Alex’s Corner
We are joined this month by a new staff member, Alex Mohammed, Below is his first contribution.
Northern Wisdom: Give a man a fish; you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish; you get to keep the fish! (Lee Mack: Going Out Tour)
As a student, I watch some terrible television. Day-time television. However, every now and again, hidden in the midst of tedium, I spot a diamond in the rough. This one came from the infamous Jeremy Kyle. As usual there were two young people, a boy and a girl, arguing about cheating on each other and whether the baby was his. Anyway, the argument is going to and fro between the two of them and it appeared as if the girl was gaining the moral high-ground. Clearly sensing this, one of the lad’s mates in the crowd stands up and says loudly. “How do we even know she’s the mother, she’s a right s***!” Of course, the whole audience (and myself in disbelief) burst into laughter while he just looked around him, bemused. Anyone who feels like they should educate this bewildered individual, please do.
Politician
Smiles may curl the lips
But eyes reveal the truth
You listen to opinions
And nod at what we say
Smile your plastic smile
Give a speech or two
Twiddle your thumbs
Think where you’d rather be
Conclude to sparse clapping
Exit the room swiftly
You don’t like those commoners
With their monetary trouble
Or their health issues
Always begging for change
You have your millions in the bank
Politics is for your benefit
Not the publics
You wear that smug smile!
Walking out of the building now
To your car, and the chauffeur in tow
But wait
Look!
A commoner coming towards you
What does he want?
To congratulate you surely?
Plastic smile is prepared for use
But the commoners smile is real
As is the egg in his hand.
Alex’s Corner
We are joined this month by a new staff member, Alex Mohammed, Below is his first contribution.
Northern Wisdom: Give a man a fish; you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish; you get to keep the fish! (Lee Mack: Going Out Tour)
As a student, I watch some terrible television. Day-time television. However, every now and again, hidden in the midst of tedium, I spot a diamond in the rough. This one came from the infamous Jeremy Kyle. As usual there were two young people, a boy and a girl, arguing about cheating on each other and whether the baby was his. Anyway, the argument is going to and fro between the two of them and it appeared as if the girl was gaining the moral high-ground. Clearly sensing this, one of the lad’s mates in the crowd stands up and says loudly. “How do we even know she’s the mother, she’s a right s***!” Of course, the whole audience (and myself in disbelief) burst into laughter while he just looked around him, bemused. Anyone who feels like they should educate this bewildered individual, please do.
Politician
Smiles may curl the lips
But eyes reveal the truth
You listen to opinions
And nod at what we say
Smile your plastic smile
Give a speech or two
Twiddle your thumbs
Think where you’d rather be
Conclude to sparse clapping
Exit the room swiftly
You don’t like those commoners
With their monetary trouble
Or their health issues
Always begging for change
You have your millions in the bank
Politics is for your benefit
Not the publics
You wear that smug smile!
Walking out of the building now
To your car, and the chauffeur in tow
But wait
Look!
A commoner coming towards you
What does he want?
To congratulate you surely?
Plastic smile is prepared for use
But the commoners smile is real
As is the egg in his hand.
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