Words and rhyme - game

[iluvtodd]

Sometimes it's too risky to operate
on a patient with numerous health issues

 

[Diana Delafield]

Sometimes it's too risky to operate
on a patient with numerous health issues

Women wore fichus
for modesty in the 18th century

 

[iluvtodd]

Many sports are adventure-y (Did I just make up a word?)
Be very careful when doing them!

 

[Diana Delafield]

Many sports are adventure-y (Did I just make up a word?)
Be very careful when doing them!

(English is a mongrel language, constantly evolving with new word inventions )

Especially (ahem)
Pairs skating by "mature" ladies like me who should know better!

 

[NanaPat]

(English is a mongrel language, constantly evolving with new word inventions )

Especially (ahem)
Pairs skating by "mature" ladies like me who should know better!

Do you need a letter
From your doctor saying it is safe for you to participate?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Do you need a letter
From your doctor saying it is safe for you to participate?

I wouldn't rate
her knowledge of skating high enough to get her involved!

[Typical situation nowadays -- longtime former GP, a skating fan, burned out 3 years ago and retired. Managed to get on the books of a new one (new to Canada), but have only had phone contact re asthma and ulcer medications in those 3 years. Not even sure where her office is. She's never asked if I do any kind of exercise and I doubt if she knows what pairs skating is, coming from a country where skating barely exists. And my club doesn't ask for anything like that from their older members.]

 

[skylark]

I wouldn't rate
her knowledge of skating high enough to get her involved!

Just so the equation is solved
Within a centimeter or so.

 

[Diana Delafield]

Just so the equation is solved
Within a centimeter or so.

Strength in the torso
Is important to maintain while aging

 

[iluvtodd]

Wildfires raging (in the Western USA)
Is a great concern

 

[stargazer1]

Wildfires raging (in the Western USA)
Is a great concern

While we in Britain yearn
for an end to all this rain.

[If only we could send it to put out your fires!]

 

[Diana Delafield]

While we in Britain yearn
for an end to all this rain.

[If only we could send it to put out your fires!]

My son in Scotland says their birdbath can't contain
so much water and the birds are now using his submerged lawn as a swimming pool

 

[NanaPat]

My son in Scotland says their birdbath can't contain
so much water and the birds are now using his submerged lawn as a swimming pool

If you want to be a slimming fool,
try ozempic, mounjaro or wegovy

 

[Diana Delafield]

If you want to be a slimming fool,
try ozempic, mounjaro or wegovy

I'd say eat an anchovy,
Except I've never really known what they are!

(Now I have to Google those three...things....whatevers?)

 

[iluvtodd]

Do you have to travel far
To get to your destination?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Do you have to travel far
To get to your destination?

I dislike the unsteady sensation
of standing in the water in a swimming pool

 

[iluvtodd]

Stay hydrated and cool
Wherever you are!

 

[Diana Delafield]

Stay hydrated and cool
Wherever you are!

Don't have to go far.
Outside today it's cold and rainy!

 

[iluvtodd]

Some people are really zany
And do crazy things

 

[Diana Delafield]

Some people are really zany
And do crazy things

But someone like that brings
so much colour into others' lives

 

[NanaPat]

But someone like that brings
so much colour into others' lives

The thought of skaters in fives
makes me break out in hives
but then it revives
me to remember the old days of fours