The ballad of shattered illusions

Clash

Having been away for the weekend
You might call it a mini retreat
I returned to my PC this morning
And settled into my seat

I thought to myself while I sipped
From my freshly brewed hot cup of tea
“I know what I’ll do for my tea break,
Take a look at boards dot ie”

As the pages before me unfolded
And with each new word that I read
My mouth fell open in horror
As I followed the AGM thread

With a plaintive call for a hearing
It started without much ado
I’d even found in my own way
That I’d had a piece to say too

Well the debate it started out slowly
As polite as polite can be
The posters involved were myself
Sparks, Foresight and rrpc

When into the fray rode a new voice
A chap who calls himself Tireur
A name without much to tell us
It’s ‘Shooter’ in French I declare

Well Sparks is a man of great knowledge
And anxious to share it around
If one word will answer a question
More will make a far better sound

But Tireur was not to be outdone
And with both barrels he let fly
And around and back they did battle
Neither one was being a bit shy

For page after page the combatants
Each one did the other berate
Until the man we call Civdef
Had to step in and moderate

But suddenly, out of the blue
On boards you could hear a pin drop
Without much ado, our hero flew
And the posting came to a stop

Our defender of the downtrodden
The only mouthpiece of the meek
But on this subject so precious
He could not find the words to speak

The subject that had them so silent
It’s gripped the whole shooting nation
This new bunch in town that’s causing a frown
Olympic Coaches Association

Well the silence on boards was amazing
All around were in grave trepidation
Save an innocent newbie who met with
A McCarthyite interrogation

Well thinking about it all later
It came to me all in a flash
There’s nothing wrong with this concept
It’s quite good if just a bit rash

You might well ask what good would it do
To try to find something in common
Between an air shooting guru
And a swimming coach from Roscommon

But hold for a bit, ‘cos I’m no twit
If you think so you’re mistaken
If you bear with me a minute
You’ll see my minds not forsaken

Here’s a thought for you to hold on to
We’d have a shooting medal soon
If all of our shooters were trained
By that wondrous Erik de Bruin

Oh think of the glory to come
The medals galore on the shelf
If all our air rifle shooters
Were trained by Sonia herself!

We don’t have to stop there you know
We’d make our competitors mean
As we know, he’s raring to go
We could have them coached by Roy Keane

For that finishing touch, at the end
To prepare our lads for the fray
The only man who’s right for the job
Is Jose Mourinho I’d say

Oh I’m drunk with the thoughts of it all
The cheers, the glory and praises
But then I come down with a bump
I must be losin’ it….. Jaysus!

The words that now ring in my ears
“What is this Association?”
And is this the sum of all fears?
Could this be Sparks’ creation?

The board has gone quiet these days
Just notices, queries and rantings
And pathetic cheerleading posts
From some diehard sycophantics

That Sparks was above all reproach
Was one of my treasured delusions
So with heavy heart I take my leave
Of this graveyard of shattered illusions

Sparks

Thanks Clash, but I've just spent Friday afternoon in a crapstorm in work; Friday evening though Sunday morning with my girl, with only five minutes stolen to read the web, and that under protest from myself because I've not had a weekend off in quite some time; and sunday afternoon, evening and night (until 0110 in fact, so I'm a bit punchy this morning after 3-4 hours sleep) doing a little coaching and helping out in Wilkinstown and sorting out my own training plans with my coach. So I've been busy, not quiet, and there will be posts today!

But thanks very much for the compliment, following recent events they were heart-warming

civdef

Two comments -

Clash is either way too talented at composing doggerel, or has too much time on his/her hands

The boards has been a lot busier than usual lately.

Clash

civdef wrote:

Two comments -

Clash is either way too talented at composing doggerel, or has too much time on his/her hands

I'll take the first one please

The boards has been a lot busier than usual lately.

My poetic license is right up to date, you can check it if you like!

Sparks

Hopefully your illusions are now superglue'd back together Clash?

rrpc

ROTFLOL

Very funny Clash, Is there a post for board poet laureate?

Clash

Just thought I'd promote this to page 1 again, as it seems some of the issues are raising their heads again