tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post4646002959963006334..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Sydney in SonnetsNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60038773983974889492009-02-17T14:28:00.000+00:002009-02-17T14:28:00.000+00:00More trauma resulting from this episode here, Nige...More trauma resulting from this episode <A HREF="http://thinkofengland.blogspot.com/2009/02/richard-stilgoe-in-da-house.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, Nige.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-45209568800546895992009-02-13T18:46:00.000+00:002009-02-13T18:46:00.000+00:00Looking at it now, it's got more than a touch of t...Looking at it now, it's got more than a touch of the Flanders and Swann to it. Or worse...dear God I thought I was Enderby but I'm actually the new Richard Stillgoe.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60667067453610857842009-02-13T16:50:00.000+00:002009-02-13T16:50:00.000+00:00Pushkin would have been proud to sign his name to ...Pushkin would have been proud to sign his name to that, Brit!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-23788632591080636722009-02-13T16:23:00.000+00:002009-02-13T16:23:00.000+00:00Stick this up yer tetrameter, Aussies...Drinking t...Stick this up yer tetrameter, Aussies...<BR/><BR/>Drinking twelve tinnies a day<BR/>counts as practically teetotal<BR/>in Australia, they say,<BR/>(though that's only anecdotal),<BR/>But it's true they like a bet,<BR/>And keep crocodiles as pets,<BR/>And they've never heard of rain,<BR/>And they all cry "Bowling, Shane!"<BR/>And they're never heard to whine<BR/>(unlike the bloody pommies<BR/>Who all cry for their mommies<BR/>And cheat with Bodyline),<BR/>Now since it's an Aussie poem 'n all,<BR/>It must end in a rising terminal?Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com