Today we have to declare the object we consider to be the
weirdest thing in our possession. This is tough: one does not want to appear to be too odd, not odd
enough, nor to be a show-off - I judged badly and cited my
submarine propeller then was immediately jealous when a girl in crimson lipstick
brought up her collection of unusual penis postcards, swiftly followed by someone with a collection of penis bones,
one of which she gave to Neil Gaiman as a present.
Sash.
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I ran across the Russian phrase оконные переплеты, which I knew I’d seen
before and looked up, but I couldn’t remember exactly what it meant, so I
looked i...
9 hours ago
Yes, I too have faced the conundrum of not wanting to be too odd or not odd enough... hence why I might have taken along a pair of my Nan's hand embroidered old bloomers for comedic effect.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you keep the propeller?
Sx
I hope they were embroidered with something rude. Propeller is in the garden, it's rather large
DeleteDespite graduating first in my class from the University's College of Fine Arts, I have yet to produce any fine art!
ReplyDeleteI do, however, have a wooden ship's wheel.
whoever makes the middle bit gets the other piece and can sail to Byzantium
DeleteI have an old wooden block-and-tackle pulley-thing...do you sense a nautical theme?
ReplyDeleteIf we use the bloomers as a sail, yes I can see this thing working
DeleteMy Nan's knickers are simply naughty.
ReplyDeleteSx
That's why I want to see the embroidery
DeleteI get sea sick.
ReplyDeleteIs your name actually Steve? I'm a big fan of Sea Sick Steve - you could sing sea shanties from the shore
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