".....disguised as a man?"

Certainly not to make light
of my previous New Year's list,
but not to be over-whelmingly
burdened by it,
I am posting the current "funny"
from Mikey's Funnies to which
I subscribe.

It came in my e-mail
early this morning and
describes my diet dilemma
perfectly.

"I can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

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Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house

Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.

The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste

At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.

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When I got on the scales there arose such a number!

When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).

I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;

The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

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The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese

And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt

And prepared once again to do battle with dirt---

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I said to myself, as I only can

"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,

Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip

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Every last bit of food that I like must be banished

Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie--not even a lick.

I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.

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I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,

I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---

But isn't that what January is for?

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Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.

Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!