Year: 2019Location: Auckland Beach, New ZealandCompany: Little Shoal Bay Boating ClubEstimated Damage Value: $50,000* If there’s one thing most of us know, it’s that parking your car in a safe spot is an absolute necessity. You wouldn’t park a brand new Tesla on a beach, but someone thought it would be a wise idea to try their luck withContinue reading “Yellow Digger Stuck at the Shore”
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The WP Board of Poetry Won’t Leave Me Alone. Buggers
The WordPress Board of Poetry sayI cannot say stiff shitIt lowers tone of WordPressLowers tone of it Stiff shit….. My drinking buddy Skip. For those who haven’t yet met Skip Don MatthewsMay 2021
They Impounded My Porsche. What?….
Wrapped up my Porsche in gold vinylDid it for show and a razzleCops took it from me , impoundedSaid it’s not safe, caused a dazzle What?….. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/driver-takes-rap-for-dazzling-gold-porsche-8mvnqjj8r Don MatthewsMay 2021
Doof Doof Doof
They come round my corner sound blastingBloody well raising the roofThe windows rattle out of their window framesSubwoofers belt out doof doof doof The occupants must be stone deaf….. Don’t get me started on car and motorbike exhausts…… Don MatthewsApril 2021
France’s Expensive Train Bungle
Year: 2014Location: FranceCompany: RFF gave the wrong dimensions to SNCFEstimated Damage Value: $68 million* Companies like American Airlines might be busy ruling the skies, but what about the rails? Railways and the Metro are heavily used in France, so when the train operator SNCF decided to invest in a new transportation project it seemed like a good idea atContinue reading “France’s Expensive Train Bungle”
China’s Solution to Cheating Hubbys
My husband is getting bit friskyThis slinky he’s found on a roamI’ve just popped a pill in his weetiesNo longer no slinky no roam Funny, I can’t seem to get it up anymore….. Newspaper article explains Don MatthewsMay 2021
Fall of the Lotus Riverside Apartment Complex
Year: 2009Location: ShanghaiCompany: Shanghai Meidu Real Estate DevelopmentEstimated Damage Value: $2,000 per square meter* In 2009, developers were building the Lotus Riverside Apartment Complex in China when an entire block toppled over on its side. It was eventually put down to the construction of a parking garage underneath the building. While workers were removing dirt, they wereContinue reading “Fall of the Lotus Riverside Apartment Complex”
Writers Block Tick Tock
I often hear some people sayI don’t know what to writeI’m waiting for my muse to comeAnd give me some insight On which I can then write…. I never have this problemWhat they call Writers BlockMy neurons can’t keep up with thingsThey work around the clock Tick….tock….tick…tock They drive me silly….. Don MatthewsMay 2021
Priscilla Rules the Roost at FCS
At FCS Priscilla’s bossWhile I’m just a mere manI run to every beck and callPlease Don, open my can? Yes sweetie, top-of-the-range pilchards tonight… Meow….. Notice she’s well-mannered. I’ve taught her to say please….. Don MatthewsMay 2021
This Insane Place I’m In
Can’t fly back to my countryCompletely out of luckFlights are banned from enteringThis insane place, I’m stuck We’re running out of oxygenRunning out of testsBurning bodies everywhereDon’t know what to do best? They let us gather, thousandsWithout the need of masksThis is insane governingNot mandating masks Lining up at polling boothsSocial distancingJust goes out theContinue reading “This Insane Place I’m In”
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 