Monday 22 October 2012

I Wish I Was A Ferret

I wish I was a ferret but not just any one,
I’d like to be from Spain and then from Castellón.
I’d like to have a contract for my ideal work
and I’d like to get my meals there as a little perk.
Did you know that they’re crepuscular? Ferrets are like owls
but they can use their anal gland if it gets too loud.
So much fun to be a ferret with the job security
working in Valencia for the air authority,
sleeping 18 hours and working with a smile
in the shadow of a gobshite standing tens of metres high.
Sorry, Carlos Fabra, if this seems like an indictment:
Ferrets do the weasel war dance when there is excitement.
And, finally, one more before asking for forgiveness:
The collective noun for ferrets is indeed a business.

(Explanation: Local Castellón Populist Party politician, Carlos Fabra, spent years and a fortune building his personal project, an airport in the Valencia region of Spain. In 2011 it was ready for action. To date, it has had zero action except for that of the ferret crew whose €600,000 contract began before the airport was due to open in order to have pests like rabbits and pigeons under control before landings and takeoffs would commence.
Inspired by:http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/airport-to-nowhere-spains-costly-no-fly-zone-39797/ )

Sunday 7 October 2012

Child Benefit Stole My Child’s Allowance

Child Benefit?
Benefit?
Are my children on the dole?
Re-introduce it
then reduce it
while you share the pot of gold
to cover all the asses
of financial institutions
so the bankers can keep banking
on your generous contributions.

Michael Noonan, did you know
that you were once a child?
Someone had to care for you
......once upon a time.
Were you loved and helped and taught and hugged,
fed well and regularly?
Would you have had your primary carer treated
the way you’re treating me?

In came the doctor,
in came the nurse,
out came the baby to no money in the purse.


         The BlogMarch continues tomorrow at At The Clothesline
           with a personal and detailed account of how a cut in Child Benefit 
                                     would affect this family:  
                  Stuck In The Middle- No To Child Benefit Cuts

                     
10 posts over 10 days from 10 members of The Irish Parenting Bloggers.


And on we march:
Day 3  (Wednesday 10th):   Mind The Baby
Leave child benefit alone. Tax maternity benefit instead.         

Day 4  (Thursday 11th):       Dreaming Aloud
Down to the Bare Bones' - Cutting (the fat of) Child Benefit        

Day 5  (Friday 12th):          Mama Dynamite
HANDS OFF MY CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCE       

Day 6  (Saturday 13th):       Kate Takes 5
Won't get fooled again              

Day 7  (Sunday 14th):         Wholesome Ireland
Let Them Eat Cake 

Day 8  (Monday 15th):       Meetmums
March Against Cuts to Child Benefit

Day 9  (Tuesday 16th):        The Serious Wagon
That's Fighting Talk
 
Day 10 (Wednesday 17th):  Mama.ie
You do the maths!     

And a blog of support from abroad from Awfully Chipper
Blog Marching


You can sign the online petition here.
You can use hashtag #BlogMarch.
You can read, think, discuss anywhere.

The Irish Parenting Bloggers are great writers and each post on the BlogMarch is the blogger's own view. Enjoy!