Hey -

I think politics and religion are a personal choice and I stay away from those subjects.

I am happily married.

I like funny, interesting or informative blogs.

/* smiles and waves */

Hi lolly. Welcome.

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"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
P. J. O'Rourke

"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
Thomas Paine

Welcome aboard lolly!

This forum has a lot of tools and navigation features. I apologize in advance if I am not following threading procedures.

Who owns this site? is it based on ad revenue per hits?

I want to tell the kids of today
what it was like to go out and play
what it was like before the telly
when we went to bed on an empty belly
but I also want them to share in the fun
of the all the games played in the sun
I would like to teach them a few of our tricks
when we shared a lolly so we all had licks

Welcome Lolly.

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You know you’re a Taliban if:

You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to alcohol.

You own a 3000 dollar machine gun and 5000 dollar rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.

You wipe your arse with your bare left hand, but consider bacon 'unclean.'

You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing

thanks - I like your poem
"
I want to tell the kids of today
what it was like to go out and play
what it was like before the telly "

this looks like a nice site. I look forward to laughing at the world with you.

Not mine Lolly. It's part of a longer poem by David Reilly. Couldn't resist posting the verse about a lolly.

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You know you’re a Taliban if:

You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to alcohol.

You own a 3000 dollar machine gun and 5000 dollar rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.

You wipe your arse with your bare left hand, but consider bacon 'unclean.'

You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing

Allow me to take you into my past
back to my childhood that happened so fast
and to help us on this journey in time
we’ll climb aboard my tramcar of rhyme
we will take it down to memory lane
turn left at Glasgow when I was a wean
so cast away doubts and open your mind
and savour the pleasure I’m sure you'll find
Born after the war and a baby boomer
of married parents despite the rumour
my story is told in Glasgow's east end
in the fifties and sixties when we set the trend
it is based on observations and anecdotes
from hundreds of hastily scribbled notes
you will find my story both funny and sad
my growing up days when I was a lad

I want to remind all you fifty pluses
about our tramrides before there was buses
there is no need for the three ha’penny fare
as the rhythm of the tram will take you there
we will go back to when we were nippers
long before the pipe and slippers
we’ll cross the bridge of generation
no matter creed colour or political persuasion

I want to tell the kids of today
what it was like to go out and play
what it was like before the telly
when we went to bed on an empty belly
but I also want them to share in the fun
of the all the games played in the sun
I would like to teach them a few of our tricks
when we shared a lolly so we all had licks

So allow my childhood’s observation
to paint pictures in your imagination
and let us revisit those bygone days
when the sun shone brighter through the haze
let me take your hand and we’ll go together
down through the years to the sunny weather
for in my memory the sun always shines
so all aboard my tramcar of rhymes

I like the poet and the poem. I had never seen this before. thanks