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FATHER AND SON

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(I am trying to recapture the form that saw my magnum opus "Upskirting" removed from WOL.  This seems to me to be equally offensive but was approved for posting once already in 2013.  Perhaps WOL was a little more sympathetic to irony then).

 

As you approach twenty-one

Get out there and start to have fun

But before you start kissing

It’s time you should listen

To a father’s advice to his son.

 

When choosing a woman, of course,

Be wary of some of their flaws;

For best satisfaction

Conduct the transaction

As if you were buying a horse.

 

It’s important you don’t end up stuck

With a woman unable to cook

So ignore all their bitching

They belong in the kitchen

With Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s book.

 

And a woman with warmth and with charm

Who’s always so cool and so calm

Who talks sport and art is

A winner at parties

Will always look well on your arm.

 

And you’ll never have words or a row

With a woman who pulls on a plough

Cos you’ll never need tell her

“Get t’coil up from t’cellar”

Or “Muck out that pig or that cow”.

 

And everyman’s boastful and brags

When his girl’s like those footballer’s wags

When she’s such a good-looker

Photographers took her

Snaps for celebrity mags.

 

But their strength and their cooking and grace

And beauty will fade without trace

So a word to the wise

In that what I advise

Is a woman who’ll sit on your face.

◄ FATHER AND SON

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John Coopey

Fri 3rd Aug 2018 00:43

Thanks,MC. I confess I am a little disappointed that no-one has found this offensive yet!

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 2nd Aug 2018 16:41

I must have missed this first time around. It certainly
captures (with a sly wink) the dichotomy that exists in
feelings between the sexes, with the saving grace (if that's
the right phrase!) of humour that allows us to enjoy it from
a late night club act POV without fear of a slap.

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John Coopey

Wed 1st Aug 2018 21:38

Thankyou, one and all.
The inspiration for this came from a passage in Jeremy Paxman's "The English" about a Cumberland farmer who sold his wife in 1832 (mutually amicably, you understand) in exchange for twenty shillings and a Newfoundland dog.
Ferris - I'm more than happy to send you "Upskirting". Your WOL contact OK?

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keith jeffries

Wed 1st Aug 2018 20:22

John, thank you for this. Was it written by you or Donald Trump? No offence as your poem depicts one of life´s most awful attitudes. Sadly there are many men to whom one could attribute this to.
Well done
Keith

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raypool

Wed 1st Aug 2018 19:41

Or as the cockneys say: Would you like the spend the weekend on my boat?" A poem that inevitably sinks to the bottom. Nice one John!

Ray

<Deleted User> (18980)

Wed 1st Aug 2018 18:58

Love it john, again. That last day of the month is a killier ain't it?

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