--- In [email protected], "micheal_wittman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
>
I love the idea of calling the bollards Sally. :-))
Sue
