Numbers are a funny thing with only ten small digits.
0 up to number 9, attached to little widgets,
Reflecting much but not at all
For though they disappear,
It doesn’t mean an alien
Has suddenly appeared
And grabbed all people by their neck
And whisked them clean away,
I’m sure these lovely people are
Still at work or play.
It reminds me of when bankers said
That money had all gone.
Well, that can’t be true. Who’d burn it
Or why? They’d be stupid or forlorn.
The only answer I can see
For both, if there’s a reason,
Is someone’s hidden sacks and hoards
And plans on open season
For festive days with others’ stuff.
It makes me sick,
I’ve had enough
Of little games that people play
Or programs that
Go weird, astray.
I’m not too fretful of the ‘follows’,
No doubt it will be sorted.
I’m more concerned with politics
And how truth is so aborted.
Jiggling numbers nought to ten
Counting up then down again.
Looking for an honest one
A political superhero
Instead we get a load of rot.
We’re forced back down to zero.
I’ve said it once,
I’ll say it twice.
People don’t just melt
But, lucre? Well that’s different
You get the cards you’re dealt.
How sad to say that fiscal goals
And elaborate accounting
Destroy the truth and hope for some,
Leave honest citizens doubting.
Just to finish, let me say
If I’ve followed you before
And it looks like I’ve abandoned you
I’ll come knocking at your door.
Fickle, not is in my plan
But then that’s only me
I never really learned to count
Much more than up to three.
One for good, two for bad
And three, somewhere between.
All the rest is calculus
Not my forte, you will glean.
Place value I can understand
And find it fascinating,
But lying politicians, bankers,
These I find disgracing.
Just sayin’. 🙂
you amaze me ….. haha
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Has it happened to you too? Quite funny really, I think. Like everyone’s just disappeared. Weird shit. 🙂 x
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I panicked….slightly…..little bit……ok ALOT!!!! hahaha….but it still shows who I follow…..so WP hasn’t gone all wackledoodle on us!!
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I went, ‘WTF!’ Refresh page. ‘WTF!’ Refresh page. And then saw Sherri had posted about the problem. Ach, it’ll be fine. UNLESS……… Just kiddin’. 🙂 x
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I’m just glad I’m not alone….
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That’s always a comfort. x
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News from the WP people : http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follower-counts?replies=2
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There you go then. No one’s disappeared. Now if they had. What a post that would be! I can see the title – ‘Followers fail to materialise – Bloggers heartbroken’.
So they know anyway. Good. I can never be arsed sorting these things out. 🙂 Thanks for the update. x
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seems to be fixed ….whew
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Mine too. 🙂 x
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Oh, love it. Did you get notified of my post this morning? Don’t know if your name disappeared or it the notification went away, too? Mine are back…hope yours are 2.
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No, I didn’t that I’m aware of. I’ll check. Did you have a problem with another aspect of the system? Still sitting at zero. Very humbling. I feel like I have travelled back in time to mid- June in those early days of saying to myself, ‘What exactly am I supposed to do here?’ x
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OK, thanks, I’ve let them know. And on 9/11, too. Posted it super-early, too. (sigh). Oh, well. Going to watch the birds at my bird feeders for a while. That always gets me back in God’s good graces.
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Weird, isn’t it? Enjoy some quiet time.x
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Ohhhh I got a shocked looking at my Stat and just did a post and now I saw yours.. Thank goodness I am not alone. 🙂
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They’re back now. 🙂 x
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Just checked mine and still zero. They will come back, I know they will! Heee…ee thank you. 🙂
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Yes, they will. Someone commented earlier on that theirs had returned some time before mine. So, it’s just numbers that are mucked up. Probably some bug in a program somewhere. That’s some level of expertise on the subject, isn’t it? 🙂 x
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Well, you weren’t kidding about a poem, love, love love this! Thanks for keeping me sane throughout 🙂 x
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It was quite good fun, like when all the electricity would go off in the seventies and you had to burn candles and tell ghost stories. That kind of fun. Glad they’re all back. 🙂 x
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Those were the days, my friend, la la la la…. 😉
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Mary Hopkins! A blast from the past. Well, maybe not a blast but you know what I mean. 🙂 x
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Ha Ha!!!! I know she was a bit before the ‘strikes’ and the blackouts, but it was the first song that came to my mind. The strange thing is, I don’t even like that darn song!!!! Got all my followers back now, just going to let everyone know. Thanks again, you’re a star 🙂 x
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Not at all. As long as I don’t spend the rest of the night singing that song. 🙂 x
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Sorry 😉 x
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I’ll let you off. I think I actually used to know most of the words to it.
‘Once upon a time there was a tavern….’
Got you back. 😉 x
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Follow, follow, wallow, wallow, your words are never hollow, hollow. 🙂
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Oh, you do know that song? 😉 x
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So this kinda troubles do happen!! you are good with the poem though.. fun !!
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I suppose all sorts can go wrong. Glad you enjoyed. 🙂 x
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right about that!! 🙂
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Cicero’s theory (106 BC – 43 BC), still in practice 🙂
1 – Poor man : Works,
2 – Rich man : Exploits the poor man,
3 – Soldier: Defends both,
4 – Taxpayer : Pays for all three,
5 – Vagabond : Rests for all four,
6 – Drunkard : Drinks for all five,
7 – Banker: Robs all six,
8 – Lawyer : Deceives all seven,
9 – Doctor : Kills all eight,
10- Undertaker : Buries all nine,
11- Politician : Lives at the cost of all ten.
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I’ve never heard this before. but I think I may just learn it by heart. Thanks. x
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you’re welcome 🙂
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🙂 x
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