Essence of Express
Jun. 11th, 2010 05:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
steepholmThe Daily Express excelled itself today:
It's not just the main headline, it's the gypsies and the baby too. Why, even the competition adds a certain piquant irony, with its invitation to increase our reliance on oil while worsening Britain's balance of trade. (A shame, as there happens to be a UK-manufactured electric equivalent, the Citroen C1 Evie.) Patriotism, c'est nous!
In other news, the mock orange about which I asked for advice a few weeks ago is now doing fine, and blooming fragrantly, if slightly out of focus:
I thank you, even if the blackfly don't.
It's not just the main headline, it's the gypsies and the baby too. Why, even the competition adds a certain piquant irony, with its invitation to increase our reliance on oil while worsening Britain's balance of trade. (A shame, as there happens to be a UK-manufactured electric equivalent, the Citroen C1 Evie.) Patriotism, c'est nous!
In other news, the mock orange about which I asked for advice a few weeks ago is now doing fine, and blooming fragrantly, if slightly out of focus:
I thank you, even if the blackfly don't.
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Date: 2010-06-12 09:21 am (UTC)Good the mock orange is now doing fine (rather than not doing fine, which confused me given the picture).
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Date: 2010-06-12 09:25 am (UTC)The main thing is not the flowers, of course, but the fragrance, which takes me back to long-ago days...
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Date: 2010-06-12 09:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-06-12 09:36 am (UTC)