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Terry Cuthbert. Junior Member
since 1999-08-02
Posts 11Oxford UK |
I am one of those sort of people whom everybody pours their heart out to. On buses, in bus-queues, in shops... always there is someone who comes up to me and tells me their life-history of gloom. I went to bingo the other night, and this old lady was bemoaning how her husband was a cripple, and how she never wins anyway "unlike that old bag who's having it off with the manager" and how the bailifs repos) called round last night to take away their telly, her husband's only comfort and how their bed was given to them by "Sally's Army". I went to the pictures, and this old man sat next to me and told me how his children waste money on records and trashy clothes and home computers, and how they ignored him and swore at him after he had brought them up single-handed after the death of their mother in a car-accident a few years back, how he remained so poor, and how his ungrateful kids had sold their mother's jewelery to buy drugs... So it goes on, I am thinking of wearing a badge with the words "THE SAMARITAN" on it. I am becoming depressed myself. I am also becoming very poor, because I find myself giving every hard-lucker a tenner to spend. I have become so depressed at the way people eat their hearts out to me, that it has made me begin to stop people in the street, and tell them what a sucker I have been all of my life... |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sorry, Terry, but I think I will have to picture you as the "Angel of the Tenner" ------------------ © KRJ Sunshine Words will always express our feelings true. ~~~ KRJ Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Alain DeLaCendres Member
since 1999-07-02
Posts 119Ohio |
I'd rather like to think we could give Terry the name of one of the characters from Stephen King's [wow, second reference to him tonight...] book "Wizard And Glass"...the name surely fits.. Mr. Cuthbert ALLGOOD ------------------ Tout s'en va, tout passe, l'eau coule, et le couer oublie. |
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Dragoness Senior Member
since 1999-08-07
Posts 513 |
To have other peoples trust is a blessing and a curse.Like this one! ------------------ Set you heart free and your mind will follow. |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Welcome to Passions in Prose.  ------------------ Shall I indulge in flights of fancy hampered by clipped wings? DreamEvil© |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
How my friend grew...and how he's still growing. ...and my girls, "The Three Sarahs" ...just bein' Bluesy |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
I really enjoyed reading your experiences as a good Sam. You've given lots for reflection. BTW, welcome to Piptalk! Much enjoyed, ~misC |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I believe there is a blessing in giving...james |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
Misc, James and anyone else who may come this way, my friend from long ago and other places has been dead for more than ten years now. Though he was an 'early settler' here at Pip, he found it much too quiet (and intolerant for his particular and very unique style{s}...which is why he had so few posts here. He was truly an extraordinary individual and a most prolific poet during his relatively short life. He was "The Clown From Clowne"..."The Immortal Bob Smartass"..."Lord Pineapple", and so much and many more. Look him up sometime on your favorite engine, and tell him Bluesy sent you. BTS ...just bein' Bluesy |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
Resurrecting my old friend. Lord Pineapple and the incorrigible Bob Smartass. Happy Trails boys! ...Bluesy ...just bein' Bluesy |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
Still makin' me smile, laddie! ...just bein' Bluesy |
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