What rhymes with ebleskiver?

There are very few words that rhyme with ebleskiver. Surprisingly,  The Leaver is one (two, actually) of them. She stopped by today to discuss our documentary plans and we decided to go to breakfast. The Leaver is a simple person and doesn’t fuss too much about her appearance. As we were getting ready to head to the restaurant, I noticed she sniffed her armpit. “Did you just smell yourself?” I asked. “Yes,” she laughed. “Stinky?” I questioned. “No. I mean, yes. I don’t mind my smell, but other people sometimes do,” she told me.

Although other people might mind her smell, we still went to the restaurant. An hour or so later, she was leaving. “Look at me, I’m The Leaver and I’m leaving. I just drop in and then I leave. Can you believe that?” she asked. I actually can. To coin a phrase she didn’t actually coin, but believes she coined, it’s not my first rodeo…or my first rodeo clown, for that matter.

Several hours later, I received another surprise guest, Sleepless. She and Progressive had been at one of my favorite eateries and he felt it wasn’t a good idea for her to drive, so he brought her to me for supervision. We had a couple of glasses of water and then walked down to Alice’s to celebrate National Rat Catcher’s Day. “Alice said she would be drinking a glass of wine with a loaded BB gun in honor of Rat Catcher’s Day. My guess is only half of that is true; the wine half,” I told Sleepless as we enjoyed our walk and ‘coffee.’

Once at Alice’s, I learned my assumption was correct and she learned how Sleepless came to be with me this afternoon. While pointing out rat sitings, Alice sipped her wine and we sipped our coffee. Pretty soon, Alice’s wine was gone and Sleepless had headed to the making room room. “I didn’t want to bring out more wine since you guys are drinking coffee to sober her up,” she kindly told me. I laughed and reminded her, “Don’t you remember having coffee with me? We’re drinking wine!”

Alice gave me a sheepish grin and said, “I can’t believe I forgot about that.” She then topped off our ‘coffee’ and began discussing limericks with us, “I’ve written a couple of limericks. They’re pretty fun. My favorite limerick was the one we made up about Pharmacist Dave when I was 15, but the one I wrote for Hot Mustard was difficult. I mean, what rhymes with ebleskiver?”