Flick 🇬🇧 on Nostr: As you may know, even within these islands there are differences of opinion between ...
As you may know, even within these islands there are differences of opinion between people about which vegetable is a turnip and which is a swede.
It was* to remove this source of friction that a chap^ by the name of Gilfeather crossed the two plants to create the imaginatively named “Gilfeather’s Turnip-Swede”.
*I am making this up. On checking, I find it was a naturally-occurring hybrid.
^Ditto, but I’m right: he was called John. I do wonder if it was his Mrs, having pulled it out in order to prepare dinner, was the one who said “Husband John! Be this thing a turnip or be it a swede?”
Tonight, I get to see how it tastes. Dog has already approved.
It was* to remove this source of friction that a chap^ by the name of Gilfeather crossed the two plants to create the imaginatively named “Gilfeather’s Turnip-Swede”.
*I am making this up. On checking, I find it was a naturally-occurring hybrid.
^Ditto, but I’m right: he was called John. I do wonder if it was his Mrs, having pulled it out in order to prepare dinner, was the one who said “Husband John! Be this thing a turnip or be it a swede?”
Tonight, I get to see how it tastes. Dog has already approved.