Happy 100th

[MajGenl.Meade]

A day late...


Have A Nice Day :

'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
'Yes, I know, I heard you before.

Be patient dear man who is drowning,
You, see I've got a disease.
I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning.
So do be patient please.'

'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? '
'Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.'

'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat.
By reciting the poems of Browning
And other things he wrote.'

'Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.'
'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.'

'Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.'
'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning.
Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.'
So the man who was drowning, drownded
And the man with the disease passed away.

But apart from that,
And a fire in my flat,
It's been a very nice day.

By Spike Milligan

[RayThom]

MGM, that's an odd BD greeting. Did you know Spike personally, or were you just a fan of The Goon Show?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Seemed appropriate. Is one ever "just" anything? He was one of my growing-up radio and then TV friends - I admired his erratic genius. Neither of us would have been fond of the other, I suspect.

Here's a short poem of his:


Po

[RayThom]

Po? As in...