Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Looks Like a Puffer Fish

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Do you fear sneezing with your eyes open?
Do you hide silly faces for fear they'll stick?
I fear the first but for the second am hopin' -
I mean not for me, but to cause it'd be slick.

Anyhow, add this bad habit to your list:
yawning real big looks like a puffer fish.
If you got stuck like that you'd be pissed.
Never to go through that is a sincere wish.

Rachel Hoyt 2011. All rights reserved.

 
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My NaPoWriMo poem #13


12 comments:

  1. Loved it! Pufferfish are great..but yeah I would get pretty ticked if my face froze like that!

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  2. Ugghhh, I don't know how many times I've pulled something in jaw by yawning. Hurts like hell.

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  3. I love puffa fish, I saw them in the pet shop the other day and I didn't realise they were so small in captivity.

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  4. @Lisa - Hehe. I can almost see this being read in a classroom. :) Perhaps someday...

    @Jessica M - Yeah, puffer fish are cute but people resembling puffer fish... not so cute. :)

    @Bryan - Ouch!!! It really does look like it would hurt like a mother... even after it gets un-stuck. You have my sympathies.

    @SJ - The itty bitty puffers are definitely the cutest! :)

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  5. I don't know about the yawning, but I've definitly tried to keep my eyes open when sneezing, while I was driving of course, and pretty sure the face I made was one I would'nt want to stick! :D

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  6. Rachel,
    lol amazing Puffer fish are to cool. I don't think one can sneeze with there eyes open it just can't be done.
    :)
    xoxo
    Jess

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  7. You do not want to hear my yawn. I think I wake up the dead. My wife does not enjoy it one bit.

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  8. Very cute! But yes, I'm with you. I fear sneezing with eyes open. I just imagine that they would be in danger of popping out!

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  9. How come something that looks like this always makes me want to reach out and touch it?
    Love the post Rachel:)

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  10. @Wanda - Hehehe. Be careful! Driving and sneezing is dangerous. :)

    @Jessica - I can't keep my eyes open when I sneeze, but I have a sneaking suspicion someone else has tested the theory.

    @Matty - LOL. My boyfriends yawn occasionally sounds like Chewbacca. Maybe the two of you could be the poster guys for Wookie Day (a holiday I think should exist). :)

    @sweepyjean - I think all of us pretty universally believe that one... and no one wants their eye to pop out! Ouch!!

    @Promising Poets - Thanks so much! Very sweet.

    @Mary - Hehe. I want to pet a puffer too... but it's probably a really bad idea. :)

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