{"id":13113,"date":"2026-10-24T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=13113"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T15:26:12","slug":"silliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=13113","title":{"rendered":"Silliness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Into each day a little silliness must creep. I found this online today. Well more correctly it found me. It must be the approaching full moon or some alignment in the heavens that is making all this giddiness. For example &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0888-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0888-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_0888.jpg 733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of these I know &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1<br \/>2 Romeo and Juliet<br \/>3 Macbeth<br \/>4 Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<br \/>5<br \/>6<br \/>7 Henry IV Part 1<br \/>8 Othello<br \/>9<br \/>10 Twelfth Night<br \/>11<br \/>12 King Lear<br \/>13 Julius Caesar<br \/>14 Anthony and Cleopatra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ketchup-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7573\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8239645475306109;width:527px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ketchup-1.jpg 791w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ketchup-1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ketchup-1-768x932.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">My task for today will be filling in the rest. <br \/>The poem reminds me a little of the poetry of Richard Armour who wrote<br \/><br \/>Shake and shake<br \/>The ketchup bottle<br \/>None\u2019ll come<br \/>And then a lot\u2019ll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or Ogden Nash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The song of canaries<br \/>Never varies<br \/>And when they\u2019re moulting<br \/>They\u2019re pretty revolting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a whole book of Ogden Nash&#8217;s poetry so you are lucky I stopped here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clearly I\u2019ve been watching too many reels from the old Monty Python series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time to get serious. Don\u2019t count on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Into each day a little silliness must creep. I found this online today. Well more correctly it found me. It must be the approaching full moon or some alignment in the heavens that is making all this giddiness. 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