I'm sure glad I asked. I had most of it figured out already but never
suspected the Old English Sheepdog head shaking trick. Ohhh! There's
the phone! If it's the queen asking me to breakfast I think I'm fully
prepared now.
Chuck Norcutt
Marc Lawrence wrote:
> On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Sorry, I don't remember at all. Is there a proper procedure? Must I
>> follow it when breakfasting with the queen?
>
> One must fill a crystal trifle bowl near to brim with a barely folded
> together balance of jam and cream (they should be poured
> simultaneously, jam in left hand, cream in right). Then, with a pair
> of ivory tongs, gently push a single scone to the bowl's bottom. With
> hands held in the traditional position of the Royal Salute of The
> Queen's Hebridean Fishing Guard (that is, tucked into each opposite
> armpit), fully submerge one's head in the bowl and begin bobbing for
> that baked good as if your title depended on it. Once retrieved, stand
> straight, and shake your head like a muddy Old English Sheepdog.
>
> This is the way Henry VIII and his Good Lord intended, and anything
> less than this marks you as a right colonial, possibly even Roman
> Catholic.
>
> Pip-pip, tally-ho and hooroo. Must dash.
>
> Cheerio,
> Sir Chumley Humbert Mumblebottom-Smythe
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