Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
And may the new year suck much less
Than the last three years combined
@VeryBadLlama 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@VeryBadLlama Bravo! So on-point for concluding 2022.
@VeryBadLlama I know I can't forget but you really read my mind
@VeryBadLlama Yes, let's hope this year is much better than the last three years for sure.

@Skynight_2000 @VeryBadLlama

Have you been into the hopium tonight?

@mlk @VeryBadLlama We all live in hope.

@Skynight_2000 @VeryBadLlama

I favor the Buddhist teaching that hope is an illusion. Hope will prevent many people from taking action. I can't hope that l live through brain surgery without having secured a competent neurosurgeon. Hoping incompetent people with tyranny on their minds will see the light can be deadly. A plan of action must come first.

@VeryBadLlama - perfection. I will sing this in a little bit ....
@VeryBadLlama 2022 was actually pretty good. If nothing else, we dodged Republican control of both houses of Congress. And while Russia invading Ukraine sucked, I've enjoyed watching the Ukrainians pound the crap out of those imperialist scum. And Bolsonaro lost!
@VeryBadLlama Nearly the exact same wish that I had for the new year. Less dreadful was the way I thought about it. 🥳
@VeryBadLlama 2023 is gonna be a 🇬🇧shit show fucked economy more Corona bird flu crap lack of eggs snail mail post strikers austerity millions unemployed least Michelle mone and husband will be dragged to court and hopefully JAILED and well have 4 new PRIME MINISTERS
AND another SERBIA Kosovo war HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL YOU brexit b voting ⚓ and nawbags 2014 enjoy that £7000 extra on heating eating mortgage payments better together 😆
@VeryBadLlama I might have to quote that outside of the elephant site.
@VeryBadLlama Excuse me while I cram 2019 into that mess... (Sorry; 2019 wasn't a very good year.)

@VeryBadLlama

Speaking of pain management, a little poem of mine you might appreciate:

I have been lavishly gifted a pain
as thick and rich as oil paint

By pushing it around the page
I have learned to make art

https://dailywisdomtexts.com/yahia_lababidi #poetry #happynewyear 🌹🩸

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@VeryBadLlama Only just the last three? 😬
@VeryBadLlama Our previous pastor retired in December 2019. On his last day, I told him I hope 2020 is his best year yet. If I happen to see him again, I deserve to be slapped. On both cheeks.

@VeryBadLlama

Excellent rendition of “auld lang syne”.
I couldn’t agree more!
Happy New Year!

@VeryBadLlama well thank you, I will now always sing your lines when playing that song on the hurdy gurdy 🤣

@VeryBadLlama Wow. I just flashed back to an old joke about a sailor with a nervous stutter who's trying to deliver a message to his captain and can't spit it out, and the captain tells him to try singing, and the sailor takes a deep breath and sings:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
The admiral's fallen overboard
And he's half a mile behind

@VeryBadLlama my first venture into mstdn - 👍🏻😂
@VeryBadLlama Oh haven’t they been rugged though. #newyear2023

@VeryBadLlama

Yeah, I don't want to go through another 2 years like than my last two...
💔

@DSCH

@VeryBadLlama Now I can't get this verse out of my head.
Photography by Fenichel: 2022-23 Holiday Greeting Card

Annual Holiday Card from photographer/psychologist Michael Fenichel. With warm regards to family, friends and colleagues. May peace, love, and sanity be found in 2020.

@VeryBadLlama merry f*ing new year to you too!