[Elfsea] Happy Birthday

[Padraig O'Maolagain]

Maria wrote:

>Purple? I would love have a little history lesson here. Why purple?
>

How many others recognized (and smiled at) Xene's reference to the following poem?

WARNING
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens . . .
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
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Xene, when you are twice your present age, I shall still be older than you.  :)  But I'll bet we will both still remember The Moose Song.

Happy Birthday and many happy returns of the day.

Padraig




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