Blog December Post 17 and a half - A champagne coated man

In a previous post about Secret Santa, I mentioned an excellent gift I received last year.

Here is the re-written Dr Suess book that I got from Secret Santa.  Warning it is rather long and I don't wish to cause any offence!

A Champagne Coated May by Secret Santa

I am Sharon

I am Sharon

Sharon I am

That Sharon-I-am

That Sharon-I-am!

I do so like

that Sharon-I-am

Do you like

a champagne coated man

I do not like them,

Sharon-I-am.

I do not like

a champagne coated man.

Would you like them

Here or there?

I would not like them

here or there.

I would not like them

anywhere.

I do not like

a champagne coated man.

I do not like them,

Sharon-I-am

Would you like them

in a house?

Would you like them

with your spouse?

I do not like them

in a house.

I do not like them

with my spouse.

I do not like them

here or there.

I do not like them

anywhere.

I do not like a champagne coated man.

I do not like them, Sharon-I-am.

Would you try them

in the pool?

Would you try them

on a mule?

Not in the pool.

Not on a mule.

Not in a house.

Not with my spouse.

I would not try them here or there.

I would not try them anywhere.'

I would not try a champagne coated man.

I do not like them, Sharon-I-am.

Would you? Could you?

In a car?

Taste them! Taste them!

Here they are.

I would not,

could not,

in a car

You may like them.

You will see.

You may like them

in a tree?

I would not, could not in a tree.

Not in a car! You let me be.

I do not like him in a pool.

I do not like him on a mule.

I do not like him in a house.

I do not like him with my spouse.

I do not like him here or there.

I do not like him anywhere.

I do not like a champagne coated man.

I do not like him, Sharon-I-am.

A train! A train!

A train! A train!

Could you, would you

on a train?

Not on a train!  Not in a tree!

Not in a car! Sharon! Let me be!

I would not, could not, in a pool.

I could not, would not, on a mule.

I will not try him with my spouse.

I will not try him in a house.

I will not try him here or there.

I will not try him anywhere.

I do not like him, Sharon-I-am.

Say!

In the dark?

Here in the dark!

Would you, could you, in the dark?

I would not, could not,

in the dark.

Would you, could you

in the rain?

I would not, could not, in the rain.

Not in the dark.  Not on a train.

Not in the car, not in a tree.

I do not like him, Sharon, you see.

Not in a house. Not in a pool.

Not with my spouse. Not on a mule.

I will not try them here or there.

I do not like them anywhere!

You do not like

a champagne coated man?

I do not

like them,

Sharon-I-am.

Could you, would you,

in a stable?

I would not,

could not,

in a stable!

Would you, could you

on a table?

I could not, would not, on a table.

I will not, will not, in a stable.

I will not try him in the rain.

I will not try him on a train.

Not in the dark! Not in a tree!

Not in a car!  You let me be!

I do not like him in a pool.

I do not like him on a mule.

I will not try him in a house.

I will not try him with my spouse.

I do not like him here or there.

I do not like him ANYWHERE!

I do not like

a champagne

coated man!

I do not like them,

Sharon-I-am.

You do not like them.

SO you say.

Try them!  Try them!

And you may.

Try them and you may I say.

Sharon!

If you will let me be,

I will try them.

You will see.

Say!

I like a champagne coated man!

I do!! I like them, Sharon-I-am!

And I would try him on a table!

And I would try him in a stable..

And I will try him in the rain.

And in the dark.  And on a train.

And in a car.  And in a tree.

They are so good so good you see!

So I will try him in a pool.

And I will try him on a mule.

And I will try him in a house.

Maybe not with my spouse!!

And I will try him here and there.

Say!  I will try him almost ANYWHERE!

I do so like

a champagne coated man!

Thank you!

Thank you,

Sharon-I-am.

Blog December Post 13 - Sincerity

I got a set of Destiny Cards from my work Secret Santa and my word for today from the Destiny Cards is Sincerity!!

I thought I might use these cards as a prompt for what to post about.  But since the meaning of Sincerity is: The quality or condition of being sincere; genuineness, honesty, and freedom from duplicity. It may be a little deep for a morning post.  I'll try another word tomorrow.

Some of you may have read my "half post" from last night about the passing of one of my dear readers/borrowers.  Yesterday did have some fun moments to make up for that awfully sad one.

We had work Secret Santa - which I mentioned above.  With our Secret Santa you nominate to particpate and you draw a name out of a hat of a fellow worker - as we a small organisation it is organisation wide not just libraries - and I am the only library staff member that participates.  So I often pick people that I don't know very well which can make the gift buying difficult.

The rules of gift buying are simple - a limit of $10.

Usually if you know the person well you can find something fun or buy something and then make it fun.  For example, one year my car kept breaking down so my Secret Santa bought me a car care kit with screw driver, sponge, and car washing detergent.  Another example was from last year when some clever Secret Santa re-wrote a Dr Suess book for me - I may share this on a later post.

Needless to say, yesterday afternoon had a lot of laughter as our "Santa" handed gifts out and each participant has to read the card/poem/instructions out to everyone.

It was a nice way to finish up an otherwise sad day!