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Oscar-but-James

hamishcronan

About Me

i tell jokes like my dad would
good ol' Pa, he sure can tell'em

My Interests

i love the New Forest

I'd like to meet:

There was three kings into the east,
Three kings both great and high,
And they hae sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn should die.

They took a plough and plough'd him down,
Put clods upon his head,
And they hae sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn was dead.

But the cheerful Spring came kindly on,
And show'rs began to fall;
John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surpris'd them all.

The sultry suns of Summer came,
And he grew thick and strong;
His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,
That no one should him wrong.

The sober Autumn enter'd mild,
When he grew wan and pale;
His bending joints and drooping head
Show'd he began to fail.

His colour sicken'd more and more,
He faded into age;
And then his enemies began
To show their deadly rage.

They've taen a weapon, long and sharp,
And cut him by the knee;
Then tied him fast upon a cart,
Like a rogue for forgerie.

They laid him down upon his back,
And cudgell'd him full sore;
They hung him up before the storm,
And turned him o'er and o'er.

They filled up a darksome pit
With water to the brim;
They heaved in John Barleycorn,
There let him sink or swim.

They laid him out upon the floor,
To work him farther woe;
And still, as signs of life appear'd,
They toss'd him to and fro.

They wasted, o'er a scorching flame,
The marrow of his bones;
But a miller us'd him worst of all,
For he crush'd him between two stones.

And they hae taen his very heart's blood,
And drank it round and round;
And still the more and more they drank,
Their joy did more abound.

John Barleycorn was a hero bold,
Of noble enterprise;
For if you do but taste his blood,
'Twill make your courage rise.

'Twill make a man forget his woe;
'Twill heighten all his joy;
'Twill make the widow's heart to sing,
Tho' the tear were in her eye.

Then let us toast John Barleycorn,
Each man a glass in hand;
And may his great posterity
Ne'er fail in old Scotland!

My Blog

who's for carrots

don't talk about having chopping races whilst chopping, or you'll end up chopped......
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:49:00 PST

Eduard Lodewijk van Halen

You might know him from that hit song "jump', and you might only think he's got long hair and was a 'heavy metal' crazy guitarist, but he sure does know his shit from his shinola..." A guitar is jus...
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:49:00 PST

Splinter?

I was trimming the fuzz on my face and i got a splinter from the hairthis has never happend beforei am perplexed as to whether or not anyone else has had this happen to them?thankyou...
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:34:00 PST

Acid flashbacks, wee-wee and work

i'm so tired this weeklast night i fell asleep at the computer, woke up and had some sort of acid flashback, well i think it was, it certainly felt like it - i had no idea where i was, or any sense of...
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:09:00 PST

Pistachio Man-Hours

I wonder how long ago i would have finsihed the job had i not been sat with a packet of pistachio nuts; this led me to wonder how many man and woman hours must be lost each year through people not bei...
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:43:00 PST

Joan vs Tracy

Joan!
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:09:00 PST

Lead (Pb)

As my arms get accustomed to lifting and moving it about, my back ages more and more each day, which results in me lying in the bath for longer trying to loosen it up, watching my hands wrinkle.At the...
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:06:00 PST

Moby Dick...

I'll miss you, i miss your tempramental ways, i know sometimes we argued, we could both be pigheaded at times, but you were good to me most of the time and you were great with my friends.I loved you, ...
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:20:00 PST

To Drink...

Chamomille tea with whsky
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:23:00 PST

Stanley & The Bell

There's a good story i was told concerning Stanley Kubrick and a bell, go and look it up...You may like it, you may not - i dunno
Posted by Oscar-but-James on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:19:00 PST