wheelbarrows

The problem with using bits of drabble through the day is that I'm now feeling all limp and uninspired.

Still, weekend. And a lot got done this week. (I have several meetings next week, which are going to be . . . well, hopefully not too bad.)

Must pick up parcel from post office tomorrow morning. Am rather hoping it's amazon.fr purchase, as otherwise it's beginning to get a bit late in its delivery, but there are no doubt many interesting things it could be. Will go and do so very early, then come back and fall asleep again.

After all, it is a Saturday morning. Or will be.

I love the poem below.

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Ten Ways to Avoid Lending Your Wheelbarrow to Anybody

1 PATRIOTIC

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
I didn't lay down my life in World War II
so that you could borrow my wheelbarrow.

2 SNOBBISH

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
Unfortunately Lord Goodman is using it.

3 OVERWEENING

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
It is too mighty a conveyance to be wielded
by any mortal save myself.

4 PIOUS

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
My wheelbarrow is reserved for religious ceremonies.

5 MELODRAMATIC

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
I would sooner be broken on its wheel
and buried in its barrow.

6 PATHETIC

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
I am dying of schizophrenia
and all you can talk about is wheelbarrows.

7 DEFENSIVE

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
Do you think I'm made of wheelbarrows?

8 SINISTER

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
It is full of blood.

9 LECHEROUS

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
Only if I can fuck your wife in it.

10 PHILOSOPHICAL

May I borrow your wheelbarrow?
What is a wheelbarrow?

-- Adrian Mitchell