Nix happened

A joke about Nixon, a salamander, a solar panel, a bagel with cream cheese. Cramp 9-10-25

Last month I visited a meeting of the local council.
Much ado about nothing, you know,
they talk, these men, just a few are spokesmen
and women usually don't bother about political things.

They work to keep their families happy.
Women work hard, you know.
But not so often a woman dares to speak up
and I could hear her say:

What is the positive side of a solar panel field?
Salamander families can find a place to hide under them.
I am in favour of this field, as it provides families with green energy.""

"Hear her," one of the councilmen said,
in his hand a bagel with cream cheese; he took a bite
and mumbled, his eyes shot fire, that she had to be silent.

He almost choked as he was interrupted,
by the woman, who explained
that solar panels and bio diversity could go hand in hand.

She concluded with the following words
and I will never forget:

"Do you know what happened when Johnny Cash refused to sing
Okie from Muskogee for Trickie Dickie? No?
He sang "My name is Sue, How do you do!"
and nix happened.

Same goes in this council; nix happens, and nix won't ever change."

Her words were marked, and all besides the bagel eater
voted - and that sure surprised me - for a solar panel field,
thus more green energy.

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