This is how Ellis and I passed the long journey home from london….if you can come up with anymore I’d love to hear them…if I really love one I may give you a signed free copy of my kids book……..
Never met an eskimo with a plaster on his toe sledging down the deep white snow trying to get to Idiho…….
Never met a girl named Shona with a sister called Fiona drinking long and cool corona in a bar in Arizona…….
Never met a desperado eating fresh ripe avocado in a park in Colorado……..
Never met a grizzly bear with pink ribbons in her hair walking round without a care in a mall in Delaware……
Never met an alter boy snging hymms of gods sweet joy looking sweet and rather coy in a church in illinois
July 31, 2011
eliza keating
folk of feodora's lane 
28 responses to “What a state”
geezergirl1
July 31st, 2011 at 16:12
mmm. lets see…
I knew a chick from KOkomo, even in the heat she’d dress like an eskimo and sing songs about Colorado eating her favorite treat a chocolate Hoho.
and..
Michigan is shaped like mitt. I point to the place on the mitt where I live and sit. It makes me happy where I live is where the glove fits.
well that was some kinda fun. thanks.
dottylizzy
July 31st, 2011 at 20:35
I love this!! It sounds like fantastic fun! 🙂 It reminds me of when I lived in the USA at age 12 and my sisters and I managed to collect all of the states from the licence plates we saw – including Hawaii and Alaska! – before we moved back to England!! Great fun! 🙂
Hmm, excellent challange …
… Dela ware’s her New Jersey …
… Wayne the Giant marched through Maine, leaning on his cane, and even though he wasn’t lame, he got much gain from claiming he was not sane and could not function in the main …
chrissylearnstocook
August 5th, 2011 at 19:20
Mr. Joe from Idaho, he ran a joint where he put on a show! Mr. Joe, Oh Mr. Joe- When he saw them cops, he was off to Colorado! LOL!
youngamericanwisdom.com
August 9th, 2011 at 14:53
Eliza! I just read Folk of Fedora’s Lane and loved it! I loved the way you weaved life’s lessons into your rhymes. My favorite would have to be the tale of Zac Strummer. Do you have a favorite?
Liz Hellebuyck
August 10th, 2011 at 00:54
I like it. I am going to fly to Korea next month. I wonder if the person in the seat next to me would mind playing a sixteen hour game of “I never.”
Cute post!
lunarmoth
August 25th, 2011 at 11:56
Lol, what a fun game!
How about this one:
Never met a dude who’d vex us with a painful solar plexus driving quickly in his Lexus going south to Dallas TEXAS….
I had to do that one because that’s where I live!
eliza keating
August 25th, 2011 at 12:19
how good is that one..well done you…and thank you..Eliza Keating
lunarmoth
August 26th, 2011 at 08:18
thank YOU! 🙂
Tinkerbelle (@Lillyheart999)
August 30th, 2011 at 12:48
what a great way to while away a trip!
littlepieceofpie
September 6th, 2011 at 10:23
this is gorgeous, love it, though I don’t think I have brain capacity for such creative inventions at the moment, give me a couple of years when the kids are out of nappies! x
eliza keating
September 6th, 2011 at 10:31
its incredible the things you will do or the lengths you will go to when your kids are bored haha..Eliza x
Sharon K Owen
September 6th, 2011 at 10:29
Eliza I love the never game.
Lunamoth you beat me to the Texas rhyme. I’m in Fort Worth and . . .
I never saw a Dallas sexist, driving west in his Lexus, kind of nervous, kind of restless on his way to Fort Worth Texas.
eliza keating
September 6th, 2011 at 10:33
You got it..this is my favourite to date..thank you for joining in…Eliza x
4valentines4words4poetry4you
September 6th, 2011 at 22:38
well thats fun to read nice poem told you i would visit your site and i am glad i have now time to read your wonderful work. from kevin thanks Elizabeth for reading my poems and subscribing.
my2ndheartbeat
September 17th, 2011 at 12:37
There was an old guy from Ohio,
That had a new heart in his bio.
Along with his dog named fido,
They wanted to go see the bayou.
New reader, thanks for the “like” on my blog …. http://My2ndHeart.Wordpress.com ~ Don
Jess
September 18th, 2011 at 12:00
This is fun! I don’t have anything original, but this reminds me of a bit I learned as a child: “If Mrs. Sippi (Mississippi) bought Ms. Ouri (Missouri) a New Jersey, what would Della wear (Delaware)? I don’t know, but I’ll ask her (Alaska)!”
JD
September 23rd, 2011 at 23:01
A wonderful way to pass the time!! What fun!
James X LaTorre
December 1st, 2011 at 18:31
Never met a born-again bedouin who had a yen to shoot a deer in Michigan.
eliza keating
December 1st, 2011 at 20:59
Yeah good one James.*keep em comin*..love it.x
James X LaTorre
December 2nd, 2011 at 22:15
I never saw a southpaw pitch a ball that defied Gravity’s Law thus creating shock and awe way down in Arkansas. I never saw an episode of ‘Rhoda’ in which the title character, in a sentimental coda, paid a suprise visit to her old friends in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I never fell into a coma caused by exposure to a cow or a bull’s aroma. Then again, Ive never been to western Oklahoma.
I came up with more of these , but I wont abuse your hospitality. Thank you for introducing me to this happy diversion.
eliza keating
December 3rd, 2011 at 10:15
No please go ahead these are fantastic…you can abuse my pages all you want..thanks again James..xx
James X LaTorre
December 3rd, 2011 at 21:29
I never felt the need to explain why you’re not likely to see a jungle or a grassy plain or an elephant crossing the lane if you’re driving through the state of Maine.***I never heard of a politician or a CEO of an internet business who was willing to attribute their acumen and personal success to an education they received in Massachusetts.***I never buy wine without a plastic cork and I like to dine without a fork. But I dress real fine. Im not an unsophisticated dork.In fact every friend of mine tells me I should go away to New York***I never saw in all my roaming space aliens in the sky combing the Earth for the signal that seemed to be homing them. Little did they know the signal was coming from a tower of mashed potatoes in Wyoming,***I never ate ice cream at a Howard Johnson that was patronized by the legendary Mick Ronson, especially in the backwoods of Wisconsin.
James X LaTorre
December 4th, 2011 at 00:36
Never go snorkeling with a blowtorch or you’ll be sorry. Have you ever been chased by a half-grilled mahi mahi? I swear I’ll never go back to Hawaii!….I never took my wife mika south of Topeka, and I never took my wife Rita north of South America. Hopefully neither of them will meet my wife Frida in Florida.
I dunno, Im thinking of moving on to the Canadian Provinces—or maybe the States of Mexico! What rhymes with Oaxaca?
eliza keating
December 4th, 2011 at 23:47
I’m not sure..but I’m sure you will think of something…thank you for your contributions..looking forward to reading more..Eliza x
zumpoems
December 7th, 2011 at 21:35
Very clever diversion and so many great responses!
Never met a SUV Toyota gas guzzling up its quota on its way from Lake Mandota to the west side of South Dakota.
weareliterarycritics
December 11th, 2011 at 03:24
This sounds like fun, I think I will do this next time I go on a long journey through the states. 🙂
eliza keating
December 11th, 2011 at 16:04
Thank you so much for looking over my pages..xx
ifidontwriteillgoinsane
March 5th, 2012 at 10:32
Never met that age old man who never thought he’d pitch again for his favorite team in Michigan.