Written for Esther’s Laughing Along With A
Limerick #245. Using the prompt word
‘just’, this is my limerick.

Three cool cats, so clever and sly,
Played poker wearing jacket and tie.
They’d just deal with a purr
And not making a stir,
Clean house with a glint in their eye.
NAR©2025
This is “Three Cool Cats” by the Beatles
All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy Richy and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.

Poker faces come naturally to cats, I wouldn’t want to take them on!
I’d forgotten that song!
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That’s true. Gee, I could have used Lada Gaga’s “Poker Face” 🤦🏼♀️
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Have you heard about the Beatles Anthogy Collection 8 CD box set coming in October? 191 tracks including outtakes and unreleasd tracks!
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I have now! That will be my Christmas gift from Bill …. lucky fella, getting off easy! Thank you, dear Keith!
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fantastic
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Much appreciated. Thanks, Dylan.
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Wow that’s a fabulous old Beatles song I’ve not heard before! … they were Cool Cats back in those days, my friend
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They really were, with their leather pants and hair all slicked back. This song is a very cool cover of the original done by The Coasters in 1958. An my dear George does a great singing job on this one. Happy Thursday, dear Ivor! 🥰🌏
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I’m up and about, the winter sun is shining, and off to the chemists to get all my medications (drugs) for my Canada trip. I was going to drop into the Pub and a few Bon Voyage drinks with the boys, but best I stay away and save my energy for Saturday’s event. It’s a Life Members Day at my Football Club, and I’m a special guest.
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Good thinking passing on the pub; you don’t want to get any of your mates sick either. 😷
A special guest? Sounds like it’s going to be a fabulous day! How wonderful for you, my dear friend. 🤗
I’m just finishing up a new story and will schedule it to publish in a couple of hours. 🥰👩🏼💻
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Yeah, I’ll be home by then 😊🌏📖😍
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Off to bed for me. Nite nite dear friend 🥰😴
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I would love to see the Cats play the Dogs in Poker.
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The Poker Game (dog version) is one of my favorite paintings. I even wrote a story based on it!
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I had that painting, and Momo donated it to Goodwill when I wasn’t home. Also, my velvet Elvis joined it.
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😂
Sorry, I can’t feel bad about the Velvet Elvis but The Poker Game is another story.
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Velvet Elvis was iconic, every Mexican artist in Tijuana painted him. They also did a velvet JFK which wasn’t too good and a bit tawdy.
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Yes indeed. Our local Japanese hibachi place has a life size Velvet Elvis painting in the lobby by the water feature. They also have a framed photo of Sinatra’s Only the Lonely album where he’s wearing sad clown makeup, a poster of the guy from the ginsu knife commercial and a signed photograph of Chef Boyardee. Bill claims there’s also a stuffed beaver in the hallway to the men’s room but I think the killer hot peppers made him hallucinate one night. I won’t discount it entirely, however, as there’s a rather gaudy statue of Romulus & Remus being suckled by a she-wolf on the toilet tank in the ladies’ room. God, I love hibachi.
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A glint in their eye? Nancy,… I’d definitely watch out, you never know, an extra card up their jacket sleeves, purrfectly hidden, …💙 ( and that’s the first song by The Beatles I know nothing about, … wow, don’t they look young?)
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They are so young, Penn. Impossibly young! I can’t possibly be that old!
Purrfect comment! Those cool cats are watching every move we make! 😼
Thanks, Penn.
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🤗💙
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I love your cool cats limerick, proper poker faces. And a bonus picture video 🙂
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Thanks so much, Sue. I love the way this all came together; great fun!
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I liked the video, thanks for sharing that, Nancy.
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It was cool, wasn’t it? Most welcome, Jim.
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Those cool cat card sharks 😍😍
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Awesome alliterative answer, Lisa! 😹
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So much fun, Nancy, these three cool cats, with money and cards dealt all around, playing a game of poker while enjoying the Beatles sound. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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My pleasure, Phil! I love having fun with my writing and music. Thanks for the poem. 😊
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Love the limerick, and I also love the video which I’d not seen before!
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Thank you, D. This song is a cover of the original done by The Coasters. I love George’s singing on this one and had to use it. Some great old pix, too, with Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe.
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The hair!
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Fun one, and because … cats! 🙂
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Isn’t that a great image? Thanks so much, Barbara!
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You gotta watch those cats 😆
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Yes! They’re cool but very tricky! Thanks, Esther.
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Love this Sis! So cool!!
https://youtu.be/uJ2cEc_TCH8?si=6hOEOeDdGvTOP0aH
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Thanks, Sis! Now that’s one campy video I’ve not seen before!
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Its fun 💜💜💜
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Awesome imagery. 😻😺
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Mille grazie, cara Sadje!
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💗💗💗
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They were definitely cool cats! ❤
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They sure are! Thanks, CA! 😻
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