Mad Aunt Bernards Tortoise Poetry

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Mad Aunt Bernards Tortoise Poetry

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Wednesday, April 29

Broke My Bike - An account of a Cycle Dive by my dear friend, Prof Reddish

Mother is cross with me,
I broke my new bike.
We went to Worthing Pier -
such a marvellous day.
I came out of my bathing shelter
In my new combination costume.
It was a hit with the ladies,
I can tell you.
Well, naturally,
I rode Off the pier.
Like you do.
Now the bike is broken, because
I landed on the largest recorded
Turbot in history.
He is cross with me also.

(You wouldn't believe the bloody cheek of the photographer - I had to hold still in mid-air while he took the blasted photo. Well, that's what you get for having a sub-standard camera that comes with it's own cloak.)




Scratched with a crow claw by: by the sundial hour of

4 comments:

  1. Totalfeckineejit30 April 2009 at 16:46

    Was the bike Turbot charged?

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  2. Mad Aunt Bernard30 April 2009 at 17:41

    No - he gave the judge a sob story about a poor background and got 18mths community service. He's working as a park attendent, and has to be in the pond apparently because of his condition.

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  3. Raph G. Neckmann30 April 2009 at 23:56

    Did your friend get another new bike after this?

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  4. Mad Aunt Bernard1 May 2009 at 17:13

    No, as the first dive was unsuccessful, he tried it again with stabilisers....It went horribly wrong, and the West Sussex Fire Brigade had to cut him free.
    However, having joined one of my Shrieking Classes, he has gone from strength to strength and I've marked him A*.

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