Beekay 5,094 Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 43 minutes ago, MargieH said: But BK many people like them, including lots of children. I like the big eyes .... That Margie, is the main reason I detest them. Plus the crude animation, especially when watching them talk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Whooosh!!! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 DJ360 just noticed what you have under your photo "The time has come" the Walrus said Is this quote from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll ? I seem to remember that Alice met a Walrus on a beach. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 I was given for my birthday when knee-high a little book of Fairys. Each page had a fairy for each month of the year with a little poem, all I remember is January fairy was holding a snowdrop. If any member ever comes across this book please obtain it if you can and hopfully I will pick it up at one of our meet ups. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Sounds like Mary Barker @mary1947 hope these fairy’s ain’t got big eyes don’t want to upset anyone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Mary_Barker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 You've sold it me @mary1947 I've just brought "Fairy Flowers of Spring" by Mary Barker for my granddaughter Ez, she's got a fairy patch in my garden, I think she will love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Gosh!!! radfordred its a great book where did you get it from please, the little story behind my book is very nastagia when ever I went to visit my Aunty Olive and Uncle Earnie, my uncle Earnie would allways tell me about the fairys that lived at the bottom of the garden and say that each fairy was named after a month in the year. Being very young I belived him and always looked for these Fairys. Oh !!! and by the way Earnie did not drive the fastest milkcart in the west, but boy did he make your windows nice and shiny. Just one more thing we all lived in terrace house,s so non of us had gardens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 16 hours ago, mary1947 said: DJ360 just noticed what you have under your photo "The time has come" the Walrus said Is this quote from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll ? I seem to remember that Alice met a Walrus on a beach. I just remembered it as part of a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carrol, but it seems you are correct Mary. It is recited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in 'Through the Looking Glass'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walrus_and_the_Carpenter "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings." It reminds me a bit of another nonsense poem or two from my youth.. though I don't know if they are from known writers. The Elephant is a pretty bird, It flits from bough to bough, It makes its nest in a rhubarb tree, And whistles like a cow. And: One dark night in Septober, When the snow was raining fast, A bare footed girl with clogs on, Stood sitting in the grass. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,379 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Nonsense poem from my school days: One fine day in the middle of the night Two dead men got up to fight Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other.. Don't blame me!... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Yesterday, upon the stair I met a man who wasn't there! He wasn't there again today. Oh, how I wish he'd go away! All good fun! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 That's brought back memories. I remember both of those nonsense poems (Jill's and Brew's) but hadn't heard either of them since probably junior school days.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie 51 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Twas a fine October morning in April last July. The sun lay thick upon the ground the snow shone in the sky. The flowers were singing sweetly the birds were in full bloom. As I went down the cellar steps to sweep the attic room. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Here's one my dad used to tell me "Piggy on the railway picking up stones," "Down came an engine and broke Piggy's bone's " ""R said Piggy That's not fair"" ""RR said the engine I don't care"" or maybe 2 There was a man called Michael Finnegan He grew wiskers on his chinigan The wind came out and blew them in-again poor old Michael Finnegan 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Agin, agin. (The back to the beginning) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted April 3, 2021 Report Share Posted April 3, 2021 Once on a dark and stormy night, Two bold robbers sat in a cave, One said to t'other "Tell us a tale!", And so he did.. and it went like this.... Once on a dark and stormy night, Two bold robbers sat in a cave, One said to t'other "Tell us a tale!", And so he did.. and it went like this.... Once on a dark and stormy night, Two bold robbers sat in a cave, One said to t'other "Tell us a tale!", And so he did.. and it went like this.... Once... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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