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Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 05 Oct 2017
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My mother wasn’t practical,
and when we went to stay
my husband took his tool-box in
for service right away.

Mum fought into a cereal box
past ‘Open other end’,
instructions often lost, mis-read
seemed not to understand.

And frequently, through half the year
her watch displayed a time
one hour wrong – the next ‘clock-change’
would bring it into line!

[IP:The Wrong Time]

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Comments

Submitted by hedgehog1 on

Your poem certainly brought a smile to my face Rhiannon. Was your mother really like that?

Edward

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I'm not very good with instructions either, Edward. We did put Mum right sometimes (or my husband did), and he tries to take me through instructions, though that often doesn't work well, but makes me read the instructions more carefully! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

A very funny IP response. My car clock stays firmly on BST all year round, so I can sympathise with your mother

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Insert. I'd been working on something else, but the memories jerked back into mind yesterday! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks for cherries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

I think many people can relate to this. Was life always so complicated I wonder?  

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Ha, I think I like to learn by doing, not trying to follow instructions, but even if someone explains I need to do it slowly, and write down my  own notes and then do it again and again! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I am not surprised that people are often baffled by instructions, they seem to have been badly translated and perhaps they would be clearer in the original language.
Congratulations on the cherries.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Luigi. Yes, instructions are often not written in a user-friendly way, are they? and can be muddled up with a lot of unnecessary info or badly translated. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

This is a great poem for the I P Rhiannon. 

I can so relate to your mum, especially the last stanza. I never bother putting my time back or forwards, I just leave it as it is. I suppose it's the rebel in me. wink 

Glad I'm not on my own with following instructions. smileySmile.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. As I think I mentioned above, I'm not great at following instructions either, and my husband usually says to give my watch to him, but then I search for the instructions to see if I can find them and really do it myself! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Mum fought into a cereal box
past ‘Open other end’,

loved this poem :0) This is how I feel. Remember always pushing at doors that said "pull".

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Di-_Hard. Yes, I do take after my mother a bit! She would always be willing to laugh at herself – and she was quite a classics scholor too! Rhiannon