Choco Tommy

Choco Tommy Cooper
wore a fez upon his head,
He bought it in Morocco from a souk
he said.
(Just like that, well almost,
 he had to haggle for it.)

He hitched a camel to Casablanca
to visit Rick's famous bar,
the camel got the hump
and ordered a jar.
(Just like that, well almost,
 he had to haggle for it.)

Sam was at the piano
playing it again,
Marrakesh was calling so Tommy
caught a plane.
(Just like that, well almost,
 he had to haggle for it.)

He tasted tagine in the medina quarter
cous cous he could,
and ordered refreshing rosewater
from Mahmoud.
(just like that, well almost,
he had to haggle for it.)

Mrs Cooper demanded a Moroccan souvenir
Tommy felt homesick & rather remote,
so grabbed a tree climbing goat
and snuck it on the boat
(just like that, well almost,
he had to haggle for it.)


Biscuit: Choco Tom

Taste test: 6 out of 10
Cost: A gift from Morocco - thanks Hiren

ANZAC Day

Hip hip hooray
It's Anzac Day
A commemoration and celebration
of the antipodeans who fought
their way from Botany Bay
to Gallipoli on the Black Sea
where over 44,000 allied troops were lost
an appalling atrocity - a tragic human cost

As we devour these biscuits
we honour their bravery
fighting for the lives of you and me
on those bleak barren shores of Gallipoli
It may be a century ago
but we will always show
our appreciation for such selfless dedication

Biscuit: ANZAC biscuits by Unibic

Taste test: 9 out of 10
Cost: A gift from Australia - thanks Wendy and Keith

April Fools Day

It's April the first
"You crazy fool"
(catchphrase of Mr T(cake))
universally it's a rule
to play pranks before 12 o'clock
beyond that time you cannot mock

Today capers permeate the papers
whether it be
salt in cups of tea
water buckets balanced on doors
a lamb with six legs
or hens popping out square eggs

As she read her daily rag
this morning the Queen frowned,
upon coins Alex Salmond is stealing her crown
One is not amused
at this news
nor that
Buckingham Palace is going to be fracked!

Lest we forget the
BBC's great Swiss spaghetti hoax
of 1957,
not to be surpassed by
today's Macaroni penguin
laying golden eggs in Devon.

As Big Bad Bard Will said
"A fool thinks himself to be wise,
but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
So let's be fools for half a day -
a common occurrence here at Headway!

Biscuit: Marks & Spencer Teacakes

Taste test: 9 out of 10
Cost: £1.39 from M&S in Lymington