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Andrew Frimpong’s leaving!!

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Get running girls, no time to slack
Don’t think of skulking at the back
If you think you can hide, you’re sadly wrong
‘Neath the eagle eye of Andrew Frimpong

To him your fitness is no joke
A gentle touch would make him choke
With exercise he’ll not let you flirt
His regime is cruel and it’s going to hurt!

Get running clockwise round the room
And do not let him see your gloom
This man just feeds right off your pain
He’ll up the reps the more you complain

The man who does one-armed press-ups with ease
Just loves to make you do burpees
The more you hurt, the more he grins
The more you scream, the more he wins

He takes no prisoners, that’s for sure
Your battle for fitness is his war
Like a sergeant on a parade ground
He loves to make you jump around

Press-ups, star jumps, squats and crunchies
You can take him chocolate for his munchies
But even choose his favourite flavour
You still won’t curry any favour

Lunges with weights on the bench
You should hear the way he maligns the French
But politically correct is not his style
At least he slags them off with a smile

And his methods work, no doubt of it
His victims now are pretty fit
So no wonder they’re feeling a bit of stress
What happens to them now is anyone’s guess

It really is quite a disgrace
Coz Andrew’s leaving Vintners Place
He’s legging it as fast as he can
To go and be a fireman

And though they thought that he was cruel
The pupils at his fitness school
Are now he’s going, getting crabby
They’re scared that they will end up flabby

They’ll be sad to see dear Andrew leave
If the truth were known I think they’ll grieve
So we hope in his new job he’ll do well
But remember those he put through hell

If going out and fighting a fire
Is not everything to which you aspire
You could always come back to see your chums
And help repair their saggy bums!

©Jo Wallen Ross
25th September 2009

For Marion on leaving Citywire

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She said she’d come for a little while
But part-time was not her style
She took one look at the task required
And in no time at all got Citywired

Before she knew it, the job had grown
She’d really made the role her own
If she’d planned to leave, then truth to tell
She shouldn’t have done the job so well

From production to printing to buying tea
It was all her responsibility
A lesser woman would have despaired
But her diligence showed how much she cared

And for her hard work, she got her reward
When appointed to the Citywire board
A sword whose edge was somewhat double
For it brought even more work for her trouble

If I said she was always happy and calm
I’d be doing the pursuit of truth some harm
Her displeasure could be pretty scary
I’d go as far as to say it was legendary

But she was not in this all for fun
She simply wanted to get the job done
No task for her was too big or too small
Except perhaps when it came to George Ball

It was interesting to watch how she’d forge
Her relationship with dear old George
Her chairman and her CEO
Knew just how far they could go

But they’d easier ignore the call of the clarion
Than at their peril, the call of Maion
The production team all walked her line
With Ali G she worked just fine
Though tough, she had the ability to nurture
Admin, journalist or researcher
While she’d put the whole team through its paces
With her there were no airs and graces

One minute concerned with insert folds
The next scrubbing ovens in her marigolds
Which is why she’ll be so sorely missed
I hope poor Richard’s got a list

Of the numerous roles he’ll have to fill
And how fast he’ll need to run just to stand still
But she leaves a Citywire in fine form
And goes with our blessing and wishes warm

May your next job bring you challenges new
If anyone out there can meet them it’s you
All the best Marion, we send our love
For Citywire you’ve been a cut above

In whatever you do, to whatever you aspire
Know you’ll always be welcome at Citywire.

© Joanne Ross – 7th March 2006