-reflections: Those Pompous Pommey Days-

THE POMPOUS POMMEY WAS GOOD THEN AND JUST AS GOOD FOR MAN NOW FOR COURTESY AND CHIVALRY WERE CODES TO LIVE BY, WHEN DISCIPLINE AND ORDER RULED THE DAY AMONG ADULTS AND KIDS AT PLAY WHEN CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD, OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY ROUND AND SIX O'CLOCK WAS SUPPER TIME NO EATING BEFORE GRACE WAS SAID AND WHOLE FAMILIES SAT AT THE TABLE'S FARE REQUEST POLITELY TO LEAVE THE TABLE ONLY SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO, WITH ADULTS AROUND AND TABLE MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE WAS PRACTISED ALWAYS TO SHOW YOUR KIND AND THANK YOU'S AND PLEASE'S WERE THE NORM RESPECT FOR YOUR ELDERS RULED OVERALL WITH DON'T DO AS I DO, DO ONLY AS I SAY STAND UP WHEN A LADY ENTERS THE ROOM WHEN BOWS AND CURTSY'S WERE IN DEMAND AND BREEDING AND CULTURE COUNTED MORE WHEN FOREBEARS WERE LORD POMPOUS AND SIR MUCKUS AND PANTALOONS AND BOWS WERE FOR GIRLS AND SHORT PANTS AND BOW-TIES FOR THE BOYS WITH SOCKS PULLED UP TO JUST BELOW THE KNEES OH YES! PLUM PUDDINGS AND WELSH RARE-BIT WERE THE TREATS.