National Poetry Month and Chuckie and Bobbie

When Chuckie and Bobbie were little kids, they would crack up so easily together. It didn't matter if they'd made the joke a hundred times before, it was always new and always hilarious. 

For example, whenever we went to Albuquerque, they'd look for a Sherwin-Williams Paint sign, and when they saw one, they'd say, "Sherwin-Williams Paints cover the earth--with ketchup!" 

Ketchup covering the earth.

The afternoon cartoons were another source of merriment. Mighty Mouse would urge us to "hold on to your seats as we blast off to this and all of your favorite cartoon stars!" So Chuckie and Bobbie would grab their butts and crack up.


Hold on to your seats!

Every year at Christmastime, they'd laugh like little nuts as they limped around the house using candy canes for support. But the most fun was their reading of Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas." They'd read aloud with lots of expression and seriousness until they reached the lines

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Then the giggles would start.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw out the trash!

A visit from St. Nicholas

That was usually as far as they got. They'd be limp with laughter. And so would we.