Monday, September 21, 2020

Timericks from today's headlines.



What You Gain, and Sacrifice, When You Move Back In With Parents  (WSJ)


Living with your maw and paw/always has been quite a draw/for the young and pauperized/So should we be much surprised/that our basements once again/include guitars and playpen?


A pandemic surge in food delivery has made ghost kitchens and virtual eateries one of the only growth areas in the restaurant industry  (The Washington Post)


Ghostly kitchens make my meals/ev'rything from soups to eels/Galloping the livelong day/I get sturgeon from Green Bay/Beef from out of Omaha/with a kale-based fresh coleslaw/Do I miss the lunchtime rush/rubbing elbows in a crush?/Since I now dine all alone/I can suck a marrow bone/without censure or disgrace/To me it's all just splendid glace!

This Thai national park was tired of visitors leaving trash, so the government mailed it back to them  (The Washington Post)


Visitors who leave a stash/in Thai parks of dirty trash/now will get it C.O.D./from a fed up agency/Justice comes in packets strange/to litterbugs in their home range.


The Science Behind WFH Dressing for Zoom.  (WSJ)


Wearing bunny slippers may not make you feel too great/as you work on Zoom perhaps to sell some real estate/Scientists now tell us to dress better than before/That casual attire makes us really feel quite poor/So cinch that necktie, smooth that blouse, and visit the beautician/to bring careers and self esteem to guaranteed fruition!


How California became ground zero for climate disasters.  (NYT)


California's golden clime/turns into an arson crime/with the hills now all ablaze/as if it was End of Days/Keep your beaches; I prefer/living where the air is pure.



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