What better way to celebrate both the first day of Spring and World Poetry day with a "tongue twister" which took a long time to rehearse and then perform publically! So hold on to your seats, here goes:

A riddle-a diddle-a diddleo, a riddle-ariddle-epo

A video-rideo-diddleo, a kineoviddle-epo

A middle, a centre, a left and a right,

A riddle, a question, a puzzle-epo, a muscle-puzzle-e...

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Dear busy mister taxman

I trust that I find you well.

I hope you're sitting comfortably.

A story I have to tell.

It centres around the rebate.

You so kindly sent today.

It really is too kind of you.

To remember me this way

But wait... What is this I see?

It fills my soul with terror.

Because dear busy mister taxman

It seems you've made an error.

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I don't usually do pre-amble, but in this case it's necessary. I took part in a city team slam last night where one of the requirements was to 'roast' the opposition city in a warm up exercise.

In West Yorkshire, particularly in Rugby League, one of the historic rivalries is between Leeds and my home city of Wakefield - we co-exist just 7 miles apart. I was asked to 'roast' the city of Leeds - ...

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Oh President Barack Obama
'Dodgy Dave' might think you're a charmer
There to be seen
At the 'gig' for the Queen
So have some of this Instant Karma

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Since the bloody Battle of Hastings
When 'Arold got killed by French Bill
We've seen an endless invasion of French
And I've just about had my fill
 
Don't we have enough words of our own
In this wonderful language of ours?
- To seek and find le mot juste
Dunt take much linguistic power

It seems using French has been with us forever
Passed down as a fait accompli
Have we ever really tr...

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pop stars were skinny

cheesecloth and loons all the rage

in my hippy day

now they are podgy

where are all the handsome ones?

thank god I'm past it!

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