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9:27 pm
Sun 18-Jul-10
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Shereen
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G and I were trying to remember the proper words to this on the way home last night. I Googled the poem and it turns out he was far closer to it than I was:
It was an evening in November,
As I very well remember,
I was strolling down the street in drunken pride.
But my knees were all a-flutter,
And I landed in the gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
As I lay there in the gutter
Thinking thoughts I could not utter,
A fair colleen passing by did softly say
"You can tell a man who boozes
By the company he chooses" —
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
Cheers folks! 
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10:30 pm
Sun 18-Jul-10
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Danny
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LOL 
I cannot even recall the tune for the verses, just the chorus.
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10:39 pm
Sun 18-Jul-10
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Shereen
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These days we just need to say "and the pig got up and slowly walked away" when one of us is getting up to get refills to have the table sniggering.
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10:55 pm
Sun 18-Jul-10
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brightspark
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I was looking for a recipe and happened on a forum, which had this poem:
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Isn't that great?
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"I tried to contain myself, but I escaped."
Gina Birch
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11:02 pm
Sun 18-Jul-10
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KateUK
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That pig poem is one of my all time favourites.
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2:41 pm
Mon 19-Jul-10
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Michelle from Oregon
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Post edited 2:44 pm – Mon 19-Jul-10 by Michelle from Oregon
I love that Brightspark!
I was looking for a verse to free-hand embroider, I'll have use that one!
I wish I could do the pig poem Shereen, but I don't know if I could do something that long, I'm still a beginner.
All right, enough messing around, I have to get to work…
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If you can't be a shining example, be a terrible warning!
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2:53 pm
Mon 19-Jul-10
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brightspark
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Hope to see a picture, Michelle ….. 
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"I tried to contain myself, but I escaped."
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3:24 pm
Mon 19-Jul-10
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Rae Mond
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Edward Monkton is brilliant. My admiration for "his" work is only slightly undermined by knowing he's the same guy who was "Purple Ronnie".
Other classics include the Deadly Donkey: "Beware the deadly donkey falling slwoly from the sky, you can choose the way you live my friend, but not the way you die"
and one of his musings on Love, which goes something like
"I love, cherish and respect you for the unique and wonderful person you are.
Except when you're being REALLY annoying"
and the ever pertinent "where are we going", which is along the lines of
A: Where are we going?
B: I don't know, I thought you knew?
A: No, I don't Know. Perhaps he knows?
B: No, he definitely doesn't know.
A: oh.
(pause)
A: I hope it's nice when we get there.
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6:39 am
Tue 20-Jul-10
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JoannaS
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Michelle you can always print off the poem onto a fabric made for inkjet printers and then incorporate that into an embroidery
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10:05 pm
Tue 20-Jul-10
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Shereen
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Rae Mond said:
Edward Monkton is brilliant. My admiration for "his" work is only slightly undermined by knowing he's the same guy who was "Purple Ronnie".
He is? Blimey. You live and learn.
I have Zen Dog hanging in my book room and a madness hamster on my handbag.
 
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10:34 pm
Tue 20-Jul-10
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brightspark
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See this link about the guy – Giles Andreae – behind the characters Edward Monkton and Purple Ronnie
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"I tried to contain myself, but I escaped."
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10:59 pm
Tue 20-Jul-10
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brightspark
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…. and this one:
The Butterfly of Freedom.
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"I tried to contain myself, but I escaped."
Gina Birch
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11:02 pm
Tue 20-Jul-10
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danast
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That is excellent BS. Love it.
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Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
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11:18 pm
Tue 20-Jul-10
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brightspark
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"I tried to contain myself, but I escaped."
Gina Birch
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11:30 pm
Tue 20-Jul-10
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danast
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Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
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= Forum =
can't find the yawn 
Found it 
