Iām surprised you remember old Mars Barr Spitty.
Last I heard of him was that he was taken off the poets register, or in the official tone of the National Association of Regulated Verse (NARV) āMr. M. Barr is no longer a member, he has officially been deversedā. The narv of them! 
I supposed itās the same treatment wayward sheep get when brought up before the head Ram, they are deflocked, bad safety matches are struck off, and a misbehaving campanologist is exbelled.
Bad grammar teachers are disenvowelled, while church canons are simply fired, I could go on but Iāll spare you all the torment. 
Did you ever come across such a useless vegetable as rhubarb? it tastes horrible no matter what way itās cooked or what itās served with, everyone I know hates the stuff, and today a woman who lives a few doors up from me brought me a big bunch of the stuff, very thoughtful of her Iām sure, but neither the wife nor myself eat it, and I know none of my family eat it either. I would never refuse it from her as sheās a very sensitive old lady.
I believe the leaves of the plant are deadly poison, causes kidney failure.
Celery comes a close second, I remember my Dad saying one day when his doctor told him to eat the odd stick of raw celery āItās like eating waterā
I read celery uses up more energy eating a stick of it than it gives you, therefore stout folks could actually eat themselves slim.
Old age, grey hair, or wrinkles never bother me, all part of the ageing process.
I have noticed that the old people years ago seemed to have more wrinkles than the old folks of today, must be something in the water.
Countries where they get a lot of sunshine seem to fare badly with peoples skin in later life, some of the older Hollywood stars, and even with the best of skin advice available to them, have more dried up canals gullies on their faces than on the surface of Mars, and with that dark tan some of their heads look like well ripened prunes, oh itās true what the elders told us, have fun but stay out of direct sun.
An Aunt of mine married a fella from California, he was a civil engineer who settled here when he was in his 40ās, he would have been about 60 when I knew him as a child and he was very wrinkled then.
I remember her when sheād visit our house, she used to refer to him (behind his back) as āold corrugated faceā and jokingly saying that he should have guttering fitted under his chin to stop his shirt collars being ruined when he sweats, and he did sweat a lot as I recall.
I love this old song, and what a beautiful voice Judith Durham has, sheās 78 now God bless her.
The Seekers - When will the Good Apples Fall (HQ Stereo, 1967/'68)
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