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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-02-10, Page 12Pawn .rwit.ve :•.;• • ••, 3 -",..m...murgnms‘r*. agnussossiumuselortir. • SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley • ' e , BAD* - EVEN .veRsEi Thereis no better 'indoor spbrt than versifying. And there's. no • better versifyer around 'these .days than -George Bain...Find out r yourself, 'Bead this book, "I've Been •• Around.;,..- And Around and Around and Around . • deviSpaper man with • it iiVeiy eye forthe ridiculous, 4011 -he has been "around. Wash- ington, •Ottawa and London come Under his gims, and 'seldom. mines when helines uP his rhY• nes and fires a parody of any- thing from a folk song to aGil- b'tt and 'Sialivari snatch. • He's also ia 'wicked min with a To . wit: a c.lrapter ,.entitled To, Get Down. FromA Duck, Eider You. Know Or You Don't." hi this chapter, he's talk- ing about an eider-down.Vest pre- .nenbid • to , a high .dignitary, Bam coutinues, `,`No doubt, somevIthere •in the frozen -North; there is now • • .as.. .proad eider duck strutting a- ' road with his little bald chest Stuck out, envy of every duck ° • for mules aroimd.". And he adds'a Said a chap. .t� the proud. donor. "Ti what do you -credit your • • , ;Said the duck, 41Geodnets knows, • But ..one must, 1 suppose, - Assume that 1 showed .lots- of ' jest a saMple from' a rattling' good' book; a combination of rue- huinour and satire with an • .. • ' . 114 LitiCKNOW 1110141.411L, iiticiotovii,. 'ONTARIO This business of writhig verses is fascinating to some people. Me, for one. Every 'so aften:1 get the urge; and burst into rhyme that has the readers of this col- umn ningor running to the bathroom, gagging. Don't worry, not this Week. , • But just by_sheer comcidetice, •I have einne across some old verses (not mine) that coma - date my kion that the English language is about the most illo- gical in •the world. The following effort is dedicated to English • teachers and the poor, . baffled devils of foreigners who are try- ing: to learn the crazy 'stuff. The wind'was rough And cold and blough:. She kept her hands within her It chilled her through, •- Her nose grevi, bloegh . And still the squall the faster flough. And yet, although . There was no snough, The .weather was a cruel .fough. It made' her cough • • (Pray do not icough); She coughed until her head bough ough. What's 'that? You want more? I think you're out of Your mind, but there's th old folk saying, particularly licable these winter days:. It' S not the cough • Wot carries you' off. It's the Coffin They carry you off in. . • Several of the Very few clean limericks in the world also re- veal the edditli of the English tongue, For instance. ' At fifty-five ,riiinutes 'nest eight, 'The. kids at feverish' refight Are, seen ,rushing toward sch0oli And yatell find, as � rhool, it's because they're afraid they'll beAttight• - Aw,' ' come on, You don't REALLY want another! Well, just. happen to A streetcar, • conductor once said To a' car full of people,:f; "My haid. • Has such a bad ache ' That I fear it will brach*, Oh, 1 wish I Ware: home. and, iff " • There you are. A brand new party -game. Think of the fun you 11 have on these long winter evenings with things like, A man on a picnic said, "Please Don't be cross '"it 'perchance 1 Should snease; , - I've observed from my •youth That the horrible. trout'', • •Is it's caused by the scent of the trease. Got the idea. Let's try making one up. It'll be lousy, but A sailor, attempting 'to ski; Ran his head right into a tri.. Although almost dead, He angrily seed, • "It ain't near as soft- as- the si." • There. That ought to give you a few sleepless night. NcitiVe Of Kinlo..is Passes Ripley • • CHRISTENA McRITCHIE After cheerfully .and patiently a- waiting her Ingsber's „call •for ser- etal Months; Christena McRitchie paSsed • away inRipley on Mon- day, January 25, 1965., , ' She iwas born in Icinless. in 1886 •and livecl for several years on the eighth concession of Huron and at- tended public school at, school section 8; west of, Ripley, Some • Good taste needn't be expensive. Our beautiful Bouquet -Irrigation line -proves this ,with •the.mott,exquisite papers, type, faces and Workmanship" you . could • wish forl, It featUres.Thermo-Engra4ing-rrich rojsecilettering-r-olegant as the finest craftsmanship --, yet costing so little! Come see, our unusual Selection; , . OC)ne to iWO: sve; kai • The LUCKNOVI1 SENTINEL • . • years later 'she went to Toronto where*slie resided until six years ago, when she and her brother Murdock moved to- Kincardine •and two years later .came to Rip= She ,Was predeceased by -her parents and three sisters.- Left tci. mourn -her loss are' her. brother Murdock; two, nieces, George Moss and Mrs. Ray Sut- ton, both ;of'. Throat° and' three: nephews, Dr. D. W.Bennett, Toronto; Calvin Martyri; Horne- payne. and David ltlartyn of J•lur-• - . • . . • .. Fimeral serviCes at the.IVIcLen-, nan Funerld Home, Ripley and the. Kincardine Memorial Chap�l were conducted by Rev. D. Neil MeCembie on. WedsesdaY, Jam' ary 27 With final resting place in the family plot in Kincardine cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. D.• W. Bennett, l)r. ,George Moss and Ray Sutton of Toronto; Cal- vin Martyn, ,Hornepayne; dock (Morrison, Kincardine andl Donnie McDonald, Ripley• . 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