It's a secret local custom, Patrick, outsiders are NOT supposed to know,
otherwise the Arts Council will be wanting to start a festival.
2009/5/28 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> I get a picture here of david dancing with faux enjambments dropping sacks
> of spuds on each of his first feet-beautiful (is that how they do it in
> Leicestershire?)
>
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> Subject: Re: Another flood snap
>
> I very much like the last line, neat. I'm not sure if capitalising the
> beginning of each line is a good idea here as it makes the (deliberately, I
> presume) faux enjambments seem that bit too clunky. Rather as if someone
> has
> dropped a sack of spuds on each first foot.
>
> 2009/5/28 Brian Hawkins <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > FLOOD SNAP
> >
> > Meg and Larissa
> > Got stuck on Richardson's
> > Bridge in the floods
> > And had to be winched
> > Out by Clancy.
> > They stayed at Pete's
> > Until Tuesday arvo
> > When a helicopter
> > Came and got them
> > And dropped them off
> > At Cat Creek to check
> > On the damage and that
> > And feed the dog.
> > The next day
> > They needed some piping
> > So they caught the chopper
> > Right into Coffs
> > Harbour, landed
> > In the carpark at Bunnings,
> > Bought the piping
> > And flew straight back
> > (Or so I hear.)
> >
> >
> >
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> David Bircumshaw
> "Nothing can be done in the face
> of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
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David Bircumshaw
"Nothing can be done in the face
of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
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The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
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