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20 Jan 10
23:58
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Sometime when you're feeling important;
Sometime when your ego's in bloom
Sometime when you take it for granted
You're the best qualified in the room,
Sometime when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions
And see how they humble your soul;
Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out and the hole that's remaining
Is a measure of how you will be missed.
You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop and you'll find that in no time
It looks quite the same as before.
The moral of this quaint example
Is do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember,
There's no indispensable man.
Saxon N. White Kessinger ©1959
Sometime when your ego's in bloom
Sometime when you take it for granted
You're the best qualified in the room,
Sometime when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions
And see how they humble your soul;
Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out and the hole that's remaining
Is a measure of how you will be missed.
You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop and you'll find that in no time
It looks quite the same as before.
The moral of this quaint example
Is do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember,
There's no indispensable man.
Saxon N. White Kessinger ©1959
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bringing culture to the forum dan.. nice one
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I do try. Love this poem.
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I'm the exception to that rule I'd put it in then freeze the water.
Nice though |
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i like poetry, i like to write myself...
but i am not an expert and dont have any real favourites |
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My story is much the same. I mostly just pen a soppy one from time to time to seal the deal.
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its amazing how easy women fall for the written word.. it happened to me just on monday and i even sent it by text!!! lol
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:D You said it. And they think it's just for them :)
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what did u text bgplayer?
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lol this woman was gettin on my nerves and id written it for her so i just said here.. have this i wrote it for yo ona card... sent it by text and saw her within the hour ;)
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i met a lady on chit chat called miss p
fell in love and couldnt eat my tea on msn we both went an instant message was sent but alas she was too fit for me |
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no offence yorky keep all that to one thread :) the missp worship
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ok big, sorry m8
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Good poem, Dan, I have never heard it before. Shenanigans started posting poems and I really enjoyed them but alas he stopped. Could someone start again, please. :)
Your poem made me smile, yorky. There have been numerous attempts at poems by chit chat posters and many of them have been funny. |
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There is no indispensible man
For that is plain to see But if you think about it You start to doubt it The indispensible man is me! ;) |
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If I had two balls like a Bison,
And a pr!ck like a big Buffalo, I'd sit on the edge of creation.. And p1ss on the bugg£rs below. :) |
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lol, your highness and Paddy :)
( how much do I owe you now, your highness :p ) |
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There was a blond boy from West Ham
who hastily boarded a tram when he had embarked the conductor remarked 'Your fare sir ?' He answered 'I am' |
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I was fortunate enough to walk away from work 3 years ago- from an office where i had been for 27 years.
I wanted out - and got it - and its been the best thing i ever did. If you want to do this - just remember: whatever your position / station at work- the moment you leave you are yesterdays news and forgotton. Others who retired from our office used to pop by periodically to catch up on old faces / get news . I have neither phoned nor visited since- and fought the transitory impulse to do so. Bear this in mind - if you've got an ego and are defined by what others think you might just have a problem . Remember- The graveyard is indeed full of indispensible people. |
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Spoke to an old schoolmate on Facebook about 3 weeks ago for the first time since 1967.
He's been at the same job since 1968, and married to the same woman since 1973. I'd have shot myself by now. |
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You mean the woman would have......
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BC on facebook! Whatever next? Prince Philip in an Adidas tracksuit?
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It took Tommy ages to get BC onto facebook. He wanted to stay on bebo with Orioles.
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:)
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