Friday, 27 August 2021

PUZZLED AUNTY

 

Bimbette wouldn’t buy

Her niece a jigsaw

For Christmas even though

She’d asked for it before

It was Because it was labelled

6-8 years

So not finishing it in the two week

Holiday was her fear

Thursday, 26 August 2021

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE DEAD ZONE (1983)

 

“The Dead Zone” is a horror thriller, screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on the Novel by Stephen King and Directed by David Cronenberg.

 

When a survivor from a road accident awakes from a coma after five years, schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) discovers he has psychic abilities, when he touches someone, he gets visions of the past, present or the deadly future.

However after five years he finds life has moved on without him, his girlfriend Sarah Bracknell (Brooke Adams) is now married; he no longer has a job and he's basically crippled due to his muscles having atrophied.

So he struggles to find his place in the world, but along the way he does use his abilities to help Sheriff Bannerman (Tom Skerritt) solve a murder case.

He then helps to save a child's life but when he discovers the chilling fate for the world, he must save everyone from an evilly corrupt presidential hopeful Greg Stillson (Martin Sheen) but at what cost.

Character stalwarts, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe and Colleen Dewhurst provide excellent support to the stars in the gripping movie.

WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD

We don’t have all the time in the world

Make each day count, is my view

So, focus all of your efforts on today

And do the things you really want to do

DR WHO IS RENOWNED

 

Dr Who is renowned

For being totally awesome

But she had to call a Dalek

About a termite problem

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY

 

Float like a Butterfly

Sting like a Bee

Float like Buffalo,

Get punched in the face

A DEAL OF STRICTURE

 

I made an error, for which

There was a deal of stricture

On reflection I should not

Have asked Thor to hang a picture

THE HABITUALLY DISAPPOINTED SUPPORT GROUP

 

The habitually disappointed support group

Had good reason to bellyache

As their meeting had been cancelled

And as a result, there would be no cake