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Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Symptomatic

Write something incorporating the word ‘symptomatic’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO SYMPTOMATIC The words are getting long againSymptomatic icDon’t know how to finish thisIc ic ic…… Best I could do Fan……. DM

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Hound Dog’ (Leiber and Stoller) Dani Wilde

Dani Wilde (born 25 August 1985, in Hullavington, Wiltshire, England) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist who fuses roots genres including blues, country, gospel, soul and Americana into popular song. “Hound Dog” is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recorded originally by Big Mama Thornton on August 13, 1952, “Hound Dog” has been recorded more than 250Continue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Hound Dog’ (Leiber and Stoller) Dani Wilde”

Jane Goes Shopping

My poodles always come with meOn my shopping dayThey love their bag of Doggie SnapsLets all sing hip hooray…. Jane Mansfield Los Angeles 1959 yap yap yap Don MatthewsSeptember 2022

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Bedouin tent)

Fan – scantily clad girls waving cooling fans are on a tea break. Sorry……

Whatever’s Going On Here?

Whatever’s going on hereAll this rattle/whirrMaking me feel dizzyCausing upset fur…. Poor lion having to undergo a cat scan. How embarrassing…… Don MatthewsSeptember 2022

A Home in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is where I liveYou’re looking at my homeI’ve made it comfy as I canWhat more can I say?…. Don MatthewsSeptember 2022

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Queen meets MM)

Queen meets Marilyn Monroe. 1956 Both were 30 at the time.

Weird

At times my humour can be weirdSome might say bizarreI offer no excuse for thisCos that’s the way I are Don MatthewsSeptember 2022

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Foist

Write something incorporating the word ‘foist’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO FOIST To start there was inventedFirst generation FOISTImprovements made with GOIST upgradeResulted in the HOIST F, G, H true upgrade progression fashion….. We had a foist to begin with Fan…… Served us well with anContinue reading “Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Foist”

FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Cry Me a River’ Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)

John Robert “Joe” Cocker OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements.Lyrics below “Cry Me A River” I keep on runnin’ babyI keep on runnin’But I just can’t hideNo, I just can’t hideI keep on hurtin’ babyI keep on hurtin’Continue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Cry Me a River’ Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1970)”