Ph: Humour: Why Do Turtles Cross The Road? Comments

i think daniel brick says it better. it sounds more like a 'memory poem' than a 'joke poem'. BUT i think the kids were not rescuing stuck turtles, but doing as kids (including myself.....years ago) have a tendency to do [adults also have this tendency]: disrupting the ecosystem! ! ! i took home some snakes and once a rabbit; that would make a short-short story. what do you think happened to the turtle families when their moms or dads did not come home from work or the beauty parlor? ? ? ? answer me THAT! i bet some turtles were picked up AFTER they crossed the road, just before they got home! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - nice rhyming and rhyme scheme; i'll give BJ that. ============== but these lines buggered ME: [well, maybe BJ and i should both be careful about using the word bugger; it has some interesting definitions i see! ] From industries' leaders they take their cue, Their mentors, short visioned and slow, Who risk their lives to get a free ride ..........are 'we' saying that leaders of industries (like the CEOs of manufacturing companies) get a free ride? are they the mentors of the turtles? ? and are the CEOs et al all short-visioned and slow? they risk their lives? ? hmm? of course i'm not an economics professor. overall i liked the poem. i would have ended the poem sooner, but then the 'joke' may have been left out? my dad just stopped for me to pick up roadkill.....for our dinner....... (i'm kidding, but i've heard it is legal in some state(s) , and why not? !) thanks for sharing. bri :)

I like the memory aspects of this poem - the rapport between brother and sister with the father - the responsiveness of you to your sister's question - and the rescuing of turtles stuck on the concrete. I trust none of these details were just invented! Overall, I think this poem works very well as a Memory Poem.