tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51542445162719065072024-03-19T01:20:12.141-07:00The Grumbling GargoyleLynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-61457382294269911702019-04-03T05:30:00.000-07:002019-04-03T05:30:12.840-07:00Nauseating Narcissism...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I've always loathed the syrupy bollocks spewed out by certain songs...the nauseating stench of narcissism prolific throughout each of 'em...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>....songs such as 'ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT'. The recipient of such egotistical lyrics was never allowed their own voice...so, I've given them one...</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Are you lonesome tonight?"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>What?</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Do you miss me tonight?"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>And you are?</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Are you sorry we drifted apart?"</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Does your memory stray, to the bright summer day, when I kissed you and called you 'sweetheart?"</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Yeah...and it still makes me want to throw up</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Do the chairs in the parlour seem empty and bare?"</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>No...'cos I used them to burn an effigy of you</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Not since I installed security cameras</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again"</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>That would be in breach of the restraining order</i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?"</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Am I f**k!!!</i></b><br />
<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b> <b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></b> <b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Moving on to another cringe-worthy 'It's-All-About-Me-Me-Me' dirge...let's explore the self-obsessed lyrics of Enrique Iglesias' 'HERO'...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>This is a McDonald's drive-in, not a lapdance club</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Or would you run and never look back?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Only if you got out the car</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Would you cry if you saw me crying?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I always cry when I laugh</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"And would you save my soul tonight?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I'd stuff it in your Happy Meal as I fart your name</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Would you tremble if I touched your lips?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Not as much as you would when I taser you</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Or would you laugh, Oh, please tell me this"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Probably, when I watch you piss yourself</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Now would you die for the one you love?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I wouldn't even dye my hair</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"Oh, hold me in your arms tonight"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Needy little f****r aren't you?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"I can be your hero baby"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>I'll remember that if I ever need a dickhead in a cape</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"I can kiss away the pain"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Good news for my haemorrhoids</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"I will stand by you forever"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Wonderful, I'll be stood on platform 2 at the train station...you can stand on the tracks</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>"You can take my breath away"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>True, but if you promise to f**k off I'll give you your inhaler back</i></b></span><br />
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-48495418914210058752018-09-11T08:31:00.001-07:002019-12-28T17:06:26.425-08:00The Passing...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Oh, to be</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Loved</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>With such depth</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As to be forever</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>For my having passed</b></span></div>
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-29490455291544783662018-09-04T13:33:00.000-07:002018-09-05T02:50:22.909-07:00Yes I Must Dust!...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>(There's a wonderful poem by Rose Milligan called 'Dust If You Must'...(do seek it out)...and one day, my eldest sent it to me after she'd invited me to a social thing and I'd declined 'cos I was busy cleaning. This was my tongue-in-cheek reply to her)</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Yes I must dust</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>To appease the demon</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>If I cease the cleanin'</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>'Cos if I want the time</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>To enjoy life's pleasures</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I must first vanquish grime</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Yes I must dust</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Regardless of weather</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>'Cos that's what helps me</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Keep my shit together</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Yes I must dust</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So bear in mind, please</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>You would dust too</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>If you had OCD's</b></span><br />
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-69471147117261103932018-08-06T10:53:00.000-07:002020-05-25T18:43:17.051-07:00Wings...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>May flaunt its miseries</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And clip our wings</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But tonight</b></span></div>
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-55909417699700854572018-08-06T03:52:00.000-07:002018-08-06T03:52:33.628-07:00Alone...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Better I should hate the world</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And endure a life alone</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Than face the unbearable loneliness</b></span></div>
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-80392537908306813402018-08-02T03:35:00.000-07:002018-08-02T03:35:09.874-07:00Bugbears And Bathhouses...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>One of the things I loathe about public swimming pools...is the 'public' in swimming pools.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I have an aversion to the notion of an aquatic army of bacteria surfing on the shed shavings of folks dead skin and skimming across the undulating waters before finding refuge in any open gob hopelessly oblivious to the invasion.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And, of course, the detritus of the human body is not restricted to mere flesh.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The thought of unwashed anal hair, waving like seagrass as it penetrates the restraints of swimwear tight enough to challenge circulation, randomly flicking unwiped wastage into the path of unsuspecting swimmers, has the potential to bring forth through my repulsed state an impressive tsunami of bile-infused vomit.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>When I was a kid at school, the only horror WE were programmed to worry about gatecrashing public baths was a renegade verruca!. The teacher supervising our submergence would line us up, pre-entry, and check our feet and God forbid she should discover this wanton wart brazenly embedded within the foot of some poor wide-eyed and hobbled foot youngster.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlWCt-0FGfE/W2GT9t55FAI/AAAAAAAAMOA/evClQjcUU1YS5AsIb9e8lARzLr11YOjwQCLcBGAs/s1600/swimming%2Bblog%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlWCt-0FGfE/W2GT9t55FAI/AAAAAAAAMOA/evClQjcUU1YS5AsIb9e8lARzLr11YOjwQCLcBGAs/s320/swimming%2Bblog%2B5.jpg" width="240" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Should this be so, the plague carrier would instantly be subjected to the walk of shame to join any other verruca lepers in the changing room where head bowed, they'd slowly drag a crusty heeled sock over the offending protuberance whilst pondering a future of ostracisation.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And, talking about changing rooms...there lies another horror waiting to be endured post-swim.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Your body is hot from the swim itself, much to the delight of your newly acquired bacterial passengers, each busily burrowing through every open pore in your unsuspecting flesh.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Eager to rid yourself of dripping swimwear, you enter the changing room....and instantly stand in the cold, gestating, puddles of someone else's bacterial debris!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>If you're really unlucky, as your face creases into folds of raw repulsion worthy of some bizarre origami project, you'll quickly try to avoid the puddle only to discover that someone's old plaster, aka band-aid, is using your foot as a raft! And Gawd only knows how much residual infected tissue from the previous owner is clinging to THAT!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of course, there's always the reassuring contemplation that public pools are safe 'cos they're treated with chlorine...and that thought does bring some relief to many....especially those who haven't considered the evolution of chlorine-resistant bacteria.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Also, as brushed over at the start of this blog-post, the gastrointestinal bacteria Cryptosporidium, which can cause diarrhea, stomach pains, vomiting, and fever, is easily contracted when a person swallows water contaminated through the infected residue of feces from other bathing beauties.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6x4cCPV2Bjk/W2GUmeboHMI/AAAAAAAAMOI/Ia19jSMSt14QGWOlkxHzD7htNYdbcousQCLcBGAs/s1600/swimming%2Bblog%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="502" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6x4cCPV2Bjk/W2GUmeboHMI/AAAAAAAAMOI/Ia19jSMSt14QGWOlkxHzD7htNYdbcousQCLcBGAs/s320/swimming%2Bblog%2B1.jpg" width="283" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And if you're wondering how do I know all of this?....well, let's just say, I know a lot of random shit.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>However, don't let any of the above, poo on your pool plans this summer.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>You can always purify yourself by relaxing in a nice, hot steam room or sauna after your swim. Don't let the damp, porous, germ harbouring, wooden benches put you off! What's a little impetigo between friends, eh?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And what better way to clear your head of any lingering colds than to take advantage of the therapeutic properties the moist, clammy air provides. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>That is, of course, so long as you don't mind risking the potential bombardment of airborne mold as this polluted, nasal douche journeys up your nostril and spreads its spores up an' beyond.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But hey! I don't want to pee on your bonfire...so, don't let any of this play on your mind!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Summer's here, school's out...so go enjoy yourselves and help put the fun back into fungal infection...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">© Copyri</b><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">ght Lynn Gerrard</b></span></b>Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-7739764324330175972018-07-31T06:33:00.000-07:002018-07-31T06:33:13.784-07:00From Us To You...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Some people are born with an invisible straw permanently attached to their mouths...and throughout their lives, they use that straw to suck the life out of every undeserving person that suffers the heinous misfortune of coming into contact with them...BUT...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I am not writing this to rant about pernicious an' shallow folk such as those, 'cos I am certain that, one day, Karma will knock on their door and serve them the sh*t sandwich they have most definitely earned in life and their souls will forever bear the skid marks of that very meal.... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I AM, however, writing this in praise of all the beautiful souls out there who make other people's days just that little bit more manageable simply by being thoughtful, caring and kind.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By offering an ear that doesn't just listen but actually hears.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By providing the sort of company that doesn't expect conversation but respects the healing qualities of silence.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By providing valuable help without making the other feel helpless.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By not pressing well-meaning but often unrealistic and untimely advice upon the other.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>By knowing when to step back, without being offended, whilst quietly keeping watchful from the wings.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And simply by being there, wherever 'there' may be...when the other feels as if they themselves are nowhere at all.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Such folk as these are precious.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And throughout all the crazy stuff myself and Michael are experiencing at the moment, it's thanks to folks like this...that we are able to get through another day as seamlessly as is possible under the current circumstances.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>So, thank you for the strength and support you provide us with...every one of you....from our AMAZING family....wonderful friends in the physical and the virtual world on here...right through to every single person in every capacity in the NHS who are working relentlessly to get my Michael back on his feet so me and 'im can carry on with our life's journey of 53 years plus together...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>We are immeasurably grateful to each and every one of you.... </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am the contented coo</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I am the notion</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of all that could have been</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Yet was not to be</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>With eyes closed, I let the earthy sounds of nature massage my rousing senses...the bird upon the branch calling to its young...the hypnotic rustle of a gentle breeze tripping from leaf to leaf...and I savoured the attention a host of humble, bumble bees chose to afford me as they hovered, en masse, ever closer, in curious flight, towards my resting form. </b></span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"></b><br />
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<b>What was it that had drawn these industrious & delicate angels towards me?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Was it that these beautiful & sensitive creatures were honing in on the residual echoes of my melancholia with a want to administer the healing properties of their soothing song perchance to comfort me?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TeqUHI4hL8I/W0Jj8Yj_BfI/AAAAAAAAMFE/1JP3gQaDriQdhNsJVWPbJ2E6bIU44e6xgCLcBGAs/s1600/bee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="133" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TeqUHI4hL8I/W0Jj8Yj_BfI/AAAAAAAAMFE/1JP3gQaDriQdhNsJVWPbJ2E6bIU44e6xgCLcBGAs/s200/bee.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Or...was it that they simply sensed a fellow creature, akin to themselves, desperately endeavouring to maintain a safe passage whilst journeying through the turbulent maelstrom that is existence thus prompting them to seek the solace of likewise company?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Or...was it that I'd liberally covered myself from head to toe in several thick layers of Lidl's own Luxury Strawberry Jam during my most recent episode of BatShitCrazy?</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I guess I'll just never know.....*wistful sigh*... </b></span><br />
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-68448544903449325652018-04-29T01:44:00.000-07:002018-04-29T03:29:57.692-07:00Would She?...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And, thus, must never be restricted</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>To the subtleties</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And niceties</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of all things sweet and tender.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Must also be expressed</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Through the pain, torment</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And passionate convulsions</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Its frenzied course assaults</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Upon mind and body</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Only then</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>When ecstasies and agonies</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Are allowed to coexist</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Can true love be found.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Such is this</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>I lay before you</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My Ode To True Love.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>My love for you</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Is as gushing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As a burst abscess</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As intense</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As the agony</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>From a gangrenous toe</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And as teasingly</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Unpredictable</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As a bucket of vomit</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>On a trampoline.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Indeed</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Through all of this</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And more</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Know</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Are truly loved.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Until the night I was reminded</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oblivious to my discomfort at your presence.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">You were threatening to be as annoying as ever</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had shared enough time together for me to notice the signs</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And the more drink consumed the harder you were to control.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The classic party pain that everyone has had to endure at some point.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But why that special night?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because that is when you are at your best, is it not?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When excitement for the occasion spreads its merry glow upon those gathering</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And you strike! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Relishing the vulnerability o</b><b>f the captive audience </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Consuming all the joy and replacing it with your bloated arrogance</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Always needing to take centre stage</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Overshadowing everything with your vicious rumbling dialogue</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yet there you were</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tainting every morsel of pleasure</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">With your increasing demands to be heard.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I tried to shake you off without success</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Until unable to bear the invasion of your tone any longer</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had no choice but to leave the celebrations and return home</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where alone, at last, I conceded to find melodious relief </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">From the ever-expanding agony</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trapped Wind!</span></b><br />
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-68150713310225380142018-03-25T08:27:00.000-07:002018-03-25T08:27:55.844-07:00A Brief Encounter With A Little Bit Of A Rant...<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Why do some people when commemorating a deceased persons birth date, you know, someone who's been gone from this immoral coil for a considerable amount of time...why do they insist on saying things like ...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>"If he'd have been here with us today...Great Uncle Gerald would have been 135 years old" Why make a point of this as if it's an amazing achievement? I mean, it would have been an amazing achievement if Great Uncle Gerald HAD been with us today at the age of 135, if only for the TV appearances and cake.....but he isn't.....so, it's not!!!</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's like me saying "If my childhood dog, Sandy, was here now...he'd be 350 years old. Yeah...he just...he just went too soon, you know!"</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">And how far back do you want to take this stuff?...If Tutankhamen was with is today he'd be 3,359 years old"...*releases wistful sigh*...</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Quite rightly we are urged to talk about our mental state of being. To share whatever is going on in our head with someone we trust.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>But sometimes, as much as you want to talk, the words won't come. They buzz about your head in a scramble each tripping over the other and you are desperate to sort them into an orderly line so they make sense. So you can seek the help you need. So the person you are talking to can understand you. So the disjointed babble in your head will cease its jumbled racket!</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And because that is so hard to do, sometimes, it's easier not to try because HOW can you make that phone call. HOW can you talk to a family member or anyone, for that matter. HOW can you begin to tell someone what's happening in your head when you are afraid that any words spilling from your mouth will be illegible and you'll just feel humiliated and you fear being ridiculed??</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-efxQUfyAX_M/WrTLxZ7xuVI/AAAAAAAALbY/CbRlYWEVi-cZCtOEOR1YbXFUnMwBLWcxgCLcBGAs/s1600/mental%2Bhealth%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="494" height="257" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-efxQUfyAX_M/WrTLxZ7xuVI/AAAAAAAALbY/CbRlYWEVi-cZCtOEOR1YbXFUnMwBLWcxgCLcBGAs/s320/mental%2Bhealth%2B5.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And that's the other thing.... FEAR.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All of this is frightening and that fear can trigger other reactions and sensations until you feel you are plummeting ever downwards and you're NEVER going to climb back up. Never going to unscramble those words. Never going to be understood. Never going to get to understand yourself. NEVER going to be able to manage whatever it is you are dealing with in your head.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But......with the right help...I believe that you CAN manage to do all of those things!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although, that help has to be that which best fits you and that may take some time in the finding, still, every step you take towards seeking the help that's right for you is a step towards unscrambling those jumbled words. And I know this 'cos I'm still taking those steps myself and I'm still working on unscrambling my words and for me, writing is helping me do that. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nevertheless, coping with ones own mental state isn't easy and pressures exist that seem to work against us and I feel that </span></b><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">some of those pressures involve certain members of society who, by their reasoning, are only doing what they consider best to help us. However, to some degree, I feel they serve to exacerbate our situation...purely by their addressing our personal issues in one clump...by their categorising and subsequently 'treating' us as a group rather than the individuals that we are.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of course, for the sake of managing mental health matters in society given the scale of its presence, there has to be a degree of order but AS a society we must </b></span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">not lose track of the person beneath the issue.</b></b><br />
<b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></b> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>We are each one of a kind. It is dehumanising to treat us as a collective. Give us the chance to allow our nuances a voice...even if that voice is only a whisper at first.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>(a poem relating to this blog titled </i></b></span><b style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><i>'THEY TELL YOU' </i></b><b style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><i>can be accessed by <a href="http://thegrumblinggargoyle.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/they-tell-you.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">clicking this link</span></a>:)</i></b></div>
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Lynn Gerrardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18061020895933480996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154244516271906507.post-13190298708073499352018-01-27T02:08:00.000-08:002018-01-27T02:08:46.715-08:00Flow...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Can be difficult</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>But to go with the flow</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">They used to call us lunatics</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But now that's not PC</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And these days</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">You're underachieving</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you haven't got an OCD</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I can't concentrate</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On what my doctor says</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>'Cos apparently I've got ADHD</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And my mind's just a mess</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Of unparallelled stress</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Thanks to PTSD, so says he!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Weight's been a bit of a problem</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Doc said that was all in my head</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>As he glared into my eyes</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Said your BMI'S fine</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Whilst I flushed at my HBP's strength!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And that's when it suddenly hit me</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>The cause of my problem was plain</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>After years of frustration</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And personal damnation</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>To remove my tired shape</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>From the confines</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A doleful tribute</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To the misery</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of the past</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Despite my propensity to embrace all things gross and disturbing, I find the open bakery counter in supermarkets quite gut-churning. You know the ones I mean, the ones where the public are encouraged to pluck their own pastries from the exposed counter display before them.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And here's where my problem lies. Science tells us that every minute of the day we lose about 30,000 - 40,000 dead skin cells off the surface of our skin. That's almost 4 kilograms a year!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And yes, I know the same principle of plummeting-dead-flesh-flakes could be applied to other exposed foodstuffs in supermarkets and the like BUT most of that stuff, such as fruit and veg, can either be washed before use or is cleansed during the cooking process.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>You can't do that with a baguette or a Danish pastry, can you? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And then, of course, there's other bodily projectile residue to consider.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Take sneezes, for example.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>One sneeze can ejaculate 40,000 snot droplets at a speed of 200 miles an hour over a distance of 8 metres carrying with it around 100,000 germs.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Yep...and if you happen to be passing the bakery counter at that very moment when your nose explodes, well, there we have another interesting ingredient to add to our expelled epidermis as it speedily journeys to rest upon the croissants and the floury bread rolls.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Oh, and let's not forget the dietary accompaniment a cough can provide when one's </b></span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">bronchial tubes are secreting a medley of mucous. Actually, I think I'll leave that one right there 'cos my knee-jerk reaction to all things spittoon is about to kick in with a series of dry heaves that'll send me over the edge!</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">I mean, ok, some places try to reduce the possibility of a flurry of flesh-flakes and other bodily detritus coating our buns an' stuff by placing them behind a perspex screen and by providing tongs but not all retail outlets do that.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Oh yes, most DO provide the tongs but few people use them, preferring instead to grab and fondle the food with their bare hands...and do we really want to contemplate where those hands might have been!!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Only the other day I witnessed a middle-aged guy, at the kind of open counter I'm rambling on about, use his genitals as a fidget toy before applying the same hand to a batch of crusty cobs, fondling each with the same enquiring enthusiasm he had his nethers.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Nice.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And don't forget, every time we touch a something minute particles of that something accumulates beneath out fingernails so gawd only knows what kind of adventurous microorganisms could be transferring themselves from grubby mitts to </b></span><b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">the doughy landscape of our barms an' baps an' beyond!</b><br />
<b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></b> <b style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Anyway, that's me finished...I just thought I'd share a bugbear of mine with you before leaving you with this thought...</b><br />
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