There was (still is, I imagine) an autrocious anthology of poems purporting to be the "best loved of the American people" or something like that. Well, not all of the poems there were autrocious, but most of them were in the sweet Victorian style that gets dreadfully dull in a hurry. One in particular, and I don't remember the title or the author's name, was intended to be inspirational. You are supposed to try as hard as you can, but not to be overly disappointed if you aren't the biggest or the best at anything, but be the best at whatever you do to the limits of your (obviously limited) talents. The two lines that I always remember of the poem go something like: If you can't be the biggest tree on the hill/ Be the best little Bush in the valley. (my emphasis) I would that our Bush had remained in the valley.

I think the line is related to the old one which uses a horse reference to describe haggard-looking women: She was rode hard and put away wet.

I'm not sure about the reach around part.

Good old W. I just got a bumper sticker:

    

                                    1-20-09

                           The end of an error

 

Anyway, nice to see you, doc, and autrociously nice to see you too, ortho; thought you'd fallen into an interaxial space or something.

 

gray

Everyone seems to slag-off George Jr.  I read somewhere women would feel more comfortable with Osama Bin-Laden on a desert island than George.

 

He comes across to me as an alright sort of bloke.  Bet he'd stand his round in the pub, if he was introduced to snooker I reckon he'd play a decent game, he'd probably put some decent music on the juke-box too - Bruce Springsteen maybe or some vintage rock.  Sort of bloke who'd be fun to tinker with a faulty car with on a Saturday afternoon, or who'd give you a hand re-cementing your path.  He'd probably bring along some cans too and a couple of pies.

 

Okay, I don't know too much about his politics but as a person, he seems a top guy.  Looks a bit of a hard-man too, bet he'd back you up in a brawl.

Thank you for the comments.An "ejit" is an idiot.Irish slang.

end of an error"...i hope so!

dr l apologizing for sloppy grammar? since when? i thought that's what you were famous for.

the good dr likes his own eras.

we like his sloppy grammar.

an error is followed by an error, for there is no erasing history.  never mind who's elected, the only hope is deletion--of mankind. 

 

there is a book, no author's name remembered, 'Why Systems Fail.'  it is about how every time a problem is fixed, the fixing of that problem creates another problem.

 

optimist in disguise.

 

 

(had my own ideas about this before I read replies)

 

 

love a good rant

Stella

gypsy  thats a great book   thanks for all the replies to this poem

i can not go into what a reach around is  hint it has to do with prison love and where the man ontop places his rigfht hand while engaging in sodomy  but manners wont allow me to explain such a term

 

 

much love to all

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and vote often????  hahahha