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Bunch of daft-odils.


Byline: Brian READE Brian Reade is an award-winning writer who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sport, in the Daily Mirror. He is a left-wing republican with very outspoken views, and has interviewed many well known people, including Mohammed Ali.  

CUMBRIA'S tourist board has releas ed a rap version of Wordsworth's I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud "The Daffodils" is an 1804 poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by an April 15, 1802 event in which Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils. It was first published in 1807, and a revised version was released in 1815.  in the hope of drawing youngsters to the Lakes. In their words: "Engaging the YouTube generation."

I can just see 50 Cent lovers heading up to that rain-soaked paradise, and competing for the title of Lakeside Rapper. I can envisage inner-city kids bouncing in their open-top cars through Grasmere's twisty lanes, shooting Uzis at caravanners, blinding wheelchair-bound geriatrics with their bling, dissin' all the WI bitches in the coffee shops, and chanting as one: "I wandered lonely as a motherf***er, that floats on crack o'er clubs and hoods, when all at once I saw a crowd, of faggot-ass golden daff 'ho' dils."

Margaret Beckett Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South. She served in government under Tony Blair, in the office of Foreign Secretary. , you have been warned.
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Apr 12, 2007
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