Red Ronnie.
Grandma looked good in her widow weeds.
She really looked the part of an axe murderer.
She wielded that weapon like a true Viking.
Red Ronnie was getting the chop:
Red ‘coz of his coxcomb, Ronnie ‘coz of Ronnie Corbett,
the gruff and portly other half of ‘The Two Ronnies’
we used to watch Friday nights.
Wham! Down it came.
Ronnie took off around the yard as though looking for his head, crashing into things
‘coz it’s sort of hard without yr eyes.
We ate Ronnie at Xmas.
*pic courtesy of pinterest
John Malone 
Great story. Growing up on a farm in Viking country I can really relate.
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appreciate, Ulle; I’m proud of my little post 🙂 I reckon grandma had Viking blood running through her veins 🙂
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No one messed with grandma
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hahahaha; that’s a very good response, Beth; thank you 🙂
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We have a rooster who is facing a fate similar to Red Ronnie. Poor roosters. Doomed to be spatch cock. Or is it dispatch cock?
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hahaha; love that twist at the end; thanks Worms 🙂
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Grandma is tough and fearless!
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hahah; Red Ronnie would vouch for that 🙂
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This is a fine Viking tale. As they say, “all’s fair in love and cooking.” By extrapolation that certainly explains the justification for Grandpa’s death by ax. I mean the poor widow has to be her own butcher to save money because Grandpa ran a library where he categorized books by size and color rather than by subject or author. While he was bringing home the wrong financial books, she honed her ax handling skills. The two Ronnies would be proud.
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hahaha; I like your twist on the tale, Doug; it’s much more inventive than mine 🙂
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That’s one heck of a grandmother. I don’t know what I’d do if I was invited over for xmas dinner.
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you’d tuck into the little red rooster, Bob, or you’d have Viking grandma lowering over you like a thundercloud 🙂
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Haha! That’s good advice around Viking Grandma.
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This made me giggle! Love Viking (a descendant myself) and this playful poem.
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thanks so much, Bridgette: not much love for this one but yes, I think it’s playful; maybe too horrible for some though the title serves as a warning —
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