Contingency Planning



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CONTINGENCY PLANNING

There's one thing everybody needs

And that's a contingency plan.

That goes for every woman

And every single man.

When you wake up in bed in the morning

Consider the possible traps;

You could miss the bus to work, maybe,

Or fall down the stairs, perhaps.

It pays to lie still in bed awhile

And work out a strategy

For coping with life's pitfalls,

A multiple Plan B.

Better plump up your pillows

In order to feel at ease,

For it's certainly exhausting,

Working-out your Plan Bs.

What to tell your boss today

When he sees that you are late;

And if you go drinking after work,

What to tell your mate.

Supposing there's an explosion

In the middle of the town!

You'd better work out the best way

Of keeping your head down!

You could, of course, avoid it all,

By curling up in bed

Or follow the illustration......

Put a bag over your head!

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COUCH POTATO
(An Acrostic)

Calories proliferate!
Obesity becomes ones fate!
Useless to reject advice!
Certainly you'll pay the price!
Heavy folds of paunchy skin!
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Pneumatic overlying thin!
Occasional forays to the larder
To make your diet that much harder!
Action-man you're certainly not!
To be blunt, you've gone to pot!
'Out, out damned flesh!' did someone say?
You'll change your ways ......but not today!
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