Well, it's time for another Magpie Tale
Prompt supplied by Tess for MAG231
Elizabeth Taylor, Set "Of Giant", by Frank Worth
I've been thinking and thinking but all I can come up with this idea. Of course if I can think of a more sensible one I shall have another go by expending significantly more brain power next time to the prompt. With apologies to Elizabeth Taylor who I am sure would have seen the funny side of things.
Here is Elizabeth casting her magic lasso; the definition of the verb being to single out, throw around, pull, tighten and rope up real good.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Catch me a husband with each throw.
If he squeals I'll let him go.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe!
Well, that's another one gone for a Burton, or is it a Burton again, or a Hilton, or a Wilding, or a Todd, or a Fisher, or a Warner or a Fortensky . . . .
(Great shame Mike Todd died in a plane crash . . . she really loved him)
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Am i first?
ReplyDeleteStone me! So I am.
DeleteI liked Liz Taylor in Cleopatra, it was a bit corny and OTT, but so what, life is corny anyway!
I think on this occasion you might well be the Alhpa and the Omega, the last!
Deleteto see my terrible poem!! . . . . . lol
I liked her in Cleopatra and obviously so did Richard Burton.
Wasn't she reputed to have said "Anthony, I want to asp you a question"?
DeleteQuite likely!
DeleteALOHA from Honolulu, Eddie
ReplyDeleteComfortSpiral
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Hi Cloudia . . . . Love the fish!! I know what that means . . . . 153 . . . Cast Nets To The Other Side . . . . :)
Deleteha. cute little rhyme...and i guess it all depends on what happens when the lasso settles on whether or not i squeel...ha
ReplyDeleteno pigs aloud, for sure...
Thanks Brian . . . . lol :)
Deleteha. cute little rhyme...and i guess it all depends on what happens when the lasso settles on whether or not i squeel...ha
ReplyDeleteno pigs aloud, for sure...
Thanks again Brian . . . . lol
DeleteI do like this rhyme! lol
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle . . . .lol :)
DeleteOk Eddie ... I'm laughing! A good thing.
ReplyDeleteGlad I made yer laugh Helen . . . lol :)
DeleteSeven who didn't squeal, lol!
ReplyDeleteWell not straight away anyway . . . . lol
DeleteThanks Magaly . . . :)
Short, but in the play: one star, other-stone. ~ Fun prompt! :)x
ReplyDeleteThanks - only thing I could think of this week . . . lol
DeleteHeeheehee - I guess she was pretty good at it! Nice one Eddie. :o)
ReplyDeleteQuite well practiced . . . . lol
DeleteThanks Mary (other one!) . . . . :)
That was pretty funny. I love Elizabeth Taylor in the grand scheme of Hollywood ol' school divas. Nicely done. Made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donetta . . . :)
DeleteYes she was a very lovable lady.
Joking aside, shame about her private life not working out . . .perhaps she lassoed the wrong guys . . . . :)
Delightful Eddie, absolutely delightful. Although someone should have taken that lasso away from her at some stage, maybe the what? 8, 9 times over with Richard Burton would have remained at 1??
ReplyDeleteYes, should have remained with Richard . . . . but he was very unfaithful to her at the slightest opportunity, which was a great shame. . .. :)
DeleteLively and droll; well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Berowne . . . . . enjoyed doing this one - not much to do really! . . . :)
DeleteHi Eddie - great take ... fun - but the image is amazing ... she exudes sex appeal ... while she's caught herself in the shadow of the lasso ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilary . . . . actually she wasn't my favorite . . . I preferred Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren . . . :)
DeleteBut I can see her undoubted beauty in films like Cleopatra. Strange though that beauty does not always guarantee fatal attraction.
Cheers ~ Eddie
Brilliant take on the theme Eddie!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy . . . . . :)
DeleteWell..... she could well have said that!
ReplyDeleteMaggie x
Nuts in May
Maybe . . . . . :) Eddie x
DeleteHi Eddie...
ReplyDeleteNow...even I could have written that!
Hahaha!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
Ps....hope you had a great weekend...
Yes I do believe you could . . . . lol
DeleteI really could not resist it but I felt a bit naughty . . . and it was all I could think of to write.
Glad you had a great weekend at the cottage . . mine was ok too.
Cheers! . . . Eddie
Oh Eddie..this was pure genius...I loved, loved, loved it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Katherine . . . . loved yours as well . . . very funny! :)
Deletelol :)
ReplyDeleteAnd no one ever really caught La Taylor , did tney ...good one Eddie
ReplyDeleteNo . . .she caught them!! . . . lol
DeleteThanks Kutamun :)
I think she would laugh at this...and sparkle.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe she let a diamond go but that may have been her retirement investment.
Yes, I think she would laugh and with any luck might lasso me . . . . lol .. .but I wouldn't want to be tied down . . . . rofl
DeleteCheers :) Eddie
Indubitably . . . . :)
ReplyDeleteEddie, this is great! And I believe you're right; Liz would have seen the humor in it :)
ReplyDelete~ Jen
Thanks Jenifer . . . . . and yes she must have had quite a sense of humour to put up with Richard Burton and all his antics and then go back for a second helping!! . . . boy what a gal . . . . . :) Eddie
DeleteI just adore this, as we've all been thinking it, but nobody mentions it! You can't get any more perfect than this- you have given away her magic secret, of selecting her hubby!
ReplyDeleteHi Karen - so it took an ex ambulance man to find her secret . . . rofl.
DeleteGlad you liked it and it made you laugh. Are you going to take up learning to throw a lasso ? . . . . lol
I wonder what treats are in store for us next week!! . . . .cheers ~ Eddie :)
Apparently she was wont to ‘play with her jewels’ according to a reply to she gave to Burton when he called from another room to ask what she was doing. Perhaps she toyed with her men in the same way after selecting them so carefully; eeny meeny- Great fun!
ReplyDeleteShe acquired almost as many jewels as Zsa Zas Gabor who outdid her on husbands as well . . . . nine of them and none previously married to Liz. . . . .:)
DeleteYour a hoot Eddie!! Thanks for making me chuckle this is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carrie . . . . . and I am honoured to exercise your lovely chuckle muscle . . . . lol
DeleteI take my hat off to you for this one Eddie :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Pen - I don't really know what made me think of this one! . . . . must have been my magic thinking hat . . . lol
DeleteCheers ~ Eddie :)
Well done Eddie ..loved your witty Magpie piece.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary . . . .seems as though you are in complete agreement with Other Mary. Two Marys cannot be wrong . . . . rofl. Thanks for the comment - just looked up Magpie and saw you did not participate this week. If I had not thought of that little verse, neither would I . . . . . :)
DeleteMight see you with the next prompt . . . :)