Meet the walking zombie of Year 10 English

[wzdd]

The first time I heard W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues", which begins

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

I thought it was pretty strange that Auden would make such a tasteless connection between dog bones and

Comments

[roslyn]

So my last comment was a bit morose, and possibly weird? Sorry about that!

[wzdd]

Actually you know I spent the day thinking about it (on and off), but still hadn't thought of a good reply. So here is my reply of fail ;)

[jasongrossman]

You should cross-post that to veganpeople.