Tales of Home [6]

I see Halfwise was brought up on Scooby Doo. I'd second his plan though, except for the unicorn part.

Since when did we decide to call a unicorn a kelpie? Silly name, that.

halfwise wrote:Since when did we decide to call a unicorn a kelpie? Silly name, that.

It would be a duocorn, I see two long ears, not a horn.

I see two ears and a horn.

So... it's a tricorn?

(It's starting to sound a bit like a breakfast cerial. )

Actually, Madam Ambassador seems to be right - it's two ears, but with the head turned so that the nearer ear appears much larger. But they are rather hornish ears.

Who cut the main horn off the unicorn?! Isn't right.

The ears are horn like because since Christianity the kelpie has an association with the devil- see Rabbie Burns 'Address to the Deil' on the matter -

'When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord
An' float the jinglin icy boord
Then, water-kelpies haunt the foord
By your direction
An' nighted trav'llers are allur'd
To their destruction.'

halfwise wrote:Who cut the main horn off the unicorn?!  Isn't right.

HWMNBN.

BLUE: [edit] WTHAYTA??

Petty: you must be mistaken.  Unicorns don't do that sort of thing.

halfwise wrote:BLUE: [edit] WTHAYTA?

Shhhhhh.. he must not be named..

But will he buy the next round?

Are you really asking if Voldemort is paying for the next round?

He better be, because if the alternative answer is that I am there is going to be trouble!

There is going to be trouble..

Now you just direct all that justified crabbit in the direction of Voldemort. I'm just the go-between.

Another bloody lawyer response!!

Winds getting up, and I dont just mean from under my kilt
Weather warnings of 80 mph winds and 40ft wave surges Ive had to batten down the hatches so many times this year already that my barrel now consists mainly of hatches.

Poor devil ( )
its dry but bloody cold here. Weve had some gorgeous full moons & clear skies to see the stars ! Apparently on friday March 20th we shall have an eclipse of the sun

we have major damage here after the storm with 160 km/per hour winds. hundreds of thousands of trees are down, specially by the coast. its pretty bad here too, I have seen about 100 trees flattened just in my area. houses with roofs off, sign posts gone, its like a war zone. its mainly top heavy pine trees that have the worst time.

Shit, that sounds terrible. I'm glad you made it through safely though, Mrs Figg.

Took this yesterday in the back garden.