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The viscosity of fudge

Peter Goulding

Monday, February 1st, 2010

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Is the Toblerone too hard?
Does it leave your palate scarred?
Do nuts in Fruit and Nut stick in your teeth?
Is the chocolate in a Flake
Much too crumbly by mistake,
Obliging one to eat it from beneath?
Phil Lynott’s moonlight dance
Led to brown stains on his pants
(And chocolate on your trousers will not budge)
But in Abbotstown, the question
That pertains to indigestion
Is all about viscosity of fudge.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 One rule for one and one for others
(Pass the claret there, Carruthers)
Ivory towers and dull grey flannel suits.
And those who scratch our backs
Needn’t fret ‘bout unpaid tax
(Ignore the Bolshies’ claim we’re in cahoots)
Decisions must be hedged
When our consciences are dredged.
Beware our ire, lest we should bear a grudge.
For the rules will be obeyed
And authority conveyed
According to viscosity of fudge.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 So do not rock the boat
And we’ll help keep you afloat,
We’ll give you time to balance up your books.
Do not worry about the rules,
They’re for pinko, leftie fools
With tendencies to hang themselves on hooks.
If we like, we can ignore
Any major point of law,
With just a very simple wink or nudge.
Sacred cows are known to drown
In the mire at Abbotstown
Sad victims of viscosity of fudge.

© Peter Goulding Feb 1st 2010

Notes

Phrase coined by Shels superfan Fintan Cassidy, describing what Shels chances of replacing Drogheda United in the Premier Division depended upon.
Basically, Shels got demoted to the First Division 3 years ago for being unable to pay their players for 2 weeks (everybody was paid n full) Since then, many clubs have got into much deeper financial mire yet have suffered no penalties at all. Because of the widespread nature of the financial mismanagement the FAI are regarded as fudging the issue of sanctions.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-viscosity-of-fudge/