MANNY QUINN

Manny Quinn was fed up with being taken for a dummy.
Not only did it make him cross, he also missed his mummy.As a Jewish Irishman or an Irish Jew,
He didn’t know how to describe himself or what to do.

He certainly felt quite odd repairing golliwogs with glue.
So he tried life as a pirate, but he wasn’t a patch on his old self.
Then he took up carpentry, hanging doors and making a shelf,
Before discovering he had a wood allergy and the work was bad for his health.

Like many misfits who consider themselves failures,
Manny eventually became a taxi driver,
It wasn’t all plain sailing—one night he only earned a fiver,
Nevertheless, it has to be said, our Manny is a survivor.

After going on a communications course run by barbers,
He—once shy—became verbose,
Now, when he carries fares with his stream of incessant banter,
It makes him and his passengers close.

Or so he thinks because as a matter of fact they often find him gross.
If Manny knew this, he’d feel grossly misunderstood,
Although, perhaps the misunderstanding would be his,
After all, he believes that gross misconduct is doing something wrong 144 times!