Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 07:17:29 PM AEST
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"Nothing old can stay"...... LMBO - that's priceless!!!!

I just re-read Frost's piece not to long ago... this, therefore was not at all what I expected. But oh! what a delightful surprise!

~Snem
(who, by the way, enjoys reading the comments you leave in your wake... LOL)

Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by SmileSkinDeep on Wednesday, 7th June 2006 @ 07:30:44 PM AEST
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its really funny, a breath of fresh air and a good smile

nice job

~April

Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by Eternal_Dreamer on Wednesday, 21st June 2006 @ 05:09:58 AM AEST
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Spike~
LMAO that was so funny, thanks for the laughs this evening I really needed it.
Just remember someday ure gonna get old too , lol. Excellent and most enjoyable to read. Keep up the great work Spike~
warm oz hugs,
~*suzie Q*~

Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 26th June 2006 @ 03:43:26 PM AEST
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Wow! Wish I'd had this poem back in 1995 when my wife's mother came and stayed for too long. I spent my time diggin' a four by eight and eight foot deep hole in rock just to stay away from the house! Neat write!

wabl
KenMoore
cowboy

Re: Nothing Old Can Stay (User Rating: 1 )
by elle on Saturday, 8th May 2010 @ 09:08:55 PM AEST
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Lol!!
I love the line "and I'm about to freak"
I hope I'll be a nice little old lady, one day.
Lol!!

elle :)

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