It wasn't me!

People
Humanity, the great tamer
And really, who can blame her
She reshapes the earth
The lands of her birth
But with a responsible disclaimer

Okay, not sure that last line really works.  But I thought of the first two lines at lunch today and just had to run with it.  So there you have my limerick.

Apparently May 2 was the major winner from Friday.  So I give you... "Perhaps it would take less manipulation than they had originally thought."

They were the proverbial black sheep, the red-headed step children, the outcasts.  Twins, the eldest, and the least favorite of their parents.  The last will they had seen had left them with next to no inheritance.  So the brothers put their heads together.  How could they cheat their precious, perfect, favorite younger sister out of everything she was being willed?  Murder wasn't an option.  But ingratiating themselves to their parents?  That was just as under-handed, and every so much more satisfying.  Especially if they did it under the noses of everyone else.  And as they were about to put their plan into action, before even a glimmer of success, news that would speed up their plans.  Their mother had cancer.  Perhaps it would take less manipulation than they had originally thought.

And for my dear friend Calz:  "The room smelled so foul that I immediately lost interest in finding out what could produce such an almighty stench."

The room smelled so foul that I immediately lost interest in finding out what could produce such an almighty stench.  It was like someone mixed rotting eggs with formaldehyde, blended them with an unwashed jock strap, and rolled the mess in a compost heap.  And that was just the first gag-inducing wave.  I detected hints of other hideous smells which I couldn't even begin to describe.  After a few moments, it was so overwhelming that I stumbled out the door and deposited the contents of my lunch on the driveway.  Taking deep breaths of the relatively clean air outside (god it was pervasive!), I steeled myself to go back in.  But there was no way in hell I was looking forward to it.