Free association thread 2

[oggbashan]

Mutiny on the Bounty?

Breadfruit Bligh.

Captain Bligh first brought breadfruit to England. He preferred to be remembered for that than the Mutiny on the Bounty, or the second Mutiny against him when he was Governor of New South Wales.

His tomb is in the churchyard of a redundant church, now the http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/ Garden Museum by Lambeth Palace. It is decorated with carved breadfruit.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Breadfruit Bligh.

Captain Bligh first brought breadfruit to England. He preferred to be remembered for that than the Mutiny on the Bounty, or the second Mutiny against him when he was Governor of New South Wales.

His tomb is in the churchyard of a redundant church, now the http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/ Garden Museum by Lambeth Palace. It is decorated with carved breadfruit.

Think perhaps it was his personality?

 

[oggbashan]

Think perhaps it was his personality?

He didn't suffer fools gladly, and he was sent to New South Wales specifically 'to sort them out'. That was not one of the best decisions by the UK government, comparable to sending Gordon to Khartoum to evacuate it.

Association: Botany Bay

 

[MichaelinChina]

He didn't suffer fools gladly, and he was sent to New South Wales specifically 'to sort them out'. That was not one of the best decisions by the UK government, comparable to sending Gordon to Khartoum to evacuate it.

Association: Botany Bay

'Botany' was one of my primary school subjects. We used Botany books.

 

[oggbashan]

'Botany' was one of my primary school subjects. We used Botany books.

Flower pressing.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Flower pressing.

I still put flowers inside my books to press. Is it a lost art you think?

 

[oggbashan]

I still put flowers inside my books to press. Is it a lost art you think?

No. Most 'craft' shops in England still sell flower presses.

But using a book! Sacrilege! The juice stains the pages. That is desecration unless it is the 'Collected Minutes of the Society of Accountants'.

A famous picture of the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) in Paris shows him in front of a wall of books.

Unfortunately the detail shows that the books are random leather bound tomes such as the 'Society of Accountants' Transactions' and were meant to give him the impression of intelligence. He wasn't intelligent, people knew he wasn't, and it didn't work.

 

[NaokoSmith]

No. Most 'craft' shops in England still sell flower presses.

But using a book! Sacrilege! The juice stains the pages. That is desecration unless it is the 'Collected Minutes of the Society of Accountants'.

A famous picture of the Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) in Paris shows him in front of a wall of books.

Unfortunately the detail shows that the books are random leather bound tomes such as the 'Society of Accountants' Transactions' and were meant to give him the impression of intelligence. He wasn't intelligent, people knew he wasn't, and it didn't work.

He and Wallace Simpson had a lovely garden at one of their houses in France, I believe? I'm sure I read the gardening correspondent in the FT Weekend writing about it once.

 

[oggbashan]

He and Wallace Simpson had a lovely garden at one of their houses in France, I believe? I'm sure I read the gardening correspondent in the FT Weekend writing about it once.

Yes, and a large staff of gardeners.

 

[NaokoSmith]

Yes, and a large staff of gardeners.

Oh well, a large staff is always very nice

The Earth Day stories.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Oh well, a large staff is always very nice

The Earth Day stories.

large staff?

 

[NaokoSmith]

large staff?

Curiously enough, I was thinking of you

Lovely gardens. Pretty flowers. Pressed or unpressed

 

[Handley_Page]

Curiously enough, I was thinking of you

Lovely gardens. Pretty flowers. Pressed or unpressed

I never quite understood the idea of pressing flowers.

 

[MichaelinChina]

I never quite understood the idea of pressing flowers.

understand 'pressing the flesh'?

 

[NaokoSmith]

understand 'pressing the flesh'?

A hearty handshake for the Brits, three little cheek-kisses for the French.

And handshakes makes me think of milkshakes - perhaps in dancing banana flavour:

 

[MichaelinChina]

A hearty handshake for the Brits, three little cheek-kisses for the French.

And handshakes makes me think of milkshakes - perhaps in dancing banana flavour:

no idea...


so much!

golden handshake

 

[NaokoSmith]

no idea...


so much!

golden handshake

Goldilocks

 

[SamScribble]

Goldilocks

I wonder if The Three Bears had porridge for breakfast every day ...

 

[Handley_Page]

understand 'pressing the flesh'?

I ain't gonna be elected to anything !

I wonder if The Three Bears had porridge for breakfast every day ...

Maybe with a different flavour each day?

 

[Aynmair]

I ain't gonna be elected to anything !


The tragedy of politics - no one reasonable would want to run for anything.

 

[Handley_Page]

QUOTE=Handley_Page;57396390]I ain't gonna be elected to anything !


The tragedy of politics - no one reasonable would want to run for anything.

I see that Bob Latta is trying to do things against Net Neutrality; or something.

 

[MichaelinChina]

I see that Bob Latta is trying to do things against Net Neutrality; or something.

Bob Latta? Of the Church of the Latta Day Saints?

 

[NaokoSmith]

Bob Latta? Of the Church of the Latta Day Saints?

Cappuccino art!

This Japanese barista's coffee sculptures.

 

[Handley_Page]

Cappuccino art!

This Japanese barista's coffee sculptures.

Pity the coffee's cold afterwards ( <snigger > I'll get me coat)

 

[MichaelinChina]

Pity the coffee's cold afterwards ( <snigger > I'll get me coat)

Iced coffee