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very good Musty.Quote:
Geezer with his Bacardi Breezer
![]() Bacardi Breezer's a great rhyme for him but the geezer's strictly a beer man ![]() Quote:
Strange how we coincide on things sometimes. Yours has a shout too, but shouting goes with the subject really...
I witnessed some geezerage down the pub recently, that's what inspired the poem
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It looks like Biz may have left the building
I just hope she's not unwell. My PM has gone unanswered. An asset to this thread, a truly loyal and constant poster, Biz has always inspired me to keep writing poetry. If she's gone from here it'll cast a cloud over the start of this thread and will also be a bitter personal blow for me.Please get in touch Biz, I'm sorry if I've upset you in any way
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It looks like Biz may have left the building
I just hope she's not unwell. My PM has gone unanswered. An asset to this thread, a truly loyal and constant poster, Biz has always inspired me to keep writing poetry. If she's gone from here it'll cast a cloud over the start of this thread and will also be a bitter personal blow for me.Please get in touch Biz, I'm sorry if I've upset you in any way ![]() ![]() Musty, do you like Tennis, there was Tennis on the telly from France last weekend? Springwatch Live is on the BBC red button, it's sleeping
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Musty, do you like Tennis, there was Tennis on the telly from France last weekend?
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I hope you're right about Biz, Sandy. I like tennis but I only watch Wimbledon as it's not on much otherwise. What's sleeping?
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I think it was a buzzard
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I wrote a poem about a bustard once, I must re-post it
![]() ![]() just had a look, apparently there is a great bustard
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just had a look, apparently there is a great bustard
![]() ![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bustard I shall re-post it soon, it's a funny one
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The Great Bustard's Lament
Ensuring I get flustered By guaranteeing shame, Who named me the 'Great Bustard'? Was it some prank or game? I'm sick of every snigger And immature bird-wit, There is no equal figure Save for the common tit. With parentage in question I'm frequently abused, Who made the bad suggestion That 'Bustard' should be used? Was he a sparrow lover, An ornithologist? He'd better run for cover, He's on our bird hit-list. All GBs flock together, Let's find him in the crowds Then punish him forever From up here in the clouds. We'll float, with bombing mastered Like shite-hawks we shall wait Then hit the silly bastard Thus proving we are great. Great Bustards have to bite all Man's bullets for two words, A pleasant title's vital, Not one for mocking birds. © |
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I like ditties
living in the cities, a nod an a wink, seems to show what peeps think, About time we start to talk, about the path we all walk. |
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About time we start to talk,
about the path we all walk. I see you can't sleep like me
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*adopts John Major voice* 'Oh dear'
![]() Normally there'd be a nice comment from Biz. I can't do anything about it though. The thread'll just have to continue as a quieter, slightly sadder place. I shall soldier on regardless - we didn't get to four parts without setbacks and I guess this is simply another one that has to be accepted. |
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Drinking Drama (inspired by something that really did happen to a guy I once knew)
Though he woke up in the darkness, He knew the place had changed. He’d spent the evening boozing, And his head felt rearranged. Slowly it came back to him That he was staying with a friend. He’d been in no fit state to leave When the party came to an end. His eyeballs seemed on fire, His mouth too dry to speak. He left the bed on shaky legs As he was desperate for a leak. He stumbled into the bathroom, And let nature take its course, But he had to have a drink next Because his throat was really hoarse. He couldn’t find the light switch, But in the gloomy black, He found a mug he quickly filled, And knocked the contents back. What happened next decided him- No more of these adventures, As he felt the clink against his teeth Of someone else’s dentures. |
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Drinking Drama (inspired by something that really did happen to a guy I once knew)
A good warning to all those who overindulge - Part 4's had a very boozy start It's a funny and well-written poem too, so thanks for sending it in. Welcome to the thread by the way and I love your username
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Horse Off
I have never consciously had horse, would not do as a matter of course. British in the main decline to have recourse to devouring these noble beasts. Regard them as graceful aids to Man not the stuff of tasty feasts. Our gastronomic tradition so differs to that of those horse-fed cher amis. Snails, frogs’ legs seem tres strange to me. Even the fervent francophile may see horse steaks as slightly vile, prefer horses head to the glue factory by far, than fetch up in your abattoir. |
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Chief From Beyond
Now you treat my peoples with respect, We I have since passing learned are the Indigenous original citizens of our land. You treated with disdain as if to neglect These tribes, in other words we nations, Were fellow human people of mothers Given happy birth not crawling creatures Of the sand or from the lowest dry crack In desert earth. Like ants the white invader Swept us aside to inhospitable barren parts, Broke our spirits and our hearts and parted Hair from proud heads. Spurred the chiefs To suicide. I myself took in Nature’s balm So pale liars could do me no further harm. Woe resounds in unhappy hunting grounds. |
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Part 4's had a very boozy start.
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Horse Off
well not me. Mind you I have tried snails - they just tasted of garlic.Quote:
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Yes! There's a strong smell of beer in here.
![]() If we eat something as ugly as a cow, a horse doesn't seem too objectionable to me - though I don't eat either these days. I see they're telling us that one day we'll eat insects well not me. Mind you I have tried snails - they just tasted of garlic.It's so sad Frank - I guess you watched the same Australia programme as I did, and it's happened in so many places. I wish I could feel the world is getting better..............but I can't. ![]()
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I'm just back from Brighton, I went to see a friend yesterday.
It's so busy down there, the traffic lights are peculiar, never knowing when to cross the road I had a nice meal at The Harvester. I must say, their bread rolls are lovely and also had an evening walk along the promenade
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With Peas
All the lights on the pier flash on and off my dear fish n chips with peas along a nice clear breeze |
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I'm just back from Brighton, I went to see a friend yesterday.
It's so busy down there, the traffic lights are peculiar, never knowing when to cross the road I had a nice meal at The Harvester. I must say, their bread rolls are lovely and also had an evening walk along the promenade ![]() Quote:
With Peas
All the lights on the pier flash on and off my dear fish n chips with peas along a nice clear breeze Glad you survived the traffic light puzzle and enjoyed your trip. That breath of sea air has given me an appetite - I think fish and chips with peas would suffice.
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Hello Sandy.
Glad you survived the traffic light puzzle and enjoyed your trip. That breath of sea air has given me an appetite - I think fish and chips with peas would suffice. ![]() mushy peas
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I have never consciously had horse,
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Yes! There's a strong smell of beer in here.
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fish n chips with peas
along a nice clear breeze Yummy
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Unlike Biz I took this to be about Native Americans but the issue's roughly the same. A powerful look at what's really a form of genocide,
Hope you had a good night's sleep last night.
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Hope you had a good night's sleep last night.
![]() That last cider in the pub was fatal
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very good Musty.
I witnessed some geezerage down the pub recently, that's what inspired the poem 
I just hope she's not unwell. My PM has gone unanswered. An asset to this thread, a truly loyal and constant poster, Biz has always inspired me to keep writing poetry. If she's gone from here it'll cast a cloud over the start of this thread and will also be a bitter personal blow for me.

It's a funny and well-written poem too, so thanks for sending it in. Welcome to the thread by the way and I love your username