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Hi Hughie et al.
I thought our voting papers n NL were big, but that takes the cake. Mind you, I find them easy to follow here. In the lead up to the actual election, when you get your election card through the post, you get a sheet which is an almost copy of the voting sheet with the names laid out the same way as on the voting list. - I'm probably telling my granny how to suck eggs here.
With the proportional representation system, all we do is cross the name of the party leader at the top of the party list though you can cross any particular name if you want to.
Like you, I find it a duty to vote. I never miss. Our forefathers fought too long and hard for us not to take advantage of the chance.
JD.
I thought our voting papers n NL were big, but that takes the cake. Mind you, I find them easy to follow here. In the lead up to the actual election, when you get your election card through the post, you get a sheet which is an almost copy of the voting sheet with the names laid out the same way as on the voting list. - I'm probably telling my granny how to suck eggs here.
With the proportional representation system, all we do is cross the name of the party leader at the top of the party list though you can cross any particular name if you want to.
Like you, I find it a duty to vote. I never miss. Our forefathers fought too long and hard for us not to take advantage of the chance.
JD.
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I wrote this a couple of years ago. Might be appropriate today.bonzo wrote:Just thinking with tomorrow being the 100th anniversary of the first day of the Somme how many names will appear on the on this day thread? Must have been horrible to have been involved 58000 British casualties on day 1 with nearly 20000 dead. Industrial warfare indeed.
Their War: Our Fight
Damned cheek, fumed the dining-table.
We’ll not stand for it, declared the shooting-butt.
Will we be ruined, asked the dressing-table.
We’ll make a fortune, asserted the board-room table.
They can’t do that, opined the dinner table.
If only I were younger, huffed the five-iron.
We’ll have to cut back, mused the tennis-racquet.
I’ll get promotion, hoped the mahogany desk.
Foreign b*****ds, said the kitchen table.
They’ll never defeat us, said the public bar.
We’ll starve, said the ironing-board.
Think of the overtime, said the lathe.
We have no choice, announced the dispatch-box.
I agree, declaimed the bench opposite.
It’s war, shouted the back-benches.
Order, order, exhorted the Speaker’s chair.
War declared, headlined the city-desk.
Do your duty, blared the front page.
Ration textiles, advised page three.
Another thousand words, pounded the typewriter.
God is with us, preached the Episcopal throne.
God help us, prayed the pew.
Thy will be done, murmured the priedieu.
Pray for victory, intoned the pulpit.
Another twenty battalions, ordered the strategy map.
Jolly good show, brayed the officers-mess.
Lovely weather for hunting, trilled the side-saddle.
Left, right, left, groaned the army boots.
Are they not our brothers, wondered High Table.
It’s indefensible, whispered the library shelves.
I’ll have no part of it, was heard below the salt.
Intellectually bankrupt, concluded the union bar.
It’s our freedom, claimed the canteen table.
It’s our land, cried the welding-torch.
I don’t see why, worried the garden-fence.
It’ll be over by Christmas, said the football-terrace.
They need us, muttered the wheelbarrow.
They can’t do without us, agreed the hod.
You’ll do, welcomed the recruitment-board.
My dad’s a soldier, bragged the school desk.
Where’s daddy, Mummy, asked the dolly.
He’s in the war pet, said the kitchen sink.
He’s a hero, said the street.
Jam tomorrow, said the pantry shelf.
Crack, went the gun.
Bulls eye, exulted the tin-helmet.
Leave him, reacted the stretcher.
Killed in action, read the telegram.
Crack, went the gun.
Mother, screamed the tin-helmet.
Leave him, reacted the stretcher.
Killed in action, read the telegram.
Why are you crying Mummy, asked the dolly.
Silence engulfed the kitchen sink.
He was a hero, consoled the street.
The children are hungry, wept the pantry shelf.
Will it ever stop, demanded the wheelbarrow.
It can’t go on, grumbled the hod.
You’re next, wrote the recruitment-board.
My dad’s been called up, wailed the school desk.
Ten thousand dead, cursed the canteen table.
How many more, groaned the welding-torch.
I told you so, reminded the garden fence.
If only we’d realised, wished the football terrace.
Time to negotiate, wondered High Table.
Time to be realistic, whispered the library shelves.
Time for good sense to prevail, was heard below the salt.
A matter of conscience concluded the union bar.
One more push, ordered the strategy map.
The men can do it, reported the officers-mess.
One cannot get grooms, moaned the side-saddle.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, ached the army boots.
Pray for the dead, preached the Episcopal throne.
May they rest in peace, prayed the pew.
Amen, murmured the priedieu.
God will provide, intoned the pulpit.
Victory in sight, promised the city-desk.
Our boys are winning, declared the front page.
Ration textiles, advised page three.
Another thousand words, pounded the typewriter.
They have surrendered, roared the dispatch-box
We’ve won, gloated the bench opposite.
Hooray, shouted the back-benches.
Order, order, exhorted the Speaker’s chair.
Where’s Tommy, asked the kitchen table.
Killed in action, said the public bar.
He left a widow and three kids, said the ironing-board.
It could have been us, shrugged the lathe.
Well, that’s that, declared the dinner table.
We showed them, laughed the five-iron.
There are no artichokes to be had, complained the tennis-racquet.
I can afford to retire soon, dreamed the mahogany desk.
Record profits, crowed the dining-table
More champagne, bubbled the shooting-butt.
Can we afford a house in the country, asked the dressing-table.
Double the dividend, voted the board-room table.
Any work, enquired the ex-army boots.
Nothing today, replied the vacancy-board.
Please, we’re starving.
Nothing today.
JD.
Re: The ... What are you doing or thinking right now - Topic
JD what an amazing piece of writing never a truer word
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Love it JD !!
"Words are very.... unnecessary... they can only do harm".
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Wife is complaining 60 minutes has gone more than 60 minutes.
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I have been sitting here trying to
get back on the threetowners.
I have been using lower case silly me
get back on the threetowners.
I have been using lower case silly me
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Went to the bank this morning and payed off our mortgage feels good
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Did you win the lottery ?
Well done.
Well done.
"Words are very.... unnecessary... they can only do harm".
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I remember getting the mortgage account with the big zero at the bottom.bonzo wrote:Went to the bank this morning and payed off our mortgage feels good
One of the best days in my life. Congratulations.
JD.
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Remember 6years ago getting a request to call into the bank to see the mortgage department,on arrival I was shown into a room and the manager said head office is concerned as how I was going to pay the last £600 of mortgage as I was only paying interest on it to which I answered just take it out of my savings account or my current account,to which she said have you got accounts with this bank,I said yes but not after today.John Donnelly wrote:I remember getting the mortgage account with the big zero at the bottom.bonzo wrote:Went to the bank this morning and payed off our mortgage feels good
One of the best days in my life. Congratulations.
JD.
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Quite damn right. Love it.
JD.
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Trivia!
When Sweden play Denmark, the scoreboard will display SWE-DEN.
The unused letters remaining are:
When Sweden play Denmark, the scoreboard will display SWE-DEN.
The unused letters remaining are:
Spoiler
DEN-MARK