chips and gravy
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I can't even bring myself to repeat the poem published in today' Argus. More ill-informed rubbish about the ground being sold.
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PARSNIP!can you paste it in here for those of us who dont get the paper, thanks.
Surely (without knowing whats said) the Argus should pick up on error's and not print them!?! Especially if they all go along the line of "should'nt of sold it in the first place" when the Argus know full well it's not our/the clubs fault!
Surely (without knowing whats said) the Argus should pick up on error's and not print them!?! Especially if they all go along the line of "should'nt of sold it in the first place" when the Argus know full well it's not our/the clubs fault!
- Jul 7, 2003
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On a positive note, the NIMBY poem was relegated to the last square inch of the page, behind one written by a woman proposing to her girlfriend (well it is nearly February 29th after all)
chips and gravy
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You had a beautiful ground
It wasn't yours to sell
But sell you did so please, don't kid
We know the game too well
So now you want another
You say with Crocodile Tears
Falmer? Falmer? Falmer?
Not in a million years!
Eric Charman
Arlington Gardens, Saltdean
Charmin' more like!
It wasn't yours to sell
But sell you did so please, don't kid
We know the game too well
So now you want another
You say with Crocodile Tears
Falmer? Falmer? Falmer?
Not in a million years!
Eric Charman
Arlington Gardens, Saltdean
Charmin' more like!
Lush
Mods' Pet
Shall I send in my "Stop all the Clocks" poem commemorating the last match at The Goldstone?
26th April 1997 (with apologies to WH Auden)
Stop all the clocks at 3pm, cut off the office phone,
Silence the North Stand as they sing ”You’ll Never Walk Alone”,
Turn off the PA system and with pipe and drum
Play “Sussex By The Sea”, ere the bulldozers come.
Let seagulls circle moaning overhead
Crying to the sky that our beloved ground is dead,
Tie blue and white scarves about the terraces that I love,
Let PC Beard and Bins wear black cotton gloves.
I stood in the North, the South, the East and West
During my working week and my Saturday rest,
For nigh on twenty years it was my talk, my song;
I thought the Goldstone would last for ever: I was wrong.
The floodlights are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the North Stand and dismantle the Chicken Run,
Pour away the pre-match tea and dig up the pitch for fun;
You may have destroyed our home, but the Albion live on.
26th April 1997 (with apologies to WH Auden)
Stop all the clocks at 3pm, cut off the office phone,
Silence the North Stand as they sing ”You’ll Never Walk Alone”,
Turn off the PA system and with pipe and drum
Play “Sussex By The Sea”, ere the bulldozers come.
Let seagulls circle moaning overhead
Crying to the sky that our beloved ground is dead,
Tie blue and white scarves about the terraces that I love,
Let PC Beard and Bins wear black cotton gloves.
I stood in the North, the South, the East and West
During my working week and my Saturday rest,
For nigh on twenty years it was my talk, my song;
I thought the Goldstone would last for ever: I was wrong.
The floodlights are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the North Stand and dismantle the Chicken Run,
Pour away the pre-match tea and dig up the pitch for fun;
You may have destroyed our home, but the Albion live on.
Safeway
M0DERAT0R
chips and gravy said:
What a ****.
Lush said:
Lush,
I love this poem - it is simply brilliant - I have it on my desk at work.
Do send it in - I hope they print it!
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Quality bardmanship, Lush. That really is excellent, and should definately be included in the fanzine.
Safeway - you have a way of summing things up in such simple but effective terms. I doff my cap to you.
Safeway - you have a way of summing things up in such simple but effective terms. I doff my cap to you.
Lush
Mods' Pet
Thanks guys. Think I will, with a few cutting remarks about Mr Charman's letter.
Man of Harveys
Well-known member
There was a old twat from Saltdean
Who, in verse, vented nimbyish spleen.
His dull rhymes of spite
Contained more pungent shite
Than the portaloo bogs at Withdean.
Who, in verse, vented nimbyish spleen.
His dull rhymes of spite
Contained more pungent shite
Than the portaloo bogs at Withdean.
Ex Shelton Seagull
New member
Mr Charman how long did it take to write,
Your odious, offensive, little piece of tripe?
How long did it take to compile,
Your little couplets filled up with bile?
Did it make you feel better,
Writing the trash in your letter?
I could teach you a history class,
Of how all this came to pass,
But after reading again I don't think i'll bother,
It would be in one ear and out the other,
It must be something in down in Saltdean,
That could make someone so twisted and mean,
Whilst writing this to you i've tried to be nice,
But Mr Charman you're slimply a SLICE.
Your odious, offensive, little piece of tripe?
How long did it take to compile,
Your little couplets filled up with bile?
Did it make you feel better,
Writing the trash in your letter?
I could teach you a history class,
Of how all this came to pass,
But after reading again I don't think i'll bother,
It would be in one ear and out the other,
It must be something in down in Saltdean,
That could make someone so twisted and mean,
Whilst writing this to you i've tried to be nice,
But Mr Charman you're slimply a SLICE.
attila
1997 Club
Yes Lush (so that's who you are - I'm far too much of an NSC part timer to work these things out half the time) that is a great poem, send it in. In contrast to your lyricism, here's a very uncomplicated one (that the Argus won't print, or I don't think they will...)
Eric Charman, NIMBY cretin,
There's one thing that you're forgettin' !
Archer sold the ground, not us.
Go stick your head under a bus.
Eric Charman, NIMBY cretin,
There's one thing that you're forgettin' !
Archer sold the ground, not us.
Go stick your head under a bus.
Raphael Meade
Well-known member
attila said:
direct and to the point. i like it!!
send it in, just in case
Lush
Mods' Pet
Yay!!! Let's send them all in and make a real impact.
Here's the e-mail link
Letters and poems to Argus Editor
Here's the e-mail link
Letters and poems to Argus Editor
Man of Harveys
Well-known member
Done. In a slightly cleaned-up version.
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
There was an old man from Saltdean
On Falmer he wasn't so keen
He hasn't a clue
About what weve been through
A c*nt, he is there to be seen
On Falmer he wasn't so keen
He hasn't a clue
About what weve been through
A c*nt, he is there to be seen
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