Silly Poetry Friday 10

Two days ago I did a very silly thing. I joined Facebook. This is something that I have scoffed at ever since I first heard word of it, snidely saying that only teenagers and underdeveloped adults would be wasting their time on such a pastime. Well, I guess I'm an underdeveloped adult, because for the moment I'm a little addicted. Ok, a lot addicted. But I'm hoping to join a twelve-step program to get off of it – I'm sure there's some group on Facebook that can help me out.

So anyway, that's the reason for the lack of posts this week – Facebook addiction. It's an amazing brain-sucking habit. And speaking of brain-sucking, today's silly poem comes to you from the wonderful and witty Dennis Lee, Canada's most treasured silly poet. I think under the circumstances, Mr. Lee's poem Greatheart and the Brain Drain is quite appropot. This poem is from his collection The Difficulty of Living on Other Planets:

Comments

[Beth]

Oh, you naughty girl.
A new addiction AND daring to admit to it to your blogging friends! (That's a lot of "to's" in that sentence...)

Great poem - great poet.

[Historia]

I know my limits. I aint going anywhere near Facebook if it creates anti-social behaviour. I prefer you to be social at typepad. LOL

Historia

[Sandra]

FACEBOOK? Why? While looking for your page, I discovered I have a page myself...I even have one friend. The kids must have done it...

[Patricia]

Why indeed, Sandra. Actually, it started for good reasons – my CANSCAIP group suggest that as many members join as possible via CANSCAIP, and then, well, it kind of snowballed from there. Sad, but true.

[Sandra]

Hmmm...maybe Maeve, Susan and Kim should join...

[Helene Boudreau]

Sorry, can't help you, I'm too busy poking...

*poke**poke**poke**poke**poke**poke*

[R J Keefe]

Er, Facebook? What's that you say? Is that a kind of iPod? Just as soon as I finish this PodCast...[wheeze].