The Younger Daughter was reminding me about how, when she's just accidentally burned herself and is hopping up and down in the kitchen, my instant response is 'Careful, that's hot!' Or when she's just tripped up a step, that's the time I choose to say, 'Watch yourself!' That's me. Eager to be helpful. Caring Parent of the Year. But it's instinctive, isn't it, to say something completely inadequate in the face of crisis? It's a strange feature of the way we communicate sympathy. What about the following situations ... When someone's fallen over and is lying flat on their face, we say: 'Oh, no, are you o kay ?' When someone's just set off down the road to the shops, then lets themselves back in five minutes later, cursing and stomping, we say: 'Did you forget something?' When we come across someone sobbing their hearts out .... ..... we say things like, 'Is something the matter?' To the
I thought your poem was great
ReplyDeleteAnd I anxiously await
Your next one--you're so articulate
Just don't fall down!
Your poem was very funny
It was right on the money
So be very careful, Honey
And don't fall down!
Had me sniggering out loud. You're the Pam Ayres of the blogging world you are. And I mean that as a compliment.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it's the fact that she IS so wasted that makes Amy Winehouse so fabulous?
ReplyDeleteIts a bit like Greenpeace and the National Trust- if they're doing it so well, then I have a clean consience about not having to do it myself!
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I'm not Amy's biggest fan, but then I admire the work of Pete Doherty...go figure. However, I am a Fran fan, and that poem was 'top drawer'.
ReplyDeletefishducky - thanks for your poetic comment!
ReplyDeleteSteve - I wouldn't have taken it any other way. Oi be thankin' you.
ted and bunny - I prefer her when I can hear the words, I have to say.
Martin H - Can the English say 'go figure' and get away with it?... But I'll forgive you, cause then you say 'top drawer' which is straight out of the English Gentlemen's dictionary.
Amy Winehouse has remained the sort of girl that the headmistress would sigh over , hasn't she ! Bless her .
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad she's not my daughter. Or indeed in one of my classes.
ReplyDeleteI nearly forgot all about Amy Winehouse.
ReplyDeleteSmitandSon - she has, she has, you're right. She'd be the one turning up late for assembly in high heeled red shoes and doing her mascara.
ReplyDeleteIsabelle - yes, imagine being Mummy Winehouse. Not good.
Amber - not easy!