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I would like to leave you with this lullaby.....


Daddy came home from work tired
His boss had been driving him mad.
The kids were all shouting, the dog bit him too
His dinner was nothing but boiled over stew.

I guess it was then he decided
Up to the rooftop he'd go
He was about to jump off when
The kids started howling below

'Don't jump off the roof, Dad
You'll make a hole in the yard
Mother's just planted petunias
The weeding and seeding was hard

If you must end it all, Dad
Won't you please give us a break
Just take a walk down the park, Dad
And there you can jump in the lake.'


Last one up..........please turn the light out.

Nighty Night....

:-D

my friend committed suicide last week so maybe I should have told him this - nothing like a lullaby to send you to "sleep"

PH was it something you said :-0

Roy :-S

sheesh why can people not discuss instead of reporting?

I think the school prefect has just got back from the pub :-P

Roy

I still think it was a thoughtless thread considering the nature of this site

meaning?

Oh dear, Who's planted petunias and got the hump :-S

does nobody else find the topic ever so slightly insensitive?

Errol - Unless it was viewed between 2313 to before 2351, no one knows what it's about!

it was the content Jiminy - I can't see it either now but it was a song about suicide - a light hearted song but slightly insensitive I think

hmmm - not a good subject really, especially for those of us who have experienced attempted suicides

not like Prickles to be controversial though is it?

no that surprised me too - must have had a dizzy moment - maybe I am over reacting but I felt it was a little bad at this time of night - the reporter must have felt likewise although a little over reactive

Jiminy we are all sensitive to the things that affect us individually.

No, things should not be vetted before being posted but there has to be an element of self control sometimes and just occasionally boundaries are crossed - whether intentionally or perfectly innocently

why have all Jiminy's posts been reported? Seems a bit odd unless he has done it himself. They were not contentious and he was asking valid quesions

I did read the original post and thought it a bit odd

Hardly a lullaby

Yes GlitterBaby my thoughts exactly

JC is having you on I think, the message is in the wrong font...lolol

Now I know why there isn't an italics button on here. :-D

The song was 'don't jump off the roof dad' by Tommy Cooper - mother's just planted petunias etc.
Pretty harmless I thought until I googled and saw that the original was much longer and rather more tasteless than the couple of verses that Prickles put up.
I'm absolutely sure there was no offence intended - it was a comedy song.

I didn't see the original posting by Prickly Holly, but I will endorse what Island has said.
I am old enough to remember this song by Tommy Cooper, and it was considered at the time to be nothing more than a comedy song. It certainly garnered alot of air time, and was not considered offensive.
Perhaps the person with the itchy finger, has spent too much time in the politically correct world, and cannot appreciate that there was a time when people did not always have to be looking over their shoulder every time they opened their mouth to say something.

Julia in Derbyshire