Frederick

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Gender	Male
Occupation	Retired
Location	Cornwall, United Kingdom
Introduction	I am an old man, trying to be more than a merely captious critic of the modern world; in which I find myself - like the Elephant's Child - hot, and not a little astonished.
Interests	Art, Cookery, Classical music (non-playing), Reading, History, Theatre (including Victorian toy stage), Ballet, Countryside...
Favorite Movies	Only old stuff, like Ghandi, Oh What a Lovely war, Third Man, Elephant Man, - dead boring really.
Favorite Music	Monteverdi, Verdi, Puccini, Chopin, Elgar, Britten - all the old war-horses.
Favorite Books	Whatever I'm reading at the moment. Otherwise, Dickens, Richard Dawkins, Bronowski's "Ascent of Man" - though the CD's even better.

Compose the lyrics to a new national anthem that features an animal sound at least once:

Let other countries bray Of clever things they do, Here is where I shall stay. So, if you're wise, will you - Cockadoodledoo!