WHO GIVES A HOOT

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Ode de Colin

   Song            Who Gives A Hoot             Smart phones, laptops, social media are part of modern life

   Song            The X Factor                  Contradictory uses of the letter X

   Song            The Stranger                 Compassion for a female in distress

   Poem            Stan                       Star of the village garden & produce show

   Poem            For Whom The Bells Toll       Those morris dancers are everywhere!

Parodisical

   Song            A Byte Too Far               Frustrations of using a computer

   Song            Perversary Rhymes            The gutter press gets its come-uppance

   Song            The Bold Insanity             What the cabin boy did with his auger

   Song            The Last Bus Is Leaving        Drawbacks of rural life - with apologies to Cyril Tawney

   Song            Cold Comfort                 The hypochondriac's lament

Briefings         (short stories)

                     Brief Encounter           An innocent abroad

                      The Freeze              The village lads and winter sports

                      The Pram Race           A surprising outcome for the annual village event

                      April Fool               The village lads give the vicar a surprise

                      The Dawning             Strange happenings  up on the Moor

                      Vegewatch               Food for thought in the future

Politicalising

Song            Beating About The Bush        Damn sad, Saddam!

Song            The Laws They Are A-changing   Protest about live performance regulations

Poem           Picking Up the P C s            Do we really need elected Police Commissioners?

Religiosity

Poem            Credo 1                     No-one should be forced to believe

Poem            Credo 2                     Science may be the answer but what's the question?

Poem            Gospel                      An alternative view

Poem            Jesus Wept                  2000 years on, what would Jesus think of mankind's progress?

Poem            Abstraction                 What do animals think about creation?

Poem            Eternity                    At threescore and ten, thoughts about the future

With original pen & ink drawings by Julie Rudge