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My Boy is Into Fireworks

My boy is into fireworksExploding things with careHis latest trick’s bit ordinary butYou have to start somewhere…. Mr Jones wasn’t very happy when it landed on his roof…… I’ll be more careful with the car mummy…… He’s a nice lad really…… Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Apprentice Perc Reprimands Stan for Drinking. Again

When someone wants wants a door built StanDon’t drink before you doIt can affect the mathematicsAnd affect the glue…. I like it. I want one too…… Don MatthewsDecember 2021

My First Time at the Gym

This is a new adventureWith all these strange machinesTo keep me fit and regularFitter than I’ve been This one looks interesting…. Don MatthewsDecember 2021

FCS Daily Music Video – Acoustic Blues in D – Josh Turner

Joshua Lee Turner is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and internet personality based in Brooklyn, New York. Don MatthewsNovember 2021

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts

In 1921 there were 14 million telephones in the US & Canada. On August 4th all of them were simultaneously silenced by the telephone companies for one minute. This was done as a mark of respect for the telephone inventor Alexander Graham-Bell on the day of his funeral.

No Idea

Some people just have no ideaWhat gets inside their head?Common sense goes out the windowTo me they’re just brain-dead…. Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Priscilla Receives a Special Invitation

Priscilla is FCS resident cat Priscilla’s been invited(Because she has finesse)To lead the fashion modelsIn all the latest dress…. Isn’t she nice?. We’re all very proud of her at FCS…… Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Racoon Repellant

Bought this ‘coon repellantTold was guaranteedHappy very was IDid the trick indeed…. Buy SHOT GUN. Guaranteed success. Bang bang…….. Don MatthewsDecember 2021

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Lanai

Write something incorporating the word ‘lanai’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO LANAI Resting in the lanai(Actually a doze)Bloody spider (huge) appearedKilled it as I rose . Well done…… Thankyou…… DM

FCS Daily Music Video – Custodie Cautelari e Maurizio Solieri

I don’t know what they’re singing but it has a good rock sound. Maurizio Solieri is a well-known guitarist Don MatthewsDecember 2021