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Vintage Girl
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 Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: Sunny |
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It's sunny and warm and I'm feeling happy. Just thought I'd share that with you. 
Isn't it amazing the difference a bit of sunshine can make to our state of mind.
We'll probably all continue to be complete loonies though. 
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BlueEmperor
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"In tropical climes there are certain times of day
When all the citizens retire
To tear their clothes off and perspire.
It's one of those rules that the greatest fools obey,
Because the sun is much too sultry
And one must avoid its ultra-violet ray.
The natives grieve when the white men leave their huts,
Because they're obviously definitely nuts!
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun,
The Japanese don't care to.
The Chinese wouldn't dare to,
Hindoos and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one.
But Englishmen detest a siesta.
In the Philippines
There are lovely screens
To protect you from the glare.
In the Malay States
There are hats like plates
Which the Britishers won't wear.
At twelve noon
The natives swoon
And no further work is done,
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see
That though the English are effete,
They're quite impervious to heat,
When the white man rides every native hides in glee,
Because the simple creatures hope he
Will impale his solar topee on a tree.
It seems such a shame
When the English claim
The earth
That they give rise to such hilarity and mirth.
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
The toughest Burmese bandit
Can never understand it.
In Rangoon the heat of noon
Is just what the natives shun,
They put their Scotch or Rye down,
And lie down.
In a jungle town
Where the sun beats down
To the rage of man and beast
The English garb
Of the English sahib
Merely gets a bit more creased.
In Bangkok
At twelve o'clock
They foam at the mouth and run,
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.
The smallest Malay rabbit
Deplores this foolish habit.
In Hong Kong
They strike a gong
And fire off a noonday gun,
To reprimand each inmate
Who's in late.
In the mangrove swamps
Where the python romps
There is peace from twelve till two.
Even caribous
Lie around and snooze,
For there's nothing else to do.
In Bengal
To move at all is seldom,
If ever done,
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun."
~ Sir Noël Coward |
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Vintage Girl
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Mad dog or not I love the sun!
Make the most of it though, apparently the rain is on its way.........just in time for my holiday in Cornwall. 
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kitchenwitch
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Have fun in Cornwall VG, rain or no. |
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ukus
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| Whereabouts in Cornwall are you off to VG? |
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