The Barbie - a poem

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#330099" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040000d2erkqrf.gif"> <div> Derby and District Astronomical Society - Aries Magazine</div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#333399" TEXT="#080000" background="03fa2c00erkjzj.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aries Astronomy magazine on line From th"><U>HOME</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summer 2001"><U>Summer 2001</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Telescopes"><U>Telescopes</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mercury"><U>Mercury</U></A></div> <div> <B>The Barbie - a poem</B></div> <div> <A HREF="sky_notes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sky scene June to August 2001"><U>Sky scene June to August 2001</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="06a92963.gif"> <div> <B>Aries Astronomy magazine on line- From the Derby and District Astronomical Society</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04107040.gif" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="559" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 45 WIDTH="466"><div> The Barbie 2000</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2><NOBR><div>  <img src="HTMLobj-312/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="66" height="80">  </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 34 WIDTH="466"><div> <I><B>Author: Chris Campbell</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Astro BBQ was great</div> <div> We held it on July eight</div> <div> The weather held, no rain was shed</div> <div> No flies to plague us round our heads</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="128695a0.gif" border=0 width="105" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Several members did appear</div> <div> With friends and colleagues from far and near</div> <div> Some brought burgers and some brought buns</div> <div> and others brought their `veggie' ones</div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-299/aniGif.gif" alt="Kevin Ison at work!" border="0" align="bottom" width="106" height="146">  </div> <bR> <div> All upon the flames did go</div> <div> Kevin cooked them nice and slow</div> <div> "Sausage, burgers, chicken too</div> <div> have some onions, please do"</div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-301/aniGif.gif" alt="Yum - anyone fancy a hot dog?" border="0" align="bottom" width="70" height="78">  </div> <bR> <div> The onions we almost had to ban</div> <div> for Alex - he forgot the pan!</div> <div> someone to our rescue came</div> <div> with something to put them on the flame</div> <bR> <div> Everything was going fine</div> <div> when `Neddy' in the field behind</div> <div> closer to us he did come</div> <div> then suddenly began to run</div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-300/aniGif.gif" alt="The horse escapes!" border="0" align="bottom" width="127" height="82">  </div> <bR> <div> Out through the gate and down the lane</div> <div> several members chased the same</div> <div> Anthony was the first to run</div> <div> to see him was such fun!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="12f7e740.gif" border=0 width="126" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> What would John say if once he knew</div> <div> What we astronomers had been up to</div> <div> we never would have led him a dance</div> <div> but then he was away - in France!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13063bc0.gif" border=0 width="99" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>