[Farmall] Re: Farmall Digest, Vol 20, Issue 1

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Thank You for the poem. May you and yours have a blessed season. H. Bryant

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> Subject: Fwd: A Christmas poem 
> 
> 'Twas the night before Christmas, 
> And Santa's a wreck... 
> How to live in a world 
> That's "Politically Correct"? 
> 
> His workers no longer 
> Would answer to "Elves", 
> "Vertically Challenged", 
> They're calling themselves. 
> 
> And labour conditions 
> At the North Pole, 
> Were alleged by their union 
> To stifle the soul! 
> 
> Four reindeer had vanished, 
> (Without much propriety), 
> Released to the wilds 
> By the Humane Society. 
> 
> The runners had been 
> Removed from the sleigh, 
> The ruts were termed "Dangerous!" 
> By the Australian E.P.A. 
> 
> And people had started 
> To call up the cops, 
> When they heard sleigh noises 
> Upon their rooftops. 
> 
> Second hand pipe smoke 
> Had Santa's staff frightened, 
> His fur-trimmed red suit 
> Was called "Unenlightened". 
> 
> And as for the gifts, 
> Why he'd never had the notion, 
> That him making a choice, 
> Could cause such commotion! 
> 
> Nothing of leather, 
> Nothing of fur, 
> Which meant nothing for him' 
> And nothing for her! 
> 
> Nothing that might be 
> Construed to pollute; 
> Nothing to aim, 
> And nothing to shoot. 
> 
> Nothing that clamoured, 
> Or made a loud noise; 
> Nothing for just girls, 
> Or nothing just for boys. 
> 
> Nothing that claimed 
> To be gender-specific; 
> Nothing that's war-like, 
> Or deemed non-pacific. 
> 
> No candy or sweets, 
> They are bad for the tooth; 
> Nothing that seemed 
> To embellish the truth. 
> 
> No baseball, no football, 
> Someone could get hurt! 
> Besides, playing sports 
> Exposed kids to dirt. 
> 
> So Santa just stood there, 
> Dishevelled, perplexed, 
> He could not figure out 
> Just what to do next. 
> 
> He tried to be merry, 
> He tried to be gay, 
> But you've got to be careful 
> With "That Word" today! 
> 
> His sack was quite empty, 
> And limp to the ground, 
> Nothing fully acceptable 
> Was there to be found. 
> 
> Something special was needed, 
> A gift that he might, 
> Give to all, without angering 
> The Left or the Right. 
> 
> So here is that gift, 
> It's price beyond worth: 
> "May you and your loved ones 
> Enjoy Peace on Earth!" 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jim 
> marshallman at iprimus.com.au 
> 8^) 
> 
> I try to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable! 
> 
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