Musings from the Merse
Thursday, November 30, 2006
MUSINGS FROM THE MERSE? YERSE!:IN VERSE.
Bloggees will wish to know of a brand new publication: Both Sides of Hadrian's Wall
published by the Lapwing Press -an anthology produced by local poets . About 100 poems by 60 different bards. I modestly refer to page 84 which has an offering from Huttonian which goes as follows:
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
“Good meeting I thought”
said
the Chairman
“No-one queried the accounts”
said
the Treasurer.
“Or mentioned dog poo”
said
the Secretary
“It’s good to get through the agenda
uncontroversially”
“and so quickly”
“Oh, by the way”
asked
the Chairman
(anxiously)
“Three is a quorum?
Isn’t it?”
The other two
nodded.
“Until next month then”
said
the Chairman
And turned the lights
out.
Cognescenti will know that this is nothing to do with the Hutton and Paxton Community Council which packs 'em in audience wise but many community councils not only fail to attract some of their members but no one from the 'public' as well.
Anyhow this anthology is an essential stocking filler at a very modest £6.50. Hurry.
Stocks are dwindling.
Fast
Bloggees will wish to know of a brand new publication: Both Sides of Hadrian's Wall
published by the Lapwing Press -an anthology produced by local poets . About 100 poems by 60 different bards. I modestly refer to page 84 which has an offering from Huttonian which goes as follows:
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
“Good meeting I thought”
said
the Chairman
“No-one queried the accounts”
said
the Treasurer.
“Or mentioned dog poo”
said
the Secretary
“It’s good to get through the agenda
uncontroversially”
“and so quickly”
“Oh, by the way”
asked
the Chairman
(anxiously)
“Three is a quorum?
Isn’t it?”
The other two
nodded.
“Until next month then”
said
the Chairman
And turned the lights
out.
Cognescenti will know that this is nothing to do with the Hutton and Paxton Community Council which packs 'em in audience wise but many community councils not only fail to attract some of their members but no one from the 'public' as well.
Anyhow this anthology is an essential stocking filler at a very modest £6.50. Hurry.
Stocks are dwindling.
Fast
Comments:
The Laird when opening the extended Paxton Village Hall a couple of years back referred to the societies which used it including one called @knir and Natter' which he suggested might be a good name for the Community Council! Fair comment?
# posted by 
: 6:54 PM
: 6:54 PM
sorry-mis print in my comment above-it should be Knot and Natter or possibly Knit and Knatter or even Nit and Natter-don't go myself
# posted by : 6:56 PM
: 6:56 PM
Enough corrections please, Paxtonian. You remind me of the famous correction :' We apologise for referring to Inspector Rebus as being a defective member of the Police Force. It should of course be 'A detective member of the Police Farce'
As it happens I have a bit of Erse: fir, mna, Aras al Uchtarain, (Donegal dialect) Dun Laoire Pog Ma hone, p7t, aerphort etc etc
Well I'll add my own limits to it...
Steorabhagh, An Ghearesdan, Inbhir Nis, Lunnain, Berraigh agus Slan gu foile
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