13 DECEMBER 1968, Page 6

Permissive society

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

Some years ago it required some pluck To print a word that rhymes with luck, And then no one would care a jigger For another word that rhymes with figure.

And now the first one doesn't matter But nobody dares use the latter.

We've grown less mealy-mouthed? One feels lit all depends upon the meals.