Liza Doolittle Day: May 20

Here's a bit of the lyrics from Just You Wait, 'enry 'iggins, from My Fair Lady. (Full lyrics can be found at: http://www.metrolyrics.com/just-you-wait-lyrics-my-fair-lady.html)

One evening the king will say, "Oh, Liza, old thing
I want all of England your praises to sing"

Next week on the twentieth of May
I proclaim Liza Doolittle day

So, next Tuesday is May 20 and as King of this blog I proclaim Liza Doolittle Day. 

• Speak with a cockney accent;
• Dress as a flower seller;
• Dance all night;
• Find a 'enry 'higgins and tell 'im what you'd like to do to him;
• or whatever else strikes your fancy and fires your imagination

'ave fun!

Fun Ideas for a Staff Retreat in May

Feet Don’t Fail Me

a)      Everyone goes barefoot for the day;

b)      Paint or stick happy faces on toes and create and dance a happy foot dance;

c)      Paint or stick roses on toes and dance to Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses from Singin’ in the Rain. (http://www.zazzle.com/red_rose_sticker-217982755706889259)

Liza Doolittle Day: May 20th

a)      Dress like the flower girl as Liza is/was;

b)      Speak in a Cockney accent;

c)      Find a likely ‘enry ‘iggins to be subjected to Liza’s wrath

Library Limericks

a)      Have each unit compose a limerick suitable for their functions, skills, etc. or for the library in general, i.e.

Our library is really a fun place,

There are many smiling work faces,

There’s no end of glee,

We often go Te-Hee-Hee,

Our building is the coolest of  places.

b)      Have a contest to create a limerick for the retreat.

The retreat we are on is a cool one,

Who knew retreating could be so much fun,

As we share and we learn,

To one another we turn,

And say we are almost sorry the day’s done.

Human Croquet (http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2006/05/human-croquet_114799450890208568.html) – There is a literary tie-in here to Kate Atkinson’s novel of the same name

Limerick Day: May 12

Coming Monday, May 12, it is Limerick Day :)

http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/limerick-day/

This form is credited to Edward Lear and popularized in his A Book of Nonsense. Here's an example of his craft:

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!