micheal_wittman wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------
Shirley Simon the bollard needs a mention...and why not Sarah and Pam (carefull of this bollard, it was of a "shape" that could "sink the boaters") bollard...or even Jonathan (part time) bollard...or Gordon (the big) bollard? ;-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
