somehow it makes me think of swamps and sinking...
tjerk | 05.01.08 - 4:51 pm | #

I believe it was Peter Cook who said that Britain (or perhaps just England) was "sinking giggling into the sea". That was probably in the sixties, and just look at us now.
Philip | Homepage | 05.01.08 - 5:17 pm | #

Better than than determined to take the rest of the world down with you.
Madame X | 05.01.08 - 5:59 pm | #

Well, quite. If the world dies with you it spoils all the fun of expiring in debt with every donatable organ wrecked beyond repair. Which is pretty much the way I - and apparently Britain too - hope to go.
Philip | Homepage | 05.01.08 - 7:03 pm | #

Can we expect a poem every Thursday, or just on bank holidays?
fumier | Homepage | 05.01.08 - 9:27 pm | #

No. In any case, the bank holiday is on Monday.
Philip | Homepage | 05.02.08 - 7:19 am | #

Goodness, I'd fogotten that May Day was a floater over there. I've been away too long.
fumier | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 1:30 am | #

You're very poetic when you absolutely lose your marbles, Mr. Curmudgeon. Will there be no weekly rhyme to compete with Mr. Resartus?
Joyce | Homepage | 05.05.08 - 8:04 am | #

Mr Resartus
Does not bother to rhyme, but
Just counts syllables;

Probably because
Metre and rhyme together
Are bloody hard work.
Philip | Homepage | 05.05.08 - 11:31 am | #

Are haikus supposed to rhyme? I hope not.
fumier | Homepage | 05.13.08 - 5:02 am | #