Idioms and Poetry -Name Dropper

The inspiration for this poem came from idioms. In this case, I used idioms involving people's names. My father's generation frequently used such idioms in everyday language. Clearly my exposure to such idiomatic language had an influence. It was fun to play around with these wonderful old terms. Hope you enjoy the word play...

Name Dropper

My Dad knows lots of people

I reckon

He often tells me Bob’s your uncle

But I don’t know any Bob’s

He believes Scott is great

He’s always saying

Great Scott!

He wants to rob Peter to pay Paul and I’m not sure why

He thinks Fanny Adams is sweet

And someone called Nelly is nervous

Last week he told me to run like Billy O

How does Billy O run?

That’s what I want to know

Dad does a lot of things for a fellow called Pete Sake

And he thinks Alec is smart because he’s always saying

What a smart Alec he is

He thinks Ann is raggedy

And Simon is simple

Freddie is blind

But even he can see

Which I find a bit confusing

And somehow Johnny is on the spot

And Jack is in a box

Maybe it’s the same box Pandora has

And Dad often says he doesn’t want to open that one

Which I find a bit confusing

So do my mates

Tom, Dick and Harry

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