Just for Neville

[Bob Pacey]

Getting Older

Well I must be getting older
And I don't know who to blame.
All the words now have new meanings
Though they still sound just the same.

And I was so good at English
Now I get the words all wrong;
cause when I put them in a sentence
its just like they don't belong.

Like, when a bloke was really happy
it used to be ok to say " He's gay "
a “Rap” was how you hit a door
And Hi ! just meant Gidday.

“Grass" was grown upon your lawn
We used a "Pot" to cook a stew.
A “Score” was what your team made
And a "Dope" meant silly you

A “Dyke” that was just a little dam
A “Poof” a puff of smoke.
“Bread” was flour and water
Now if you've got none well your broke.

And “Cactus” was a prickly plant
But now it means your dead.
a “Joint” was an old run down shack
A place to rest your weary head.

If someone had a bit of luck
we'd say that's really slick.
Now when somethings great mate
well they say its "fully sick".

" Acid" was something we used
in Chemistry at school;
and winter was the only time
that we were really " Cool ".

A "Trip" meant falling over
when we tangled up our feet;
And lollies were the only thing
that we could say were " Sweet ".

Oh we put "ice" into our eskies
just to cool our beer and rum;
and the only "Smack" I ever got
was on me bloody bum.

People stopped you in the street
to talk about the weather
now when you ask a question
the kids just say " What ever ".

Well I’ve tried to understand it
It's progress I've been told.
But I really have to face it mate
Gees I must be getting old.


Bob Pacey ( C )

[Neville Briggs]

Thanks so much Bob.

[Terry]

Hi Bob I enjoyed your poem mate.
We must both come from a similar era, because I understand exactly what your saying.

Cheers Terry

[Rimeriter]

Mate, I've lived through that time as well.

As I understand it, 'Gay' is a cover for an Homosexual person.
I'm certain that I am still Heterosexual and don't need another word to screen that fact.

Jim.

[Dave Smith]

Thats great Bob and true. I'm gunna print that and show all me kids just so they know what I've been telling them all the time is right.

TTFN

[Bob Pacey]

It is one of my favourite performance pieces Dave always gets a lot of knowing looks.



Thaks all Bob

[Bob Pacey]

This is growing all the time and I think they just make them up to confuse us oldies.

Has anyone got a rhyme for Amazeballs ????

Why not just say it was amazing ?

Bob

[Ron]

Good one Bob, I must have missed this one first time round.
Not hard to see why it would be a good performance piece!
mmm! amazeballs! the mind boggles at interpretations that could be made there
Cheers Ron

[Maureen K Clifford]

amazeballs - todays drawls -cliches pall...it's a totally different language that's for sure but then I suppose our parents threw their hands up in horror at some of the words that came from our mouths as well

[alongtimegone]

That's wicked Bob.
wazza