It’s that time again, it’s that man again, my God the week has flown by without me even realising so. I’m not even sure what has happened aside from spending too much time driving around the Cotswolds; Goddamn Tourists everywhere like Gloucestershire Herpes.
Rochelle thanks for sorting this out, nurturing this baby, keeping all the FF crew safe and gainfully employed in this peculiar place we call the Internet, where anything goes and frequently does. Thank you also to Sandra Crook for providing this photographic food for thought.
So thinking caps on,
On My Marks…
Get Set…
Go!!
The Sailor who went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see,
And all he could see, see, see
Was the sea awash with micro-plastic living algae, gee, gee.
The decimation of the fishing industry, tree, tree.
The coral reefs have died, ide, ide.
And the glaciers have shed their ice, ice, ice.
So Fishing was off again for today and the family would have to go hungry. He decided to take the dog for a walk, and the tree, where the first usual wee stop is, had been removed; cut down.
Is nothing sacred anymore.
So I’ve been reading and watching a lot recently about Climate Change and the wonderfully inspirational school girl Greta Thunberg. We can all learn a massive amount from her. This is my twist on a silly tongue twister to give it an environmental edge. I think I woke up with it in my head, and is more of a stream of consciousness. And its 100 words on the nose! Enjoy,
Yeah, not so catchy when climate change comes into it… Another reason to try and make a difference to save the climate!
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Dear Shrawley,
First I laughed and then I cried. There’s no such thing as climate change-ange-ange. Yeah right.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle, Greta Thunberg has really inspired this household, sadly enough our prime minister didn’t bother to turn up to a meeting where she spoke.
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All the more chilling for being a child’s rhyme, because it’s today’s children who’ll have to clean up our mess
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Dom bloody well done. Good night m
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It is a sad, sad sad
State of affairs, airs, airs…
And you did this super well, once again!
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A great piece that echos the concerns of climate change. The hard facts about the climate are difficult to swallow, there are 7.5 billion people all demanding resources – I wonder how many more people there will be in ten years-time.
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Very clever take. I really enjoyed the read even if it was about climate change.
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This is your best yet in my opinion. Makes me want to laugh and cry (especially the line about the tree).
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That’s true, Benny,s first wee spot was cut down for no reason I can fathom, a 10 year old horse chestnut! Thank you kindly.
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A very memorable tolling of the bell. It’s sorrowful to lose a tree and usually on a whim or some nonsensical reason.
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This reminded me of the cartoon where the dogs are queuing to use the last remaining tree. You have to laugh or else you cry
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sounds like a gary larsson cartoon.
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No excuses should be valid… we have to act.
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As always, you leave me with a smile. But this piece is a little more serious than your usual contribution, and the use of the old tongue twister was ingenious.
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Thank you I’ve run out of nursery rhymes and the direct climate action is really real, it seems in the UK at the moment. So I did this! Glad you like it. I’ve had a pretty busy month so keeping on top of the blog is tough right now!!
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Very creative story with a sombre message for us all. Now, I have that childhood song in my head!
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an ear worm!!
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We are destroying our oceans. Plastics are entering animal food chain. Nicely captured the impending disaster through the poem.
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Thanks 🙏
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Haha a clever parody with a strong message!
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Thanks very much, all my FF’s tend to parody of nursery rhymes/ kids characters. However i’m running out of them, and spend about a day and a half each each week trying to think of someone i haven’t used!!
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You might have to double up!
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It’s already happening, I foresee a marriage soon!!
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