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How They Texted The Good News From Gwent To Hay, or O2 b n Englnd nw tht Aprls hr

I'm on the train, I'm on the tram,
I'm anywhere upon the globe,
I'm on a plane, I'm in a jam,
I'm talking to you like a strobe,
I'm on my mobe, I am.

My tongue is cross, my mouth a strop,
My fingers scratch, my thumb-pads itch,
My mind is pap, my lips go pop,
My brain is cracked, my words are kitsch,
I am my switchboard op.

I'm on a boat, I'm on the john,
I'm in the village, on a swing,
I'm not All Quiet On The Don,
I'm taking off, I'm on the wing,
I've got my ring-tone On.

May God preserve my battery pack,
It must not fade, or wind up flat,
I croak, I'm toad-like - answer back,
And hear my reptile chit and chat:
I am a natterjack.

I'd not be happy as a clam.
I need to speak indoors, outdoors:
I give you flim, I give you flam -
One hundred years and not a pause -
I'll speak ad nauseam.

Click here for the Daily Telegraph's uncharacteristically mis-spelt report.

How They Texted The Good News From Gwent To Hay, or O2 b n Englnd nw tht Aprls hr

Believe it or not, this is the centenary of the mobile phone.

with apologies to Robert Browning for nicking and adapting his titles


14 May 2008

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