When shitty food was too expensive!
We were having a discussion today about why people are so obese today. I don’t know whether my memory is playing tricks but when I was a kid things like takeaways seemed too expensive. (That was when you could find one!) It feels like all the foods bad for us are now cheap and all the good stuff too expensive. The opposite of what it was when I was a lad!
The Shitty Foods Were Too Expensive
When I was a lad
We couldn’t afford
To be fat
Except that is for my dad
All the shitty food
Was far too expensive
Everything eaten
Seemed to be stewed
A simple take away
Was a packed lunch
No Burger King or Krispy Kreme
Tempting us as there is today
We had bangers and mash
Beans on toast
Occasionally a Sunday roast
A lovely comforting corned beef hash
As a treat we had a Vesta Curry
Or a bowl of Angel Delight
Sometimes a lovely trifle
Only when we had enough money
My mum made sure
We ate our greens
Cabbages sprouts
Nothing exotic nothing obscure
We couldn’t afford to be fat
We simply ate
What we were given
And that was that!
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