My father
When I was a lot younger taught me the Rudyard Kipling Poem 'If'

Still some good lines in there.

www.kipling.org.uk/poems_if.htm
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:00, 3 replies)

Very nice - I shall pass it on.
I only know he did Riki Tiki Tavi.

I decided not to make a crack at your "still some good" in there sentence, as if the government might have edited anything with some modicum of virtue.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 20 May 2010, 20:27, closed)

Using a joke I heard a few years back:
"IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs"

...then you probably haven't got a good grasp on the situation.
(hagis_uk, Thu 20 May 2010, 22:15, closed)

In some situations
with some people, this can also be applicable. :)
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Fri 21 May 2010, 10:14, closed)