The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 1/23/06)

[RetroLounge]

Have A Nice Day

'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
'Yes, I know, I heard you before.
Be patient dear man who is drowning,
You, see I've got a disease.
I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning.
So do be patient please.'
'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? '
'Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.'
'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat.
By reciting the poems of Browning
And other things he wrote.'
'Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.'
'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.'
'Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.'
'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning.
Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.'
So the man who was drowning, drownded
And the man with the disease past away.
But apart from that,
And a fire in my flat,
It's been a very nice day.

Spike Milligan

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Hope this gives you a smile on this Monday mourning...

RL

[threehensandacow]

1. i'm tired of mournings

it's time for some healing.

[RetroLounge]

9. It's difficult for the burns to begin healing

when the bed is still on fire and I'm still laying my body down on it.

RL

[wildhorses]

2. that cracked me UP

of course I have been told that I have a morbid sense of humor

[RetroLounge]

14. a morbid sense of humor

is an attractive trait to have...

:hi:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

3. "Well, Jane, it just goes to show you, it's always something."

One day, you're at the top of the world; the next day, you're Dr. Joyce Brothers,
with a ball of sweat hanging on the end of your nose.

[swimboy]

4. Too crazy.

At least the drowning one had poetry to comfort him in his final moments. Good to see you, RL! :hug:

[redwitch]

5. That is the saddest poem I have ever read! :cry:

God, Now I'm all depressed! :cry: Hey Why no smilies in subject line? No fair! :mad:


















:-)

[miss_american_pie]

6. Thomas is a better choice for drowning men, I think.

Good morning :hi:

[RetroLounge]

12. Thomas?

RL

[miss_american_pie]

15. You know who I meant

:rofl:

Rage, baby, rage.

[RetroLounge]

16. Bob Dylan Thomas?

:rofl:

RL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Sharp.....funny.......and very dark humor!

Is that you, my dear RetroLounge?

I can be like that, some days........

As a retired nurse, I have had some sharply dark moments in my life......

Thank you....


:loveya: :hug:

[RetroLounge]

8. Dark humor is the only thing keeping me from going

stark raving fucking mad right now...

Think it's like Hawkeye in MASH. Without the humor, reality is too real...

RL

[wildhorses]

10. no wonder I feel comfortable around you

the stuff I see in the ER sometimes...well, words just can NOT express, thank goodness for this place,,,if I act more bizarre than usual you can bet that I had ONE of THOSE nights

thanks for being you CalPeg

[SeattleGirl]

11. LOL! Good one, RL

But then, can't expect anything too serious from a dude named Spike!

[tigereye]

13. ha ha that's a good one!