Where have all the vegetables gone?

[nineveh_uk]

My middle school had long assembly three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I quite enjoyed assembly, which wasn't that long even in its long format, and one got to sing. I did not, however, like all the hymns. Top of my "most hated" list was Where Have All the Flowers Gone. To this day I get irritated when hearing pre-pubescent female humans blamed for the first World War.

Nonetheless, when I opened the fridge tonight and discovered that the only green veg I possessed was a couple of leeks, I had to accept that the answer was that I had eaten them. I'm not sure how this happened, as there was a fair amount there on Saturday and I am not the sort of person who considers raw broccoli a delicious snack. But apparently it has. I don't mind leeks. Leeks are OK, particularly baked, but even raw. But I was looking for the courgette that was supposed to be in there.

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It was the mid-80s? And it does have a reasonable tune. But if my interpretation of the lyrics was wrong (and it does seem, from the responses, to have been idiosyncratic!) I'm inclined to think it is fine for assembly as a generic "peace good, war bad" sort of thing. Ironically, though my sisters went to the CofE middle, to which my middle school was sort of the ideological opposite (though still +98% white), as well as the oddities I got a lot more of the hymns one sings at weddings.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

I have a vague memory of singing it at school at about that time too. And 'Streets of London'.

Mostly what I remember about school assemblies at middle school was our deputy head and his endless war stories, which all began 'when I was in the navy', and having been toned down enough to be suitable for an audience of 9-13 year olds, were very dull indeed.