SEA THE REALLY AWFUL FUTURE OF PASSED PRESENTS
The reindeer scornfully decline
To go below equator line,
For any future Christmas run
With presents, passed to everyone.
As climate there, all of them say
Is most unsuited to a sleigh,
This pastime will, in future, cease,
And presently the flow decrease.
So, if the reindeer go on strike,
It follows Santa might then like
To send the elves a little note
To float the company by boat.
Delivery of gifts, once more,
This policy would then ashore
(Well, OK, that should be ‘assure’
If one must keep the language pure).
But only places with a beach
Then, such deliveries will reach –
Well, tough, if those who live inland
This policy won’t understand.
© Colonialist December 2013 (WordPress)
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Christmas – Durban Style 🙂
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That it is! Where you know there’s snow snow!
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How flipping brilliant is this post Col… love the words and photos… and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours…
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Thanks, thanks, and – again – 2U2!
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Next you’re gonna tell me the Easter Bunny is the one who comes in on a sleigh . . . .
As for baggy swimming trunks . . . a great improvement, in my humble opinion. I think they did not go far enough . . . guys should be wearing one-piece suits (short sleeved; I’ll grant them that much).
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No, the Bunny would use a wagon for beer with hops …
Au contraire, the best swimwear for all would be no swimwear. However if clottish Calvinism dictates that certain parts should not be viewed, the covering should be as abbreviated as possible. Just sufficient to guard against fish with poor eyesight and a rather wide interpretation of what constitutes a worm.
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Where is this?
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Durban beachfront beyond Addington Beach – at the Watersports Club which is the combined Skiboat, Point Yacht Club, and Durban Underwater Club.
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Ah 🙂
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Aw, you had to! 😀 “The Ghost of Past Future Present”
Grand-daughter is lovely.
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I thought it had no future in that the presentation would be passed by!
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😀 Now – can you come up with a third one? 😉
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I had a form of all three, there!
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wow so cute indeed 🙂
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Agreed!
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I figured Santa, in the southern hemisphere, arrived on water skis, wearing a speedo. See, this is why they don’t put me in charge of Christmas. Everyone would have free fun, and laugh a lot.
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If he had a red speedo, he would be mistaken for a Life Guard! Also, water skis don’t work too well in surf the size we usually have. We should try a windsurfer, though!
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maybe he could drop prezzies by helicopter and wear red jeans with a green t-shirt. oh, and your life guards wear red speedos? hmmm, way past time for a visit. hee hee.
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Trouble is every other male wears those dreadful baggy things. It is like swimming in a skirt.
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aw shucks. in Canada too. will have to check out the beaches in France this summer and see what folks are wearing – or not wearing!
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Pawesome! LOVE it! =^.^=
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As a Boat Cat, I’m not surprised that it has appeal to you!
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