h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Need stronger nets - A86912373
Author: sprout - U192568

Little poem, in reaction to recent events, expressing how I feel about how we deal with rioters, but don't deal with bankers.

sprout

Good one, Sprout. All too true not just in UK either.

Well said, that h2g2er.

I'm confused by the line:

>>Hedge their baits in Mayfair<<

Did you just mean a play on words, hedging bets + bait?

(This may be because I don't know the significance of Mayfair here.)

I looked it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfair

It says there:

>>The district is now mainly commercial, with many offices in converted houses and new buildings, including major corporate headquarters, a concentration of hedge funds, real estate businesses and many different embassy offices, namely the U.S.'s large office taking up all the west side of Grosvenor Square.<<

This is a good poem, expressing an anger that I suspect a lot of people feel.

I agree that the line 'Hedging their baits in Mayfair' is ambiguous. I'm not sure if you're making complex puns on hedge funds and baits, or if you just meant 'hedging their bets'?

I also wasnt sure about "Holes in the legal mesh/Too big to land perhaps?" To me, it sounds as if the holes in the legal mesh would let the small fry through, rather than the big fish? Perhaps you need something like 'The legal mesh is feeble' to convey your meaning.

Thanks all for your comments.

The hedge your baits was a deliberate play on words - what Mayfair is now infamous for is the home of the hedge funds. But maybe it's a bit tricksy.

And yes MVP you're right - I mean weak nets and the idea of holes is not very precise.

It's nice to be back to writing poetry again.

sprout