Last Person to Win?

[SamScribble]

Confusion is a state of mind. Some states are bigger than others.

Thank you for that advice, doctor. Do I pay the lady on the way out or what?

 

[TxRad]

Just drop your quarter in the jar. It used to be a nickle but inflation, ya know.

 

[_Lynn_]

Confusion is a state of mind. Some states are bigger than others.

Some of those hills are bigger than others, too.

 

[Handley_Page]

Some of those hills are bigger than others, too.

How Very True.
Especially the mental ones

 

[_Lynn_]

How Very True.
Especially the mental ones

Yeah. And they can be the hardest to get over, too.

 

[Handley_Page]

Yeah. And they can be the hardest to get over, too.

Oh how very true
U OK?

 

[_Lynn_]

Oh how very true
U OK?

Yeah, I'm OK. How about you?

 

[Handley_Page]

Yeah, I'm OK. How about you?

Still breathin', I'm pleased to report.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

There's a big hill down to the Ohio River to cross over into downtown Cincinnati ...

 

[TxRad]

When it is up hill to the river there are going to be problems.

 

[Handley_Page]

When it is up hill to the river there are going to be problems.

It's almost the same with our local Canal.

 

[SamScribble]

It's almost the same with our local Canal.

Ah, the Venice of the Midlands

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Ah, the Venice of the Midlands

We don't have a Venice in Kentucky, but we do have a Florence ...

 

[Handley_Page]

We don't have a Venice in Kentucky, but we do have a Florence ...

Florence ?
I knew a lady by that name once. . . . .

 

[SamScribble]

Florence ?
I knew a lady by that name once. . . . .

A young lady whose name was Florence
Went to bed with a fellow named Laurence
Laurence’s cock
Was as hard as a rock
Which had Florence coming in torrents

 

[_Lynn_]

A young lady whose name was Florence
Went to bed with a fellow named Laurence
Laurence’s cock
Was as hard as a rock
Which had Florence coming in torrents

I would think that's cute if my grandmother's name hadn't been Florence.

 

[Handley_Page]

I would think that's cute if my grandmother's name hadn't been Florence.

Or the step-mother to my Mum. . . .

 

[SamScribble]

Or the step-mother to my Mum. . . .

No. Not that Florence, HP.

 

[Handley_Page]

No. Not that Florence, HP.

She was generally known to the grown-ups in my family as "Auntie Flo"

 

[Rustyoznail]

She was generally known to the grown-ups in my family as "Auntie Flo"

Hmmm. My ex had a different meaning when she said "Aunty Flo was coming to visit..."

 

[SamScribble]

Hmmm. My ex had a different meaning when she said "Aunty Flo was coming to visit..."

A little like the Roger McGough poem in which the poet and his girlfriend 'each month wait for the poppy sellers to appear on her streets', perhaps.

 

[Handley_Page]

She steers her wheelbarrow
through streets broad & narrow. . . .

 

[SamScribble]

She steers her wheelbarrow
through streets broad & narrow. . . .

Ah, yes, 'the tart with the cart' - as Dubliners know her

 

[Handley_Page]

Ah, yes, 'the tart with the cart' - as Dubliners know her

Reminds me of the "Floozy in the Jacuzzi", ( a lady in the Bath) ; there's one in Liverpool and another in Birmingham.

 

[Handley_Page]

https://seda.college/blog/en/get-to-know-the-story-of-molly-malone-and-her-superstition/