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"Roses are red" memes among other things. This is a place to share posts where the title sets up a joke as the first half of a poem and an image delivers the punchline as the second half.

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Roses are red, their office phones are ringing (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by kersploosh to c/boottoobig

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No its still black friday for me

[–] spacecowboy 6 points 1 year ago

Pepto?

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 year ago

Close, but not quite.

The stressed syllable in the last word of the punchline should also rhyme with the stressed syllable in the last word of the setup. In this case, "ring" and "give" don't rhyme. An improved setup would be something like: "Roses are red, life is worth living,"