Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
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Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Cracked Cups
Cracked cups! I’m thinking not for me.
Like … that’s a joke! Don’t you agree?
You’d think the club could spend a quid.
Cracked cups! I mean …well, God forbid
that I should have to suffer such
embarrassment. It’s just too much.
Imagine if the one I take
should further crack, or even break.
To be so parsimonious,
I tell you mate it’s odious.
Contemptible! It’s just not cricket.
Ah bum! There goes another wicket.
That’s three for … stone the bleedin’ crows.
They’re sending down some body blows.
Three for … guess that means I’m up,
reluctantly, with this cracked cup.
Cracked cups! I’m thinking not for me.
Like … that’s a joke! Don’t you agree?
You’d think the club could spend a quid.
Cracked cups! I mean …well, God forbid
that I should have to suffer such
embarrassment. It’s just too much.
Imagine if the one I take
should further crack, or even break.
To be so parsimonious,
I tell you mate it’s odious.
Contemptible! It’s just not cricket.
Ah bum! There goes another wicket.
That’s three for … stone the bleedin’ crows.
They’re sending down some body blows.
Three for … guess that means I’m up,
reluctantly, with this cracked cup.
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Re: Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Oh well done! You used some inspired rhyme in these lines:
Terrific use of the prompts and off on another tangent to what has come in previous as well - our poetic minds never cease to amaze me.
To be so parsimonious,
I tell you mate it’s odious.

Terrific use of the prompts and off on another tangent to what has come in previous as well - our poetic minds never cease to amaze me.
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Re: Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Thanks Maureen ... I enjoyed thinking about that prompt.
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Re: Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Thank you Catherine.
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Re: Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Love it Wazza! I can just picture you in your whites and pads, venturing from the clubhouse to face the fast bowlers!!!
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Re: Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Not only parsimonious,
but totally erroneous!
Though a cracked cup would be better than none at all, eh Wazza?
Cheers
David
but totally erroneous!
Though a cracked cup would be better than none at all, eh Wazza?
Cheers
David
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Re: Cracked Cups Homework 14th March 2016
Not something I like to picture Shelley. Tennis was my game - the balls were softer.
Cracked or whole David any game that necessitates the wearing of a protective device in that area is not for me.
Wazza

Cracked or whole David any game that necessitates the wearing of a protective device in that area is not for me.

Wazza