Think of it, you stuck in the ground naked with two friends, you'll
never be able to meet them and worse you will stand there all of your
life - unloved and of no use. You started life as a magnificent tree
destined only to sectioned by BW. All you hear are comments on how
useless you are, its a cruel excluding world for a bollard. However
there is some goods news, some of your friends in London are loved,
their keepers paint them and make them look like mushrooms - ahhh.Now
isnt it time we, responsible canal users adopted these lonely unloved
beings? We could give them names, like Robin, Sally or Tony and greet
them as you walked past. in the winter they could raid the charity
shops to find body warmers and pom pom hats to help them through the
cold nights, wouldnt their little faces beam at the thought? Also
with christmas coming they shouldnt be left out of the
festivities,they too need Christmas cards, we should include them in
Christmas day dinner - by having it on the lockside so they dont feel
abandoned and excluded. Spread the messagethat it is good to love the
bollards, cherish them and care for them, as they will find nothing
else to enjoy in life. I feel really sad for those that sit near
their grandfathers who have worn into shape with the passage of great
time, they were lucky, they were born in the great days of the canals
when the companies knew where bollards liked to live.
So lets be kind to the Sally's, Tony's and Robin's and all their sad
friends - adopt your local Bollard today - youll feel you made a
contribution to an empty life - ahh
