David Hogberg quotes from a poem by Gerald Locklin of University College of North Wales at Bangor:
> >The government gives them a small grant > >From which to buy books. > >We are encouraged to require > >Very few books. Allen commented: > This is really weird. The government doesn't give students "grants", > and hasn't done so for more than ten years. That was read on National Public Radio yesterday, as David noted. The source is given as a 2008 book. But He-Who-Has- Too-Much-Time-On-His-Hands has discovered (or thinks he has, as it's not directly verified) that the original publication of that poem was in a 1991 book called "Yank at Bangor: Poems >From the Welsh Teaching Experience" which was published in 1991. Possibly the poem was written even earlier. That would place it beyond Allen's ten-year limit. As for Christmas stories, I nominate Frederick Forsyth's 1976 aviation story "The Shepherd" as read by Alan Maitland on the CBC radio programme "As It Happens" each year at Christmas. Still gives me chills. I tried but failed to find an on-line version of it. Oh, I think I see why. They're selling it for $17.95. Bah, humbug. Wikipedia has a spoiler, but let's not go there. Literally. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
