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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 185647" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>According to stories I've heard, and the website........it was originally started by some women with the help of this poem (not in it's entirety):</p><p></p><p>WARNING</p><p>When I am an old woman I shall wear purple</p><p>With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.</p><p>And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves</p><p>And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.</p><p>I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired</p><p>And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells</p><p>And run my stick along the public railings</p><p>And make up for the sobriety of my youth.</p><p>I shall go out in my slippers in the rain</p><p>And pick the flowers in other people's gardens . . .</p><p></p><p>The ending of the poem pleases its readers when the woman says . . .</p><p></p><p>But maybe I ought to practice a little now?</p><p>So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised</p><p>When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My mom and two of my aunts all have copies of this poem but I don't think any of them have joined a chapter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 185647, member: 2459"] According to stories I've heard, and the website........it was originally started by some women with the help of this poem (not in it's entirety): WARNING When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people's gardens . . . The ending of the poem pleases its readers when the woman says . . . But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. My mom and two of my aunts all have copies of this poem but I don't think any of them have joined a chapter. [/QUOTE]
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