FLOCKS AND FLARES

 

Clocks and chairs

Locks and hairs

Fox and lairs

Gloks and spears

Socks and flares

Docks and wares

Lox and pears

Knocks and tares

Shocks and scares

Stocks and shares

A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

 

I think on balance its better

To have a horrible end

Than it is to have

Horrors without end

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY (12)

Who’s that girl?

What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

When my baby smiles at me

Where the heart is

Why baby

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

“It’s A Wonderful Life” is a fantasy family drama co-written and Directed by Frank Capra based on the story by Philip Van Doren Stern.

The film is a slightly dark, almost bittersweet tale of a savings and loan manager George Bailey (James Stewart), a bit an earnest do-gooder who struggles against a greedy banker Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) and his own self-doubting nature in a small town.

After suffering a financial catastrophe, he see’s suicide as a possible solution to his predicament only to be rescued by a whimsical, endearing, trainee-angel named Clarence (Henry Travers).

However its only when George says he wished he had never been born that Clarence is able to show him what life would be like for his mother (Beulah Bondi) and Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell), his friends Ernie, Bert and Violet, (Frank Faylen, Ward Bond and Gloria Grahame), former employer Mr. Gower (H.B. Warner) and his loving wife Mary (Donna Reed), in a world in which he had never existed.

So, George Bailey, after years of feeling trapped in a small town finally recognizes his life to be wonderful and truly rich.

A typical performance by the ever-dependable James Stewart and ably supported by the beautiful Donna Reed and the incomparable Lionel Barrymore as the grasping villain of the piece.

It’s definitely not the kind of film that would be made today as it is definitely on the schmaltzy side and nobody seems to write happy endings anymore, but no Christmas would be complete without watching Frank Capra’s Christmas classic.
Even thought it was not a success at the box office at the time, it is now one of the most popular and heart-warming films ever made...

DINNER SINNER

 

When you’re a kid and dinner tastes good

You can't have anymore. That’s the trouble

If it tastes like crap you have to clean your plate

And you’re even allowed to have double

SMOKERS ANONYMOUS

 

Members of Smokers anonymous

Will sniff at the clothes of fellows

For any scent of cigarette smoke

And their breath for a hint of polo

I’M AT THE STAGE IN LIFE

 

I’m at the stage in life

When I’m sometimes forgetful

Although let’s face it

There’s a lot in life

That is better off forgotten

But as forgetful as I am

I never forget the important things