Thursday, January 12, 2006
Notable Occupations
Good morning,
A candid look at some of the professionals
and their practice.
Architects ...
build houses and buildings so people can live
and work in security, complete with stale and
sick air-con air, ideal for propagating influenza.
Bakers ...
make wonderful things before we awake, for us
to eat and to begin the day; bless them all.
Carpenters ...
toil and sweat amid dust to make furniture for
our rest and comfort, and in style.
Doctors ...
we avoid them; when they help us to get well
we don't need them; they always face a dilemma
whether to keep us healthy or not.
Economists ...
tell producers to destroy some produce when
bountiful, also to raise prices during shortages.
Farmers ...
provide us with food or we starve, get exploited;
we depend on them, yet they are controlled by us,
their dependants. They deserved my admiration,
respect and gratitude.
Gardeners ...
bring beauty out of nature, grow flowers,
for us to woo our beloved.
Hairdressers ...
mess up our hair, cut, twirl and twill them,
discolour them and whatnot, yet we visit them
regularly to pay them.
Insurance agents ...
guarantee us we won't die, to the extent of
compensating our bereaved when we did, and we
hand them money regularly, fearing to die.
Jesters ...
dressed like puppets, painted like dolls, master of
frivolities, entertain royalty, clowns of kings and
king of clowns.
Kaypohs ...
busybodies, very helpful when help is not asked for;
better for them to be patient and wait, and then
render help when people beckon and entreat; it is all
a matter of wrong timing to be called such;
poor kind souls.
Lawyers ...
confuse us with their jargon and hold us to
ransom with their legal assistance in court;
they have become a popular butt of people's
jibes and jokes, very unflattering.
Musicians ...
makers of balm for vexed minds, loved by others
even at the worst of times, even at funerals,
always welcome .
Newscasters ...
well known to say they will see us again, big fat
moony chance they got; they always wrap things;
they don't need paper though.
Obstetricians ...
get paid to see what women always hide, aren't
they ashamed, even a bit?
Psychiatrists ...
wonder how they learn their art; put any two of
them together at a court case and see them giving
opposite diagnosis at every issue.
Quadrille dancers ...
they form in a square and dance; people who do
not dance are called squares; squares do not dance
and dancers dance squares, quite confusing?
Rumourmongers ...
tell us secrets without substance, but we believe
them and spread these rumours like wildfire.
Sociologists ...
they study to improve the welfare of society;
don't know what they do, don't see their work,
don't know them, where are they?
Taxi drivers ...
ply their cabs around and raise the blood pressure
of other drivers; how do they obtained their
driving licence, kelong?
Undertakers ...
do not mind other drivers overtaking recklessly;
they will always remain happy to be the undertakers.
Ventriloquists ...
talk to us directly but we still listen elsewhere.
Watchmen ...
work while we sleep and sleep while we work;
how do we know they work.
Xylophonists ...
hammer, hammer, hammer, that's what they
do when they work, output pleasant though.
Yogi ...
torture themselves, they are not upright or
up-standing at times.
Zoologists ...
study and love animals but keep them confined
unconditionally nonetheless.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
A candid look at some of the professionals
and their practice.
Architects ...
build houses and buildings so people can live
and work in security, complete with stale and
sick air-con air, ideal for propagating influenza.
Bakers ...
make wonderful things before we awake, for us
to eat and to begin the day; bless them all.
Carpenters ...
toil and sweat amid dust to make furniture for
our rest and comfort, and in style.
Doctors ...
we avoid them; when they help us to get well
we don't need them; they always face a dilemma
whether to keep us healthy or not.
Economists ...
tell producers to destroy some produce when
bountiful, also to raise prices during shortages.
Farmers ...
provide us with food or we starve, get exploited;
we depend on them, yet they are controlled by us,
their dependants. They deserved my admiration,
respect and gratitude.
Gardeners ...
bring beauty out of nature, grow flowers,
for us to woo our beloved.
Hairdressers ...
mess up our hair, cut, twirl and twill them,
discolour them and whatnot, yet we visit them
regularly to pay them.
Insurance agents ...
guarantee us we won't die, to the extent of
compensating our bereaved when we did, and we
hand them money regularly, fearing to die.
Jesters ...
dressed like puppets, painted like dolls, master of
frivolities, entertain royalty, clowns of kings and
king of clowns.
Kaypohs ...
busybodies, very helpful when help is not asked for;
better for them to be patient and wait, and then
render help when people beckon and entreat; it is all
a matter of wrong timing to be called such;
poor kind souls.
Lawyers ...
confuse us with their jargon and hold us to
ransom with their legal assistance in court;
they have become a popular butt of people's
jibes and jokes, very unflattering.
Musicians ...
makers of balm for vexed minds, loved by others
even at the worst of times, even at funerals,
always welcome .
Newscasters ...
well known to say they will see us again, big fat
moony chance they got; they always wrap things;
they don't need paper though.
Obstetricians ...
get paid to see what women always hide, aren't
they ashamed, even a bit?
Psychiatrists ...
wonder how they learn their art; put any two of
them together at a court case and see them giving
opposite diagnosis at every issue.
Quadrille dancers ...
they form in a square and dance; people who do
not dance are called squares; squares do not dance
and dancers dance squares, quite confusing?
Rumourmongers ...
tell us secrets without substance, but we believe
them and spread these rumours like wildfire.
Sociologists ...
they study to improve the welfare of society;
don't know what they do, don't see their work,
don't know them, where are they?
Taxi drivers ...
ply their cabs around and raise the blood pressure
of other drivers; how do they obtained their
driving licence, kelong?
Undertakers ...
do not mind other drivers overtaking recklessly;
they will always remain happy to be the undertakers.
Ventriloquists ...
talk to us directly but we still listen elsewhere.
Watchmen ...
work while we sleep and sleep while we work;
how do we know they work.
Xylophonists ...
hammer, hammer, hammer, that's what they
do when they work, output pleasant though.
Yogi ...
torture themselves, they are not upright or
up-standing at times.
Zoologists ...
study and love animals but keep them confined
unconditionally nonetheless.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
# posted by chunmu @ 5:06 PM 
