.
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There was an old steam train heading towards a bridge that had been washed out by a storm.
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Someone at the back of the train looks out of the window and says,
.
"Hey! I think the bridge is out."
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Other people also look out of the window and agree
.
"The bridge is out!”
.
“We must tell those in charge of the train."
.
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At the front of the train, in the dining car, the fat-rich men are enjoying their dinner, they hear the commotion and say,
.
"We cannot slow down; we will be late for our IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING!"
.
Chorus of
.
"IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING!"
.
From everyone else in the dining car.
.
.
.
The fattest man on the train beckons to the steward.
.
"Tell the people looking out of the windows that everything is OK.”
.
“Tell them I paid someone to look out of the window,”
.
“And he said that everything would be fine.”
.
“We've been over other bridges and they were ok."
.
.
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In the carriages, people have started to open the doors and are trying to stop the train with their feet.
.
.
.
The chief steward walks up to the fat man
.
"Excuse me, sir,”
.
“but most of the people on the train are saying that the bridge is out."
.
.
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The fat man pulls out a huge cigar and lights it.
.
"Look, even if the bridge is out, there is plenty of time for someone to fix it before we get there."
.
.
.
Chorus
.
"IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING"
.
Added guffaws, and laughter, spraying of overpriced cognac.
.
.
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At the bridge site, Sam, the local window cleaner, shows up with his ladder, bucket, and rag.
.
.
.
Sam ties the rag around two bits of wood and tries hammering in bent nails into rotting wood with his bucket, thinking
.
“If I only had more time and money”
.
“I could learn to be an engineer and buy some new lumber!”
.
.
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In the cab of the locomotive, there is an argument going on over if they should pull the break,
.
While people keep showing up with armfuls of wood ripped from the train.
.
.
.
A young Swedish girl called Greta pulls on the sleave of the engineer.
.
.
.
.
.
If you're not worried about global warming and think we will sort it without disrupting anything, Then think of some of our past successes that we have sorted.
.
Live Aid to help the starving in Africa.
.
The hole in the Ozone layer.
.
The cold war.
.
Lead in petrol.
.
Covid
.
.
There is still, plenty of poverty around the world, people dying to starvation and poor of bad sanitation.
A BRIDGE not FAR enough
By
Anthony Chapman
. .
There was an old steam train heading towards a bridge that had been washed out by a storm.
.
Someone at the back of the train looks out of the window and says,
.
"Hey! I think the bridge is out."
.
Other people also look out of the window and agree
.
"The bridge is out!”
.
“We must tell those in charge of the train."
.
.
At the front of the train, in the dining car, the fat-rich men are enjoying their dinner, they hear the commotion and say,
.
"We cannot slow down; we will be late for our IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING!"
.
Chorus of
.
"IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING!"
.
From everyone else in the dining car.
.
.
.
The fattest man on the train beckons to the steward.
.
"Tell the people looking out of the windows that everything is OK.”
.
“Tell them I paid someone to look out of the window,”
.
“And he said that everything would be fine.”
.
“We've been over other bridges and they were ok."
.
.
.
In the carriages, people have started to open the doors and are trying to stop the train with their feet.
.
.
.
The chief steward walks up to the fat man
.
"Excuse me, sir,”
.
“but most of the people on the train are saying that the bridge is out."
.
.
.
The fat man pulls out a huge cigar and lights it.
.
"Look, even if the bridge is out, there is plenty of time for someone to fix it before we get there."
.
.
.
Chorus
.
"IMPORTANT BUSINESS MEETING"
.
Added guffaws, and laughter, spraying of overpriced cognac.
.
.
.
At the bridge site, Sam, the local window cleaner, shows up with his ladder, bucket, and rag.
.
.
.
Sam ties the rag around two bits of wood and tries hammering in bent nails into rotting wood with his bucket, thinking
.
“If I only had more time and money”
.
“I could learn to be an engineer and buy some new lumber!”
.
.
.
In the cab of the locomotive, there is an argument going on over if they should pull the break,
.
While people keep showing up with armfuls of wood ripped from the train.
.
.
.
A young Swedish girl called Greta pulls on the sleave of the engineer.
.
"The bridge is out!”
.“The train will never slow down if you keep shovelling coal!"
..
.
The point of this story?
. .
If you're not worried about global warming and think we will sort it without disrupting anything, Then think of some of our past successes that we have sorted.
.
Live Aid to help the starving in Africa.
.
The hole in the Ozone layer.
.
The cold war.
.
Lead in petrol.
.
Covid
.
.
There is still, plenty of poverty around the world, people dying to starvation and poor of bad sanitation.
So not fixed yet.
.
.
.
The hole in the Ozone layer is still there,
.
China is still pumping out CFCs.
.
So not fixed.
.
.
.
Is Russia playing nice with the rest of the world yet?
.
Is China giving up on its expansion into the South China Sea?
.
So not fixed.
.
.
.
Lead in petrol has at least gone,
.
But how long did that take?
.
.
.
Take a look at the news from Brazil if you think we're getting on top of covid.
.
.
.
More of us, need to do far more, than just click “Like” on Fartbook pages and Twatter feeds!
.
.
!
.
.
.
The hole in the Ozone layer is still there,
.
China is still pumping out CFCs.
.
So not fixed.
.
.
.
Is Russia playing nice with the rest of the world yet?
.
Is China giving up on its expansion into the South China Sea?
.
So not fixed.
.
.
.
Lead in petrol has at least gone,
.
But how long did that take?
.
.
.
Take a look at the news from Brazil if you think we're getting on top of covid.
.
.
.
More of us, need to do far more, than just click “Like” on Fartbook pages and Twatter feeds!
.
.
Or
.“Over the bridge, we all go!”
.!
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