tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post1516430864680626390..comments2023-12-31T08:20:02.723+00:00Comments on Every Silver Lining....: NaPoWriMoCurry Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-7549781779275756162013-05-15T09:25:00.236+01:002013-05-15T09:25:00.236+01:00Utterly brilliant. And. A great idea to stop the k...Utterly brilliant. And. A great idea to stop the kids fighting. You're wasted on 'ere :) are you going to Britmums? XxOlder Single Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752771952921898184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-69820535193013149312013-04-19T22:13:34.539+01:002013-04-19T22:13:34.539+01:00Hahaha - I'd forgotten about good old Dick - G...Hahaha - I'd forgotten about good old Dick - Gorbloimey Mary Poppins!Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-13534074905739330622013-04-19T17:00:18.149+01:002013-04-19T17:00:18.149+01:00I think we would have loads of complaints from the...I think we would have loads of complaints from the Liverpudlians _ Mancunians and East Enders for mashing the accent up per chimney sweep Dick Can DykeAbout Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-596534807718884452013-04-18T19:54:02.504+01:002013-04-18T19:54:02.504+01:00Can you still do the accent, and could you film yo...Can you still do the accent, and could you film yourself and stick in on YouTube? Please?!Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-66634210913307021212013-04-18T16:49:10.932+01:002013-04-18T16:49:10.932+01:00When we were kids in NZ we always used to recite &...When we were kids in NZ we always used to recite "A muvva was bathing her babies one night" (about the baby who fell down the plughole...very morbid) we did it in our best cockney accent though on reflection it might have been a Liverpudlian accentAbout Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-57325195871556908332013-04-15T22:37:57.889+01:002013-04-15T22:37:57.889+01:00It also reminds me a bit of Struwel Peter if you e...It also reminds me a bit of Struwel Peter if you ever came across that book as a child? Dreadful - the stuff of nightmares - with little children getting their thumbs cut off for thumb sucking. I loved it!Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-71625014784558862422013-04-15T22:36:46.183+01:002013-04-15T22:36:46.183+01:00Thank you Rog - I was secretly pleased with it mys...Thank you Rog - I was secretly pleased with it myself!Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-70337220229808338652013-04-15T09:15:29.916+01:002013-04-15T09:15:29.916+01:00I love your poem. Reminds me of rhymes I used to r...I love your poem. Reminds me of rhymes I used to read as a child where someone met a sorry end for being naughty or telling lies. Hilaire Belloc's Matilda comes to mind.<br />I agree with Rog - better or wurst is just perfect!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-88509362209904585122013-04-15T07:24:23.067+01:002013-04-15T07:24:23.067+01:00Better or wurst - brilliant!Better or wurst - brilliant!Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-49977090810753490902013-04-14T23:05:13.265+01:002013-04-14T23:05:13.265+01:00Oh I wish I'd looked after me tits....quoting ...Oh I wish I'd looked after me tits....quoting dear Pam, of course....Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-52941036025110906802013-04-14T23:04:28.361+01:002013-04-14T23:04:28.361+01:00ThNk you Libby. Oh yes, John Cooper Clarke - shoul...ThNk you Libby. Oh yes, John Cooper Clarke - should have added him to the list!Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-36797371109828132662013-04-14T23:03:13.003+01:002013-04-14T23:03:13.003+01:00Dear me, Tim - do I detect a touch of bile in your...Dear me, Tim - do I detect a touch of bile in your review of the late, great Mr Lear? Anyway I thought your Limerick beat any of his by a country mile!<br />Night night.Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-4681103242678233112013-04-14T22:24:53.184+01:002013-04-14T22:24:53.184+01:00As did typography. For the first 'was', p...As did typography. For the first 'was', please read 'once'. Or just ignore me. Or go to bed.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-84468734653707838382013-04-14T22:17:43.376+01:002013-04-14T22:17:43.376+01:00Lear limericks are easy, because you don't hav...Lear limericks are easy, because you don't have to come up with a punchline rhyme - he just repeated the last word of the first line, the tosser. <br /> <br />There was was a poet called Edward<br />Whom Simon the Cowell had said would<br />Be king of the rhymes<br />Just as long as I'm<br />Allowed to market, exploit, delude the public and empty the pockets of children who think it's clever to try to emulate<br />Jedward<br /><br />Sorry, scansion may have drifted a bit there.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201835677426254567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-63939308219458006982013-04-14T18:37:58.900+01:002013-04-14T18:37:58.900+01:00I write a mean silly limerick but as for serious s...I write a mean silly limerick but as for serious stuff, erm, no way. I'm not a great fan of poetry. I remember studying it at school and if I needed a guide book to tell me about the imagery and various references I usually started yawning.<br /><br />I like the story of Bella Balloo, and I too grew up with Spike Milligan (Can a parrot eat a carrot standing on its head?) and Edward Lear, oh and Pam Ayres. :) Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178468908753940731.post-37997661632297624302013-04-14T18:11:12.438+01:002013-04-14T18:11:12.438+01:00I think I had the same poetry diet you did growing...I think I had the same poetry diet you did growing up and I do remember going to see John Cooper Clarke once.....and your poem is very entertaining!libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.com