Ken Boddie

7 years ago · 9 min. reading time · ~10 ·

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More o' me rhymes, and other word crimes - Vol II

More o' me rhymes, and other word crimes - Vol II

6163034a.jpgWhen not researching the weird or the wonderful, the comical or the cultured, the sinful or the serious, I chase my creative side, the results of which can be seen as selected photographs of my travels on my website at:

http://ken-boddie.squarespace.com

The author of the above, Ken Boddie, besides being a sometime poet and occasional writer, is an enthusiastic photographer, rarely leisure-travelling without his Canon, and loves to interact with other like-minded people with diverse interests.

Ken's three day work week (part time commitment) as a consulting engineer allows him to follow his photography interests, and to plan trips to an ever increasing list of countries and places of scenic beauty and cultural diversity.


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#Kevin Pashuk #Gert Scholtz #Tick #China #Ambassador
Comments

Randall Burns

6 years ago #56

#67
LMAO!!! I know, right from the Stone age!!

Ken Boddie

6 years ago #55

#66
Glad to see this not so recent Pleistocene post is still gathering moss, Randy.

Randall Burns

6 years ago #54

Holy Crap! Kevin Pashuk, You guys ROCK!

Ken Boddie

6 years ago #53

#64
just love your rock solid approach to life, Kev. 🤣

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #52

#63
Actually Ken, I prefer plateaus. They are the highest form of flattery.

Ken Boddie

6 years ago #51

#62
I prefer a sedimentary life, Kev. 🤣

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #50

#61
Absolutely Ken 😉,. Like planning a vacation to the mountains, but then you would be accused of taking life for granite.

Ken Boddie

6 years ago #49

#60
I guess then, Kev, we should be living life to the 'fool' ? 🤡

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #48

A fine collection of euphonious prose from the Boddie Bard... I always look forward to your comments and articles Sir Ken. You continually remind me that life is too short to take things too seriously... not that I really need a reminder, but I do appreciate it.

Ken Boddie

6 years ago #47

#56
This Jeep was 'borrowed', Aaron \ud83d\udc1d Skogen, when on one of my frequent trips to Java. As I stated in an earlier comment below, there are a few Jeeps used for regular tours up Mount Merapi, close to Yogyakarta, where I have family connections, but I'm not to sure how they got there. I fear that the owners know their worth only too well, not to mention that they look after them like pets. Add to this my spotters fee, handling fee, facilitation costs for various officials in order to smoothen the export process, then, of course the shipping charges, and the bottom line is that the bargain basement cheapest mates rates price elevates to penthouse suite price. But, hey, happy to help if you are really keen. 🤣😂🤣

Randall Burns

6 years ago #46

#56
That's awesone Aaron \ud83d\udc1d Skogen ! :-)

Virag🐝 G.

6 years ago #45

Can I share your amazing rock'n'roll picture on bebee socials? Ken Boddie

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #44

#53
Welome, Randy, to "Mission Quite Possible" and to the Back Shed (or is it well fed) Poets' Society. 🤗

Randall Burns

7 years ago #43

HaHa! That's great Ken Boddie, I didn't realize that the caliber was so high here. I'm going to have to work on my responses with a little more thought. Your comment to Gert Scholtz' article about the "relevant" button was the most poignant in that it crystallized in my mind what my mission now is; and YES I choose to accept it. (This is going to be fun!) "The gauntlets been thrown my skills I must hone to reach the stature of that ultimate master true wit and humor both solar and lunar I must dig deep to climb the heap Maybe say something naughty without being haughty about my new buddy Mr Ken Boddie "

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #42

#51
What's this I see, from DLE? A lovely poem, just for me. Never had a poem just for me before. Must go and get me a tissue. Got some dust in my eye. 😭

Lyon Brave

7 years ago #41

I love China. It's the land of the dragon after all. Don't confuse me sharing the cracks of my story with a dislike. Have a great day.

Lyon Brave

7 years ago #40

I really don't think badly of the middle Kingdom. I love China actually and i don't why sharing my experience conveys that impression.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #39

#47
Your "better than pie" comment, Franci, is the gravy on my platter, but you have me thinking that perhaps I should be eating my words. 😂

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #38

#45
Well I'll be dogged, Aleta! A rhyme for mediocre, Must have taken quite a while, You're quite the thought provoker, And I really like your style.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #37

#43
Ah the funny farm "where life is beautiful all day long". Always happy to add some complementary giggles, Aleta, to your eminently enjoyable posts, particularly the ones where you reveal the 'realities' of country life. I have quite a few of yours stashed away for Vol III, which I hope the dogs will also enjoy.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #36

#38
If 'doggerel' means poet hell, Your comment's got me wishing, Why waste your time on my poor rhyme, You might be better fishing.

Lisa Gallagher

7 years ago #35

Well said the Church Lady, "Isn't that special?" Because, I think someone snuck a barrel of prunes in my food I had to excuse myself, it's not nice to be rude.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #34

#39
not quite, Lisa ..... prunes are a reliable laxative. In the land down under, Where men will chunder, If your plumbing's stuck, Don't run a muck, Some prunes, no doubt, Will help it out.

Lisa Gallagher

7 years ago #33

#36
I'm assuming the bot gets the prune? ;-) I am not a poet and I know it. I wanted to mention, cool pic... cool jeep Ken!

Phil Friedman

7 years ago #32

Now, listen Ken, Your "poet's" pen Has caught my eye. Not being shy, I need to blurt What may well hurt. Your rhyme is swell, But doggerel.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #31

#31
You've got my interest now, Dean-san. Got to do some research on this one. 🤔

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #30

#21
Pardon the medical advice, Lisa ..... If you're hot to trot, But are hosting a 'bot', Don't wait 'till noon, Just grab a prune.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #29

#19
See you later, alligator.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #28

#18
Hi Fatima. Thanks for your poetic response 😄 Glad I raised a smile, on your lovely dial, But I don't pack a gun to shoot, I'd feel so strange, on a rifle range, 'Cause I'd rather aim to hoot!

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #27

#17
Thanks, Sara. 👍 Pardon me, most respectively, If your "loud guffaws", I shortly pause, Just got to say, in my poet's way, Let's set the rule, your posts are cool!

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #26

#16
Thanks, Gert. 👍 From Bard to Bard, It's not so hard, A jest to strike, That you'll all like.

Dean Owen

7 years ago #25

#26
Interesting. As you probably know, when the US Army left the Philippines after WWII, rather than ship the military jeeps back to America, they sold or gave them away to the locals, and this created a black market for jeeps. Many were converted into what we now know as jeepneys. I guess many found their way across the straits to Indonesia.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #24

#15
As instructed, Chas, I've just thrown "another nickel on the drum". Great song from a great entertainer!

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #23

#14
Thanks for the flash-back, Ian. With reference to #10, this one must have been composed on the iPhone as it's missed the log. I'll rectify that now.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #22

#13
Glad to boost the Smile High Club, Paul. 😊

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #21

#12
Happy to keep the front line troops entertained, Debasih. 👍

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #20

#11
For some inexplicable reason, Dean-san, old US army Jeeps seem to be in abundance on the slopes of Gunung Merapi, near Yogyakarta. I'll have to check, but perhaps they were brought there by the 'dark Jeep of the family'? 🤣 Unashamedly stolen from Kevin Pashuk who drives a black Cherokee.

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #19

#10
I have it on good authority, Praveen, that we all have excellent memories, in spite of the onset of the ageing process. Unfortunately, in my case, it's the process of tapping into the grey memory matter, and drawing the info back out, that has developed a leak or two. That's why I keep a log, copied onto a Word doc or several, when I'm on my MacBook, but when I'm on the iPhone ..... ??? Perhaps I should see someone about that leak? Do you know any good plumbers, Praveen? Or maybe I'll contact old mate Julian at WittiLeaks? 🤣

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #18

#8
#9 And here was I thinking, Renée, that you had idolised me above saintly status. 😇 But I'll settle for court jester. 🤡

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #17

#7
And thanks for the shares on other hives, Kev. I believe I may have had another re-posted comment to your good self on the original, but, as I've added at the bottom of this buzz, it has disappeared into cyber-space. 😫

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #16

#6
You are so right about people 'actually reading' your posts, Pascal. I greatly look forward to reading these but, what with so many newBees producing, and the hyperbolically increasing speed of the Wall, I sometimes miss out. But as you say in your inimitably philosophical way, "it is what it is". 🤗

Lisa Gallagher

7 years ago #15

These were SO funny Ken Boddie, a poop bot? LMAO!!

🐝 Fatima G. Williams

7 years ago #14

And That's a great photo. How old are you again 🤔🤔Oops I forgot your married Ken 😂😂 Just Kidding. I can't wait for vol 3.

🐝 Fatima G. Williams

7 years ago #13

ROFLOL 😂 Ken Boddie Your a treat I'd like to have , You bring such fun to a dull day Glad your weren't a gun Or we'll all be dead. I like to meet you one day Just a cup of coffee Just to laugh away Like there's no tomorrow ! The virgin olive oil joke will go with me to my grave and everytime I buy Virgin olive oil for cooking 😂 Stay awesome always 😂🤗🤗🤗✌

Sara Jacobovici

7 years ago #12

Definitely more than a chortle Ken Boddie, I enjoyed some loud guffaws! Thanks Ken, nice to sit back and laugh from time to time.

Gert Scholtz

7 years ago #11

Ken Boddie Comments from our favorite Master Ken Surprises everywhere, you never know when Our Bard’s repartee, poem, or jest will strike When it does and you have been selected In many good ways you will be effected By the thoughtful and kind Boddie we like!

Ian Weinberg

7 years ago #10

Great stuff Ken Boddie This was one than you sent me a while ago - a light-bulb moment (as long as the electricity is working over here!): From the cradle to the grave, Let's surf each and every wave, For as sure as there are taxes, There are hatches and dispatches.

Paul Walters

7 years ago #9

Ken Boddie Brilliant as always

Dean Owen

7 years ago #8

You found a jeep in South East Asia that has not been converted into a Jeepney! I'm impressed!

Kevin Pashuk

7 years ago #7

A wonderful recollection of comments Ken... Thanks for the recycled chuckles.

Pascal Derrien

7 years ago #6

Now on the post itself i have to command your efforts you have put so much work into this. it is a very interesting lens you are using to see BB, versatile , honest and engaging I have produced 70 articles in 3 months and that would have probably not happened elsewhere now the thing is that people read them too ......i really like this volume 2 and waiting for volume 3 Ken Boddiebo

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #5

#3
Thanks for the share, Javier. I managed to delete the other copies. All good!

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #4

Now that I seem to have eventually got this posted without computer problems, I'm of to bed. Sorry to the many bees I've left out this time round but I had to stop somewhere and get some sleep. 💤

Javier Cámara-Rica 🐝🇪🇸

7 years ago #3

Thanks Ken Boddie. I ony saw this post once !

Ken Boddie

7 years ago #2

Thanks, Pascal, I had problems getting this one to post. The other two are now deleted, hopefully.

Pascal Derrien

7 years ago #1

Ken Boddie you have posted the article three times ☺

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