Ewan McTeagle Update
Yes, its true poetry fans, the rumours are a reality. The great Scottish poet Ewan McTeagle has indeed left a larger legacy than first thought. Most famous for his poem 'Can I Have Fifty Pounds to Mend the Shed?' which reads :
Can I have fifty pounds to mend the shed?
I'm fight on my uppers.
I can pay you back.
When this postal order comes from Australia.
Honestly.
Hope the bladder troubles getting better.
Love, Ewan.
It was a majestic sweeping poem which was simplistic, yet intense in its feeling for the Scottish Highlands. It seems that the grandaughter of Lassie O'Shen and the camera man, Karl Urdink, of the then famous interview of said grandmother found a box containing three more poems that had been stowed away in secret. When asked where she found them the grandaughter, who was named after her prestigious ancestor, was quoted as saying "Och, I dinna know who McTeagle was and I thought it was just tripe." Lassie Urdink also went on to say that she was made aware of the fact that she may have found a lost treasure when she read a note left with the poems written by her grandmother which read "You may have found a lost treasure." Among the poems were also some musings from the lesser known poet Shamus McHatt which included the controversial "IOUAEwe" and also an unfinished peice which many beleive to have sparked the creative imaginings of "The Rolling Stones" for their hit 'Hey You, Get Off of MY Cloud' which of course was entitled 'Hey McLeod, get offa ma ewe.' These articles can all be examined by the public on Christmas Eve at Westminster Abbey. Don't fret if you can't make it then as it will also be shown at "Bill and Edna Boyle's Curio Emporium" at 5557 Cantenickle Park Drive the second Tuesday after Phil Collins Day which coincidentally is the birthday of McTeagle, the day on which all good little sheep must get sheared, the last time Leicester won a game in Liverpool and Shaugnessy's Sock Outlet's blowout extravaganza.
Friday, December 06, 2002
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