2.13

starting off the new year on a happy note, here's a funny one from spike milligan.

Contagion
Elephants are contagious!
Be careful how you tread.
An Elephant that's been trodden on
Should be confined to bed!

Leopards are contagious too.
Be careful tiny tots.
They don't give you a temperature
But lots and lots - of spots.

The Herring is a lucky fish
From all disease inured.
Should he be ill when caught at sea;
Immediately - he's cured!

-Spike Milligan

2.7

i used to read a children’s magazine called ‘target’ which is now, sadly, defunct. it was an excellent publication with content far superior and intelligent than any other generated in india, for children till date. my introduction to spike milligan happened thanks to this magazine. milligan [terence alan patrick seán milligan] was born in india in the days of the raj. he suffered from severe bipolar disorder through most of his life and still managed to write some of the most brilliant comedy ever, across media like poetry, theatre, radio and so on.

A Silly Poem

Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?

-Spike Milligan