--- In [email protected], "tony bowyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thought you'll like this one!! > Tony > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/9/26 > > The new "Bollards" - a victim of social > exclusion? <http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/CanalScapeBCN/message/357;_ylc=X3oDM TJxdGNmMjNsBF9TAzk3NDkwNTA0BGdycElkAzE3NzM1MjQ2BGdycHNwSWQDMTY5MDM4NjY 4NARtc2dJZAMzNTcEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyMjM5MTc5OQ-- >Posted > by: "micheal_wittman"[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 20a%20victim%20of%20social%20exclusion%3F> > micheal_wittman <http://profiles.yahoo.com/micheal_wittman>Thu > Sep 25, 2008 3:33 pm > > 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
All sounds a bit Watfordish to me! Is Sally made from Ash - I wonder where Tony hales from - Heaven knows who robin is!
