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This place is not the same without your input.
Here's something to cheer you along the way:
The horse and mule live thirty years
And nothing know of wines and beers.
The goat and sheep at twenty die
And never taste of Scotch or Rye.
The cow drinks water by the ton
And at eighteen is mostly done.
The dog at fifteen cashes in
Without the aid of rum or gin.
The cat in milk and water soaks
And then in twelve short years it croaks.
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for nogs, then dies at ten.
All animals are strictly dry:
They sinless live and swiftly die;
But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men
Survive for threescore years and ten.
And some of them, a very few,
Stay pickled till they're ninety-two.
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
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I used to do quite a bit of public speaking, always in a fairly humorous vein, and I often quoted that poem as a defence for my habit of taking frequent drinks when on my feet. It's so true!
To illustrate the point that it is not mere drinking, but rather drinking to excess which leads to misfortune, I used to work in the following ditty - I can't remember the author, but I believe it originated in the USA and may have been anglicised a little:
'Twas an evening last September, as I very well remember;
I was tottering down the street in drunken pride -
But my legs were all a-flutter, and I fell into the gutter,
When a pig came up and laid down by my side.
As I lay there in the gutter, thinking thoughts I couldn't utter,
A woman, passing by, was heard to say:
'You can tell a man who boozes, from the company he chooses!'
At that, the pig got up and walked away!
My medical problem is of long standing (picked it up in Poona, don'cha know!); it appears and disappears at irregular intervals, but it isn't life-threatening. I simply have periods of acute tiredness in which I lose all power of concentration, if indeed I can stay awake at all - this may of course explain some of my better posts!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Well, Cossie, thank you for the untruth implied in the subject line! 
cossie wrote:
My medical problem is of long standing ... I simply have periods of acute tiredness in which I lose all power of concentration, if indeed I can stay awake at all - this may of course explain some of my better posts!
At the risk of boring you and everybody else let me tell you a story. The operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi wrote an opera, Otello, based on Shakespeare's drama. In the first performances of the opera the rôle of Iago was sung by the French baritone Victor Maurel. Verdi greatly admired this singer not only for his voice but also for his great acting ability. On one occasion, just before the performance, Verdi received the news that Maurel was 'senza voce' - too hoarse to sing and the understudy would have to go on instead. Verdi replied, "If Maurel can at least croak I would prefer him!"
Similarly, your posts are greatly appreciated (at least by me) even when you are more or less asleep!
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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