Feet can be quite offputting I have noticed. Silk stockings were invented to put on a better show which it must be admitted they usually do.
Do you not think a panty hose looks equally as good? I think women prefer them over silk stockings.
Stockings are a nuisance although apparently there are some good hold-ups on the market. Personally I dislike leg adornments of that kind and only wear hose when it's really cold or I'm dressing up - preferring the trouser.
Trouser is the word that is used for the garment that covers the lower body from waist to ankle for both men and women in Britian. In the US, we might say trouser to indicate the bottom half of a man's business attire (suit), but women would call the similar garment they'd wear 'pants', which is a word used to reference underwear in Britian, so if you say something like, "I'm sorry I'm late, I had to iron my pants" (which I have ) in polite company- you may get some strange looks.
Looks odd, a pair of pants (British style) with knife-edge creases), not to mention uncomfortable. I suppose they were originally pantaloons, which come from French pantalon, but I see that in turn derives from a character in the Commedia, Pantaleone, who was a skinny old man wearing skintight trousers, hence of course Shakespeare's reference to a 'lean and slippered Pantaloon'.
Pantaloon is a word I remember from childhood, though I can't remember the appearance of the garment it described. I also wore clogs, funnily enough; a very useful invention, for the frozen days of winter, the wooden sole.
Sole meunière? Isn't it delicious?
Delicious to me is a freshly caught and cooked lobster. To eat the sole of my wooden clog seems an absurdity.
Absurdity arises when one uses false cognates. But lobster is Homard in French and you wouldn't think of eating Omar Shariff, would you?
You and me, under the banyan tree. I have no idea what that means!
Means that we are under a Banyan (genus Ficus, subgenus Urostigma) which is a subgenus of many species of tropical figs with an unusual growth habit. They are large trees that usually start life as a seedling growing on another tree (or on structures like buildings and bridges), where a fig-eating bird has deposited the seed.
Seed can be defined as a ripened ovule containing an embryo. Mankind uses them to produce flowers and vegetables.
Vegetables can be beautiful. I saw some red, orange and yellow peppers preserved in some kind of amber liquid filling a large, clear decorative bottle sitting in a window, and the mixture of the sun shining through the glass, interesting shapes, and vivid colors, combined to make it one of the most arresting and unusual pieces of art I can remember seeing recently.
Recently I went on a fishing trip with my son around the beautiful bays of Port Lincoln South Australia where he lives. Besides catching heaps of delicious seafood, the best part of the trip was spending quality time with my son, who I do not see a lot because of the distance involved.
Involved in a sport such as fishing together, parents and children can really get to know one another. The hours of quiet companionship in a boat or on a dock lend themselves to conversation and/or simple observation of how one deals with the reality of a sometimes empty creel after hours of effort.
(Sounds like you guys had a nice time- so it was ocean fishing? I used to go fishing with my dad (fresh water) and I loved it. It was one of the only times I ever had quiet time with him- there were six of us- I was the only one who would get up early enough to go with him
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Effort means something done through exertion. No sweat of your brow in Port Lincoln where the fish are always biting and you dare not come home with an empty creel or lots of fancy excuses.
(Yes Aidan we fish in the open ocean, as always my deep freeze is full of fillets which will last me until my next trip. We love fish besides my Dr. recommends it, eating fish is good for you he says.
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Excuses abound for failing to turn up for work; one of my favourites is: I just found out that I was switched at birth. Legally, I shouldn't come to work knowing my employee records may now contain false information.
Information can be gleaned in lots of ways. Most times it comes easily but occasionally it has to be teased out.
Out of strength came forth sweetness is the motto of Tate and Lyle. Don't know where they think the strength is.
Is it not a reference to the calorie content of their product? It is known that gorging on sugar provides mental states which transcend those of the ordinary polloi.
