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Watching Little Britain what a refreshing change NO PC rubbish
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Well sweated my beads off the past week and today froze them off. At least the fires are all out and we have rain but they are saying there is going to be lots and lots of rain. 

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We'll all be rooned said HarahanDot wrote:Well sweated my beads off the past week and today froze them off. At least the fires are all out and we have rain but they are saying there is going to be lots and lots of rain.
SAID HANRAHAN
by John O'Brien
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
In accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began,
One frosty Sunday morn.
The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought,
As it had done for years.
"It's lookin' crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it's cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."
"It's dry, all right," said young O'Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.
And so around the chorus ran
"It's keepin' dry, no doubt."
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out.
"The crops are done; ye'll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o'-Bourke
They're singin' out for rain.
"They're singin' out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.
"There won't be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There's not a blade on Casey's place
As I came down to Mass."
"If rain don't come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak--
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If rain don't come this week."
A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.
"We want a inch of rain, we do,"
O'Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.
"If we don't get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."
In God's good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.
And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.
It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-o'Bourke.
And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn't stop."
And stop it did, in God's good time;
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o'er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.
And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o'er the fence.
And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey's place
Went riding down to Mass.
While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.
"There'll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."
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Terry you sleeper you - hiding all this sophistication.T1 Terry wrote: "We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, Before the year is out."

Experience is a wonderful thing. It helps you recognise a mistake when repeated.
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Never read so much in one hit. 

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Have been checking on her each day to make sure her mum is doing the pills ok. She is off the steroids for now and she seems to be doing better. She sees the Vet on Monday for a check up. She is a tough little girl and she will be fine.
Brian greets her each visit and Miss Meow gives her a nice smooch so she knows she is loved. xx We went around there for a BBQ tonight and G is so full of food he is asleep with Brian draped on his knee also asleep but he is not dribbling





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How many hits do you usually require to read that much....... can you remember back as far as your schools days DottieDot wrote:Never read so much in one hit.


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Hate reading, book reviews at school hmmm I just read the first few pages then that was it got the gist of the story and bluffed from there. Shows how much the teachers read the books as I always got good marks.T1 Terry wrote:How many hits do you usually require to read that much....... can you remember back as far as your schools days DottieDot wrote:Never read so much in one hit.![]()
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