Lily Allen on Colostomy (Window Shopper)

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Hey, I just realized that Lily Allen is singing about Colostomy Bags in her 'Window shopper' song. Here are the lyrics ... and the video:

The bottom feels so much better than the top!
So much better!

Nan you're a window shopper
Taking a look but you never buy
Nan you're a window shopper
You won't pick it up if it's over a fiver
Nan you're a window shopper
Get on the bus 'cause you still can't drive
Nan you're a window shopper
Mad as fuck, only just alive

You get up in the morning and you like your tea milky
You fumble for your glasses 'cause without 'em you can't see
It's funny how I come around your house and I'm twenty
And I still have to wear all the presents you sent me

I walk into your kitchen everything's got a label
You've done your Christmas shopping and we're only in April
And you won't leave your house unless you're wearing your thermals
You're covered all in cat hair and you're stinking like strepsils

You're headed down the bowls club, have another orange squash
Balls are rollin', rollin', rollin'
You can't walk right 'cause things aren't what they were
Your ankles are swollen, swollen, swollen

Nan you're a window shopper
Taking a look but you never buy
Nan you're a window shopper
You won't pick it up if it's over a fiver
Nan you're a window shopper
Get on the bus 'cause you still can't drive
Nan you're a window shopper
Mad as fuck, only just alive

Walking down the post office to pick up your pension
And then you're off to bingo, it's become an obsession
So wary of the kids when they're wearing their hoods up
And even if they smile at you you think it's a stick up

You only buy the paper just to cut out the coupons
You're saving 50p but what do you want with tampons
You're always at the doctor picking up you prescription
And they throw in some KY just to ease up the friction

You've got a leak in your colostomy bag
Yeah, it's got a hole in, hole in, hole in
On the weekend you're shopping with your trolley
It's sad how you're rollin', rollin', rollin'

Nan you're a window shopper
Taking a look but you never buy
Nan you're a window shopper
You won't pick it up if it's over a fiver
Nan you're a window shopper
Get on the bus 'cause you still can't drive
Nan you're a window shopper
Mad as fuck, only just alive
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mark

That actually made me look a little more and I found another colostomy song. Funny:

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Leggy

I don't usually regard myself as prudish, but if the words to the song are correct, I hope I can come back and haunt that arrogant young woman. "Wait until it happens to you" is what springs to mind.

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I have a wicked sense of humor, however, I do not find any of this amusing or interesting. I'm offended. It's degrading. I'm a survivor, I don't need to be degraded.

 
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mooza

Yeah, I have a crazy little personality as well but not this shit. Fuck you, fuck very very much, 'cause we hate what you do and we hate your whole crew. So, Lilly, please don't stay in touch. Also, fuck you, mate. Lilly has another song, fuck you very very much. Lololol, now that's bloody funny. Oh yes, sarcasm, whatever. Love and big kisses, Mooza from Oz. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Monsieur Le President

I have a black, bleak sense of humor and laugh about dwarfs, cripples, and other unfortunates as long as it's funny, so my only comment is: that the bloke with the guitar is funny, the puppets are not, the subject matter is irrelevant.
Perhaps it's a good thing that the bag is becoming more mainstream and is not so unmentionable.
I think one problem is that a colostomy is normally equated with a Zimmer frame, when we all know that often the diseases that cause IBD strike fit young people.

Txgirl

Wow....I'm 39, a teenager may think I'm old but I'm not; I also have a very twisted sense of humor but I didn't find any of this funny in the least. Let me also say this, even BEFORE I had an ostomy...I wouldn't have found it funny. I will say this...karma is a bitch.

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