tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post7395441325730157538..comments2023-11-02T10:43:15.185+00:00Comments on DENVERSTROPE: Go Easy On BPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-70363937242998761062010-06-10T22:49:10.713+01:002010-06-10T22:49:10.713+01:00Well, you're right of course. But, you know, g...Well, you're right of course. But, you know, good luck with that!Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-49313476784100234182010-06-10T22:46:11.754+01:002010-06-10T22:46:11.754+01:00Maybe we should get it framed and sent recorded de...Maybe we should get it framed and sent recorded delivery so that he can read how the BIG men in positions of power behave ?Old Timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-44320649966631145152010-06-10T22:05:15.331+01:002010-06-10T22:05:15.331+01:00Brilliant.
With that wonderful old Kipling chest...Brilliant. <br /><br />With that wonderful old Kipling chestnut, time-honoured and well-worn as it is, for genuine new relevance it's all about timing. <br /><br />And you, 'old timer', have timed its apposite resurrection to perfection.<br /><br />Nice one. Proper framing, that.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-30330842613241984582010-06-10T21:44:28.806+01:002010-06-10T21:44:28.806+01:00The words of Kipling were never so apt.
If
If yo...The words of Kipling were never so apt.<br /><br />If<br /><br />If you can keep your head when all about you <br />Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; <br />If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, <br />But make allowance for their doubting too; <br />If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, <br />Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, <br />Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, <br />And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; <br /><br />If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; <br />If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; <br />If you can meet with triumph and disaster <br />And treat those two imposters just the same; <br />If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken <br />Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, <br />Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, <br />And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools; <br /><br />If you can make one heap of all your winnings <br />And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, <br />And lose, and start again at your beginnings <br />And never breath a word about your loss; <br />If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew <br />To serve your turn long after they are gone, <br />And so hold on when there is nothing in you <br />Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on"; <br /><br />If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, <br />Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; <br />If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; <br />If all men count with you, but none too much; <br />If you can fill the unforgiving minute <br />With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - <br />Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, <br />And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son! <br /><br /><br />And that is one thing Obama will NEVER be, he will always be remembered as a small man in a big job that was far and above his ability to occupy it and cope with the demands of it.Old Timernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278366793340877738.post-27285056209340523012010-06-10T16:14:46.239+01:002010-06-10T16:14:46.239+01:00Sorry Steve, that's very kind, but I'm not...Sorry Steve, that's very kind, but I'm not feeling particularly disposed towards any Americans at the moment, even ones that invite me to follow their heavily Bible-themed blogs simply because I said something negative about their useless president.<br /><br />Nothing personal, as Obama will probably say to David Cameron. Quite.Jon Lishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272058035800593800noreply@blogger.com