The idea for the latest challenge, to provide a spoof version of the song ‘My Favourite Things’ for the constituency/demographic of your choice, was prompted by my discovery of a reimagining of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic recast as it might have been sung by an elderly Julie Andrews (‘Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,/ Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings…’).
It seemed to go down well, drawing an entry that ranged far and wide, from Basil Ransome-Davies’s fetishists (‘Dildoes and butt plugs that tirelessly tingle,/ Electrical probes and Ben Wa balls that jingle…’) to Max Gutmann’s Fox News viewers (‘Gawking at lovely harassable females,/ Daily reminders of Hillary’s emails…’) via Chris O’Carroll’s potheads (‘Underground comix and indie musicians,/ Sentences full of oh-wows and omissions…’)
I was impressed by Douglas G. Brown’s even-handedness in these polarised times. He submitted entries for both Trump-detractors: ‘Grabbing the women I like by the pussy,/ Letting Vlad Putin know I’m not a wussy…’; and Hillary-haters: ‘Millions and millions for Slick Willy’s speeches/ Paid in my coffers by corporate leeches…’
The winners, printed below, are rewarded with £30 each.
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