A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

[Neville Briggs]

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT


What a clever little thing
is that entertaining ring,
which can play a merry tune
at a time not opportune;

making such a rude disruption
with a jangling irksome ruction

when we want to hear the shows.


So we thought you'd like to know
that next time you get a message
that disrupts our set assemblage;

we've engaged a brawny bruiser
who will shove it up your nose.

[Heather]

Funny Neville. I like the arrangement and the abruptness of "when we want to hear the shows"

Do you need a punching bag today?

Heather

[Neville Briggs]

Thanks for the reply Heather.

Inspired by my trip to Tamworth ( and other occasions ) when at EVERY event someone had a mobile phone go off, interrupting proceedings. It didn't matter if the compere asked people at the start to make sure phones were off. IT STILL happened. grrrr.

[Heather]

That's human nature Neville. Everyone makes mistakes at times......

Heather

[Neville Briggs]

You're right Heather. But just after being reminded..I mean to say.

[Zondrae]

G'day Neville and Heather,

I preface this by saying I rarely get any calls on my mobile.

Once I was just about to go on stage at the national when my mobile went off. I was so embarrassed. It was Optus letting me know my credit was just about to run out.
Now I put my phone on vibrate and silent and in my chest pocket at the start of a festival and don't change it til I get home. If it happens to go off, I go outside and well away from the venue before I even look to see who it was. Thank heavens for the 'call back' button.

[Glenny Palmer]

When this happened while I was performing in the Longyard...I stopped my poem...& said ''Righteo! Who is it? Who's going off?'' The panic stricken offender immediately exposed himself by frantically rummaging around in his trousers...(BOB! behave!)...pocket, for his jangling mobile. I said, ''Aha! It's you isn't it, eh, eh?'' & proceeded to construct the funniest 'audience participation' set I can remember. I wish it could be duplicated...or could have been caught on video. It was a pearler...& the punters loved it....well, all but one of them......

ps. My arm is in a sling but my fingers still work!... & I've engineered a way to prop my elbow up by the keyboard....for a while anyway.

[Neville Briggs]

Oh the disaster of challenging the Glenny.