tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post391834786759901298..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: You couldn't make it up (?)Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-16943791634408382812008-11-28T20:13:00.000+00:002008-11-28T20:13:00.000+00:00Thankyou, I rather like yours as well. Here's to f...Thankyou, I rather like yours as well. <BR/><BR/>Here's to finding many more things to snigger at!Red Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858695355021361726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-88444607723415603742008-11-28T19:27:00.000+00:002008-11-28T19:27:00.000+00:00Thanks for the comment - great blog, by the way.Ma...Thanks for the comment - great blog, by the way.<BR/>MartinMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-67618267168839506692008-11-28T19:08:00.000+00:002008-11-28T19:08:00.000+00:00"But I did wonder why there wasn't a verse about t..."But I did wonder why there wasn't a verse about the shepherds being disturbed by a Katyusha rocket attack..."<BR/><BR/>There was this instead:<BR/><BR/>(Soloists)<BR/>The olive and the army<BR/>When are both full-grown<BR/>Every olive tree on the West Bank<BR/>The IDF cuts down<BR/><BR/>Chorus (all)<BR/>O the rampaging of the settlers<BR/>And the rolling of the tanks<BR/>The grinding of the bulldozers<BR/>As the olives fall in ranks<BR/><BR/>etc etc.<BR/><BR/>It was all rather buttock-clenchingly self-consciously "alternative" and "relevant", if you know what I mean.Red Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858695355021361726noreply@blogger.com