Saturday, 13 February 2010

Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face

 by Jack Prelutsky
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.










Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face! 
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21 comments:

  1. thank God its not underneath the arm pit ... Al7amdulillah

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  2. Indeed Yub, especially yours HAHAHA

    Rangkap tambahan dari aunty:

    I'm glad my nose is on my face,
    Not pasted at some other place,
    For that is where my glasses sit,
    Atop me nose so I may read

    :)

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  3. ..I'm glad it is where it is..and not at my bum....for when smelling the roses....I dont have to sit..

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  4. Pakmat

    You're glad your nose is on your face,
    Not pasted at THAT other place,
    For at the rose-bush where you sit,
    It pricks more than just a little bit!!!

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  5. Hi Zendra, always enjoy your humour.
    You have a great Tiger Year, behave yourself, stay young, stay beautiful and keep a song in your heart
    and have a two moons Valentine day, Lee.

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  6. Eikkkk hey Zen, it that Valentine greetings from your mate from Weird Asia News publication...hahaha.

    Tommy got his nose everywhere (nosey Pharker)..hehehe.I'm so worried now that merajuk Capt might track me down to rearrange my nose...help!

    Happy Holidays & Happy Valentine. Is RA the romantic type?

    Cheers,
    Tommy.

    P/S - Capt tai lo, emm ho kum yeong lah, yao si mun mun kong mah. Ngo thia ho heng tai mah :)

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  7. Dear Lee

    how do you make
    full moons appear
    in the night
    of the lunar new year?

    or might this be
    the stallion's way
    of unbridled heat
    on a stack of hay?

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  8. Dear Tommy

    Is RA romantic, you do wonder
    Born a Dragon with Libran temper
    With me his chick, I do opine
    Everyday IS a Valentine

    ;)

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  9. Happy Chinese New Year to all...its a Tiger for all, from the Woods !

    o.k...kerana mulut badan binasa !

    yaa...kerana hidung lidah merasa ?

    Tommy, no worries mate, have a Tiger on me !...enjoy your new year-lah. cheers matey !!
    ..Ko Ban Katakiuchi Kiken, Kitsui, Kitanai !!....Kangaete Okimasu ?. Jicho ! ishi bashi wo tataku. hehehe.

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  10. eeee ... statement kejam!! hahaha anyways ... pandainye berpuisi ... =)padan la uncle tunai lekat XD

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  11. Yo Capt, you're right... takde bau, takde rasa. Eating would be boring, wouldn't it?

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  12. Yub,

    gusi mummy gusi ubat
    tak kan sama gusi basah
    berdehem tersedak lidah tersasul
    puisi aunty puisi sakat
    tak kan uncle jadi marah
    setem dah lekat pada sampul

    hahaha 'ntah apepe

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  13. Since this is CNY cum Valentine Day, this is for the Snake & Dragon with abit of Japanese flavour just for Capt & Bib too, enjoy u love birds…hahaha..

    Silly Love Songs

    Cya, now I need to go collect some angpows using all my Crouching Tiger & Hidden Dragon kungfu :)

    xox
    Tommy

    P/S - Nice to see u took my advice with that professor profile pic :)

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  14. Tommy, japs should stick to singing siirree rove songs in nihongo, but thanks for the thought anyway.

    Re my profile pic, today's my blog 1-year anniversary - so I've let the pic age 30 years. Also my baju kurung in the pic has tiger-stripes design - so, quite appropriate for the year I thought. Plus am taking Unk Lee's advice to behave myself this year. Haha see how it goes.

    I have RM1.10 angpow for you to collect, crouching. Tell me when :)

    xox - stands for? Should I blush hihihi? (ooops behave, behave)

    Gotta go - this evening's Arabian coffee starting to wear off

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  15. even with nose still in its place, some feel really itchy and become very nosy nosy type.

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  16. Zen..I can't imagine it elsewhere..how to clean the nostrils and chase away the bugs from making a nest there??

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  17. Yoo !.
    A morning shave and a look
    in the mirrorsay it's true.

    I'm 60and my nose is growing
    pretty old.

    It starts about 1/4 an inch
    below the bridge and strolls geriatrically down
    for another 3/4 inch or so:
    stopping.

    Fortunately, the rest
    of the nose is comparatively
    soft but the mind still bold.

    I wonder if ladies
    will want me with an
    old rusty nose ?.

    I can hear them now
    the pretty ladies !.

    "He's cute but his nose
    is too bloody old." hohohoo !.

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  18. Hahaaha Doc, let's suggest that nosey people should keep their noses in their pockets ;)

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  19. mamasita, if we could just take off our noses every so often, have them vacuumed and then re-attached, wouldn't that be something? HAHAHA how gross...

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  20. You're glad your nose is on your face,
    Though old it is that's no disgrace,
    Three-quarters of an inch you did measure?
    Be thankful Capt., for it can only be for Bib to treasure...

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  21. Congrats for your IYear blog aniversary, Zen! Yippeekayay.

    Hoi RM1.10 angpow ni 70's punya std, takde nak ka? Sekarang takde RM10 pun gua tak layan..hahaha

    Cheers,
    Tommy

    P/S - I watched that jepun 'silly love song' clip so many times oready & must say that couple looks nearly as good as Tommy & Ah Soh, we sing or speak something like that too...kekeke so cute one :)

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