Themes Familiar 7d

Themes Familiar

7. SERENDIPITY ... Page 4

... and even more Miscellanies

Mother with Foal ...
From the River Thames towpath at Laleham, Surrey ... January 2002

Photograph ... BB

Horses in Harmony!

Click on the horses and encourage them to sing

Now for some a cappella!
You can make them sing in close harmony by clicking on their heads.
Click again to silence them.

A FISHY TALE
I still remember the very first poem, if you discount nursery rhymes, which I ever learnt by heart.
I remember being terrified at being called on to recite it, probably aged about 6, at a chapel Harvest Festival supper. I'm sure I was not then aware of its rather macabre theme, so I hope you will not be upset by the sentiment.
I know nothing of its derivation. Anyone help?

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If I Had My Wish ...
If I had my wish
I would be a small fish
And swim where nobody could catch me.
I never would look
At a worm on a hook,
Or some naughty boy then might snatch me.
I'd frolic and play
With the fishes all day,
And not go to school at nine-thirty.
I'd not give a bean
if my neck wasn't clean,
Or if BOTH my ears should get dirty.
And when I had died,
I should like to be fried,
With the bones taken out of my tummy,
And served, if you please,
With some lovely green peas,
... and then eaten up by my mummy.

Fish Dish

Fish Bowl

Click on the cartoon to visit the
'Secret Garden of Pedagogy'
... To find discourse, humour and a simple rant on the subject of EDUCATION

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Try out your gurning techniques on this portrait. Hold and pull on the left mouse button to experiment freely - you can UNDO and RESET whenever you wish.
LET'S GURN !!!
Gurn (or Girn)
To grin, snarl; to grimace, make a grotesque face; to complain peevishly (Chambers Dictionary)
Gurner 1 Gurner 2
The World Gurning Championships are held at the Egremont Crab Fair in the Lake District in a tradition dating back to 1266. Competitors pull faces through a horse's collar, the audience applaud, and whoever receives the greatest applause wins.
The photograph on the right above, taken in 1969, is of Dai Llewellyn, aged 73. He claimed to have been runner-up in the World Gurning Championship.

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... and here's another image on which to try your gurning techniques.

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A FISHY TALE I still remember the very first poem, if you discount nursery rhymes, which I ever learnt by heart. I remember being terrified at being called on to recite it, probably aged about 6, at a chapel Harvest Festival supper. I'm sure I was not then aware of its rather macabre theme, so I hope you will not be upset by the sentiment. I know nothing of its derivation. Anyone help?
; Registration code (if you have it) ; Optional URL link when applet is "clicked". ; Reglink opened in new frame? ; Name of new frame for reglink ; Statusbar message ; Image to load ; resolution (1 .. 8) ; Light effects ("YES" or "NO") ; Lowest light (-255 .. 255) ; Highest light (-255 .. 255) ; Auto design ("YES" or "NO") ; Density of fluid (2 .. 6) ; Number of fishes (0 .. 2) ; Cross effect ("YES" or "NO") ; Factor of cross effect ; Size of circular rain (0 = OFF) ; Circular rain factor ; Size of square rain (0 = OFF) ; Square rain factor ; Fixed drops ("YES" or "NO") ; X coord of fixed drops ; Y coord of fixed drops ; Size of fixed drops ; Factor of fixed drops ; Rain pressure (1 .. 2000) ; Fluidity ("water" or "oil") ; Interaction ("ON" .. "OFF") ; Optional image over applet ; Over image X offset ; Over image Y offset ; Memory deallocation delay ; Task priority (1..10) ; Min. milliseconds/frame for sync Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java. ; Message for no java browsers.	If I Had My Wish ... If I had my wish I would be a small fish And swim where nobody could catch me. I never would look At a worm on a hook, Or some naughty boy then might snatch me. I'd frolic and play With the fishes all day, And not go to school at nine-thirty. I'd not give a bean if my neck wasn't clean, Or if BOTH my ears should get dirty. And when I had died, I should like to be fried, With the bones taken out of my tummy, And served, if you please, With some lovely green peas, ... and then eaten up by my mummy.