Scruff, the Shaggy Dog

January 26, 2008 – 6:58 pm

Do you ever wonder why God made some dogs shaggy, with long hair hanging down at the front, sides and back? Life must be very difficult for shaggy dogs, because even if they know which is their front end and which is their back (which I doubt) nobody else does.

Sometimes, when it’s dinnertime, Auntie has to guess which end to put down the dinner bowl. And if you count up carefully you will notice that she is wrong two times out of four. She really ought to put down a inner bowl at both ends just to be on the safe side.

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Lest We Forget

August 27, 2007 – 11:37 am

Company Flags, dim in the mist
Polished medals, high on the breast
Words, words, cold as a tear
Bugle note, Last Post for the ear
Wreaths for the Then
Salutes for the Now

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Your Bloke

August 26, 2007 – 1:39 pm

What is it you see
In a flat-pack bloke like me?
When I confront my mirror mate
I just see ordinary.
No Hollywood chin. Aah-tributes thin.
Brains..umm, talent..doh, presence..hmm.
Yes, I love, I care, am always there.

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Don’t I Know You?

August 26, 2007 – 1:28 pm

Haven’t we met somewhere?
Guernsey? Southport?
No? The face seems awfully familiar.
I do apologise for interrupting your walk.
You know, in profile, it’s almost…

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