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First Tonka
Oh mighty dump!
Oh mighty dump!
You dump so well and grand!
A brilliant yellow
and made of steel
for rolling over sand.
You're quite a sight
in yard or box;
you never get a flat.
You dump on this...
you dump on that...
your wheels are really fat.
A dump right here,
a dump right there,
a pile hither and yon!
A yellow truck
with bolts of steel
will entertain till dawn!
To little boys you're just the thing
for loads and loads of mirth,
for little boys will always mix
construction trucks and Earth!
Oh mighty dump!
You dump so well and grand!
A brilliant yellow
and made of steel
for rolling over sand.
You're quite a sight
in yard or box;
you never get a flat.
You dump on this...
you dump on that...
your wheels are really fat.
A dump right here,
a dump right there,
a pile hither and yon!
A yellow truck
with bolts of steel
will entertain till dawn!
To little boys you're just the thing
for loads and loads of mirth,
for little boys will always mix
construction trucks and Earth!
Published 12th May 2023
Author's Note
From December 25th, 1993.
About a present for my son's first Christmas.
He is 30 years old today!
About a present for my son's first Christmas.
He is 30 years old today!
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13th May 2023 1:21pm
13th May 2023 9:38pm
Thanks!
And Thanks for reading!
I'm glad it had that effect.
I still can't believe I wrote that thirty years ago!
And Thanks for reading!
I'm glad it had that effect.
I still can't believe I wrote that thirty years ago!
13th May 2023 7:39pm
This is heartwarming.
And also… dump… so much dumping.
Heh heh.. I can’t help myself. I really can’t.
13th May 2023 9:32pm
The name of the product was featured prominently on the packaging...THE MIGHTY DUMP.
I shit you not.
Indeed, so prominently was the product name displayed, that I now suspect that the Tonka marketing department knew full well that it would consciously and subconsciously appeal to the average blue collar father, whose dumping was most likely a significant part of their weekly schedule, especially when the average blue collar diet is taken into consideration. Well, their profiling obviously worked on me, since I made the purchase.
I still have that thing out in the mancave!
I shit you not.
Indeed, so prominently was the product name displayed, that I now suspect that the Tonka marketing department knew full well that it would consciously and subconsciously appeal to the average blue collar father, whose dumping was most likely a significant part of their weekly schedule, especially when the average blue collar diet is taken into consideration. Well, their profiling obviously worked on me, since I made the purchase.
I still have that thing out in the mancave!
14th May 2023 1:17am
THE SHIT YOU NOT JOKE!
(hits applause button)
I'm a busy groupie so I have to outsource the laugh track.
That's really cool, though.
