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Previously on "A walking social disaster!"
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Nothing wrong with working in Slough
At least you can get a decent curry, Hungarian Goulash, Polish stew, Sweet & Sour chicken, Italian....................
Seriously its not bad and Betjeman had the decency to admit he exaggerated, I wouldn't want to live there though, very depressing in parts.
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Originally posted by To BI or not to BI?"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough." (from The Office)
by John Betjeman
Slough
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!
Come, bombs and blow to smithereens
Those air -conditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans,
Tinned minds, tinned breath.
Mess up the mess they call a town-
A house for ninety-seven down
And once a week a half a crown
For twenty years.
And get that man with double chin
Who'll always cheat and always win,
Who washes his repulsive skin
In women's tears:
And smash his desk of polished oak
And smash his hands so used to stroke
And stop his boring dirty joke
And make him yell.
But spare the bald young clerks who add
The profits of the stinking cad;
It's not their fault that they are mad,
They've tasted Hell.
It's not their fault they do not know
The birdsong from the radio,
It's not their fault they often go
To Maidenhead
And talk of sport and makes of cars
In various bogus-Tudor bars
And daren't look up and see the stars
But belch instead.
In labour-saving homes, with care
Their wives frizz out peroxide hair
And dry it in synthetic air
And paint their nails.
Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough
To get it ready for the plough.
The cabbages are coming now;
The earth exhales.
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Originally posted by zeitghostWhy thankyou, ma'am... too kind... hope you caught my star appearance with the War Criminal James Tiberius Kirk on Saturday...
My scales were so much greener & shinier in those days.
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Originally posted by To BI or not to BI?"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough." (from The Office)
Good luck with the interview
from The Office? Oh dear...
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!
Come, bombs and blow to smithereens
Those airconditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans, tinned minds, tinned breath.
Mess up the mess they call a town:
A house for ninetyseven down,
And once a week a half a crown
For twenty years.
Darn, too many Julebryg I'll have to google the rest.
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Originally posted by zeitghostWhy thankyou, ma'am... too kind... hope you caught my star appearance with the War Criminal James Tiberius Kirk on Saturday...
My scales were so much greener & shinier in those days.
(And no, I don't mean a variation on cottaging!)
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Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow
Swarm over, Death!
Come, bombs, and blow to smithereens
Those air-conditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans
Tinned minds, tinned breath.
Mess up the mess they call a town –
A house for ninety-seven down
And once a week for half-a-crown
For twenty years, (A time AtW could afford to buy )
And get that man with double chin
Who'll always cheat and always win,
Who washes his repulsive skin
In women's tears,
And smash his desk of polished oak
And smash his hands so used to stroke
And stop his boring dirty joke
And make him yell.
But spare the bald young clerks who add
The profits of the stinking cad;
It's not their fault that they are mad,
They've tasted Hell.
It's not their fault they do not know
The birdsong from the radio,
It's not their fault they often go
To Maidenhead
And talk of sports and makes of cars
In various bogus Tudor bars
And daren't look up and see the stars
But belch instead.
In labour-saving homes, with care
Their wives frizz out peroxide hair
And dry it in synthetic air
And paint their nails.
Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough
To get it ready for the plough.
The cabbages are coming now;
The earth exhales.
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Originally posted by expatFrom The Office? How about from Poet Laureate John Betjeman's famous 1937 poem?
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Originally posted by To BI or not to BI?"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough." (from The Office)
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Originally posted by zeitghostOne might observe that posting on here all day doesn't necessarily lead to sanity...
Just look at me...
You're a handsome Giant Alien Lizard - I couldn't possibly think you were anything other than perfect
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Originally posted by zeitghostYup.
Bestest luck, SA...
You are sweet - thank you.
Please no one else say good luck though, cause I'll feel obliged to say thank you, then my number of posts will shoot up again and you'll all slate me for it
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Originally posted by To BI or not to BI?"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough." (from The Office)
Good luck with the interview
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"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough." (from The Office)
Good luck with the interview
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Originally posted by MrsGoofyou could always come and paint, tile and floor my kitchen
Got a phone interview on Thursday, for a job.....in Slough
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Originally posted by SallyAnneHopefully not for much longer!
Im going insane man!
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