Yup Doug I also enjoy our midwinter do a festival going back to the dawn of
history!!sounds grand1 -cheers P
-----Original Message-----
From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
Sent: 26 December 2012 17:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: pat snap <<<<<<*>>>>>>Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Some can (at least try to) do a bit of both....
Hopefully...
Doug
On 2012-12-26, at 5:05 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Poor Max denied consumerist:-)
> Surely you actually make make summat for your daughter -a wonderfully
> crafted poem?? A knitted hat -or evening dress-sculpt !-chop her some
> firewood something real not just moving dollars around Re keeping
> people employed perhaps helping the poor or summat like instead
> -sounds like defending the arms trade!!
> Hope the humble feasting went well and wild singing drinking ,dancing
> togetherness more real things not first world excesses in the face of
> the rest of the world -hey how about giving running water instead to
> villages without Cheerippos Patrick occupy Canada and Raynes Park
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Max Richards
> Sent: 26 December 2012 11:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: pat snap <<<<<<*>>>>>>Wednesday, 26 December 2012
>
> poor Patrick, sort of superior socialist scrooge.
>
> I'm grumpy because my daughter pronounced:
>
> no presents -
>
> this prevented me finding a thoughtful but inexpensive gift for her
>
> and so on.
>
> However, feasting has proceeded.
>
> All this has given many much pleasure and togetherness,
>
> and the shopping involved has helped keep many employed making and
> distributing the goodies.
>
>
> On 26/12/2012, at 8:34 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>
>> PLAGUE!
>>
>> the plague
>> has passed
>> mindless desperate
>> devouring consumerism
>> capitalism's sickness
>> has swept the land
>> presents bought
>> presents wrapped
>> presents given
>> presents received
>> presents opened
>> presents discarded
>> presents now on
>> way to be dumped
>> in charity shops
>> we are safe until
>> the next outbreak
>> rejoice! oh rejoice!
>> Rejoice!
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> r252
>> aka scrooge
>> ps where are the other snaps??
>
Douglas Barbour
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