Brevity by Dan Thompson for September 11, 2021

Is that Andy Capp and his brother?

What you need is some water softener.

That could drive them crazy. They’d better cross the channel so they can go in Seine instead.

The last time the Thames river completely froze over was 1963.

Lol! Good one

Thames is also a British production company famous for making the famous “The Benny Hill Show”.

To every lass and bloke, there is a season,

When the Thames is hard, when the Thames is soft,

There’s a Thames for every purpose that’s in London.

A Thames to row, a Thames to sail,

A Thames to fish, a Thames to swim,

A Thames you may embrace, a Thames you may hate,

A Thames that can be cleaned, I hope it’s not too late.

Isn’t it pronounced like ‘temms’ though? About the best way to make it phonetically consistent is with a simulated cockney, “Ard Thames”. Good concept though.

thames is tough…

One day a sea serpent swam up the river to attack London, but was killed and made into sausage. Charles Dickens’ comment was, “It was the beast of Thames, it was the wurst of Thames.” (From a 19th C lit discussion group, CA 1993)