• How to be remembered

    I hope when I die I am mourned more by the poor than by the rich.

    I hope my coffin is carried by friends and not by soldiers.

    I hope the clocks keep chiming for the world only spins forwards.

    I hope that money is not wasted on my obsequies which could be better spent on doing good.

    I hope that an Easter mass is celebrated not state-sanctioned pomp and pride.

4 responses to “Off to the Flagship”

  1. Chris Avatar

    Argyll & The Isles: The thin diocese? Thnk about it – a pleasing double meaning.

      1. chris Avatar

        Sadly, today I’d totally agree with you. Goes for my state of mind too. 🙁

  2. fr dougal Avatar
    fr dougal

    At College we renamed all 7: Dreadinburgh; St Andrews, Dunin and Dunroamin; Drechin; Hasbeens and Offkey; Moray, Dross and Couldn’t-care-less; Argyll and the Piles (what do you expect hinging aboot damp dreich ferry terminals?) and of course GoSlow and Getaway:-)

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