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I love you, our pink slice of heaven.
I’m loving you all through and through.
From your chromium-legged laminex tables
To the Mondrian Brothers’ tiled loo.
I love your pub ceiling yellow
And the tiles that bedeck all your walls
The nourishing pub food sustains me
And the beer puts fat hairs on my balls
I love all the patrons who attend thee
I’m loving our dear Mervyn too
Say hello to the beautiful Janet
Say hello to the Hell’s Angles crew.
And the bands that rock all our socks off
In the Nathan Rees Memorial Ballroom upstairs
I’m fond of the Hedge in the carpark
And the deals done when nobody cares.
I like all the Cooks River Fishies
And most of the Sea Scouts, don’t you ?
And the always-rigged Friday raffle meat tray
Lady bowlers who hang out there too.
Let’s give thanks for our
Wonderful Pig’s Arms
And Bless all who go for the view
The writers and painters and poets
The clowns and philosophers too.
So we can all come and raise up our glasses
Drink a toast to the great Trotter’s Ale
Drink a toast to the friendliest piglets
Drink a toast to the curl in the tail.

It’s a fine psalm to the famous Pig’s Arms, MJ. 🙂
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Thanks, ‘Shoe. We have been missing you of late – do send us a little something !
Kind regards,
Emm
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This made me snicker for a protracted time.
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Glad you snickered protractedly, cheers !
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As one of the clowns, I found this psalm exquisite. Thanks to the Wardrobe Mananger!
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And may I say how delightfully attired you are this evening, Big. I’m a-tired too.
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I’m just balled over. And I’m not even a cricket bawling whacker!
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Very good Emm, liked it a lot.
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Thanks, Algy.
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Very good Emm, liked it a lot.
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Thanks, VL !
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Nice pigs’ psalm Emmjay! Scansions a bit ‘iffy’ but then, you can’t have everything, right?
😉
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Fair call. Killed by accuracy. Damn that Upstairs Ballroom (amongst other culprits).
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Just rang L & Ns. I had a word with Richard; he too likes Lily in her little black number.
I asked if he could put up BLHIRLASAY for an anagram 😉
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So! No-one got the anagram, eh?
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Obviously not…or they would have said so!
I’ll have a go. I’ll try…..HAIRYBALLS…any good, VL?
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Who is Janet?
Is it Warrigal in drag, or summit?
Is there summit goin on that I don’t know about?
…
You’ll have to help me out with cook’s river fishies too ??
FHs on the B>>??
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Funny you mentioned Maddie over on that other interesting article VL. For some reason I was just thinking about Crystal Balls. Only Madeleine could choose that as a pseudonym. Not on purpose I mean.
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Very topical.
Surprised that Algy & Hung, haven’t picked up the bat to go with them.
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Voice, I responded to your post on the Drum by Lauren Rosewhatever and said for you not to forget the edges of your burger and it got up. Now how would that of happened?
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JL, The English best cricket team in the world, almost unheard of
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Of course they couldn’t have printed my reply, Hung, the impossible can’t happen twice in one place. I replied something along the hilarious lines of: I’m talking about cooking, not lawn mowing.
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lol 🙂
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Hey, Hung… I hear you’ve got your own TV show now… I didn’t watch it, but I noticed it was on last night at 10.30pm, Channel 2, I think; I suppose that’s why we don’t hear from you quite so often these days…?
😉
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Yeah. England number one at cricket. Who’d have thought?
BTW, WHO IS JANET???
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Merv’s wife. Mother of the twins – whose names escape me. Strange, since I named them. Oh dear – time for the early onset test.
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Careful VL, I might mention somebody.
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My wife’s name is Esmerelda.
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Mine has a typically Greek name: Polybally.
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Fan-bloody-testicle!
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Bollocks, ‘Mou !
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In my case it’s Moulocks, Emms!
(or Atobolls)
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My excuse is that I’m working to a deadline (well, past one, actually) – is your excuse insomnia, ‘Mou ?
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Mine is that Greece is seven hours behind!
Why can’t we all wake up and go to bed at the same time?
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Now Mikey, I would like to say yo but that may offend so bloody well done.
Fat hairs on my balls…..masterstroke.
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Well, Hung, thanks 🙂
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I’ve never seen a bloke with hairy balls !
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Vivie, are you sure you want to make that confession?
Oh, you mean eyeballs?
Cricket balls?
Tennis balls?
Billiard balls?
What sort of balls are we… not talking about?
Mmmms, Amen to the prayer and the praise! I’ll drink to them all!
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Sorry Viv, I don’t even want to think about as I have just eaten 🙂
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Bull’s balls, Hungsie?
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Don’t get Vivie going Ace as she will give us a recipe on how to cook them.
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Remind me to have a word with the marketing manager for Trotter’s Ale 🙂
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Yes and reduce his pay to less than mine
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What can I say? Sometimes Hung writes a couple of brief sentences to avoid offence. Other articles that shall remain nameless attract a full five paragraphs from him!
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Your article was well worth the agony of typing.
Your pal
Hung
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