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Ogden Nash


When people aren't asking questions
They're making suggestions
And when they're not doing one of those
They're either looking over your shoulder or stepping on your toes
And then as if that weren't enough to annoy you
They employ you.
Anybody at leisure
Incurs everybody's displeasure.
It seems to be very irking
To people at work to see other people not working,
So they tell you that work is wonderful medicine,
Just look at Firestone and Ford and Edison,
And they lecture you till they're out of breath or something
And then id if don't succumb they starve you to death or something.
All of which results in a nasty quirk:
That if you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

−Ogden Nash

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    Complete the following sentences.

    1. The poet feels annoyed when people _____________________________
    2. People who work are irked when _____________________________.
    3. People lecture about _____________________________.
    4. People ask others to follow the examples of _____________________________.
  2. 2.
    Why does the poet find people annoying?
  3. 3.
    Why does anybody at leisure incur the displeasure of others?
  4. 4.
    Explain the nasty quirk mentioned by the poet.
  5. 5.
    What is work wonderful medicine for?
  6. 6.
    Do you agree that a person at leisure should be allowed to remain so?
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