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be afraid

Post by Neville Briggs » Tue Jun 30, 2015 2:16 pm

Yes, the year 2015 is now half over. From tomorrow only 177 sleeps to Christmas.

Be afraid, the green and red plague
is on the way, and you will pay
for truckloads of meaningless trinkets
from Shanghai,
Where Santa's little happy elves
work for sweatshop wages.
And all for us to celebrate
the birth of a swear word.


They now have in some places Christmas in July, if all you want is the roast dinner, plum pudding and port.
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Re: be afraid

Post by Heather » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:41 pm

Where would we be without you to cheer us up Neville? :)
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Re: be afraid

Post by Neville Briggs » Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:14 pm

It's a jungle out there, Heather. ;)

I could be sentimental and pretend that it's not like that. :roll:
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Re: be afraid

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:55 pm

Christmas in July makes a hell of a lot more sense than Christmas in December - and it's cheaper and less hassle :lol:
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Re: be afraid

Post by manfredvijars » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:43 am

So who ate YOUR bowl of sunshine this morning Neville Thundercloud??
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Re: be afraid

Post by Bob Pacey » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:24 am

Nev is always like that Manny ever since they took his Santa job off him at the shopping centre :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: be afraid

Post by Neville Briggs » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:44 am

It's a poetry thing, tell it like it is.

Read any decent anthology of poetry and you will find life being looked at with ruthless honesty, and it's a very gritty and .....( rhymes with gritty ) ..sight.

Shouldn't poetry be THE TRUTH even if it is presented as metaphor and hyperbole.
If we don't identify the disease how can we find the right cure.

Have a nice day. :)
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Re: be afraid

Post by Heather » Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:42 am

It's just an excuse to get together with friends and eat Neville. We gotta eat so it's nice to do it with friends. :)
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Re: be afraid

Post by Neville Briggs » Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:49 am

Heather wrote: We gotta eat so it's nice to do it with friends.
True. Irrelevant but true. ;) :)
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Re: be afraid

Post by Dave Smith » Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:14 pm

It's a bonus if ya family and friends are all ya same people.

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