Sunday Brunch and Limericks

At the beginning of the month, I was invited to a potluck brunch at Matt and Ruth's place.  Matt is one of my co-workers and Ruth is his wife. I actually know Matt from Long Beach since he's from California and we met in the MA program at CSULB and were co-workers there as well. We had been told to bring a limerick to share and I have to admit I was a bit lost having never written a limerick in my life! The only limerick I'd ever heard was one recited by Hugh Grant in Bridget Jone's Diary and it had been a vulgar one at that. I looked up some examples online and then just did the best I could.  Brunch turned out to be a blast. We ate tons and then played a hilarious game of charades and then a game of Scrabble.  Here are some pictures from that day, as well as some of the limericks:

 

Colleen and Ray, two of my co-workers and now friends. Very lovely girls!

  

A lot of yummy food!

  

A limerick written by Ruth for me. If you can't read it, it says:

"Dear Rose", said the city of Rouen,

"I welcome you with open arms.

Your colleagues are good,

mostly do what they should,

and look forward to more of your charms."

Here's one of the limericks I wrote:

There once was a girl in Rouen

who wanted her language skills proven.

So she got on a plane,

without a sou to her name,

and hopes it won't end in financial ruin!