tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post3715276905596836023..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: last fly agaric silenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-14964220724550918202011-11-14T15:15:14.483+00:002011-11-14T15:15:14.483+00:00Sainsbury - yes, I can understand that. Even more ...Sainsbury - yes, I can understand that. Even more so at Waitrose. Unlikely at Morrison. Never at Tesco. And for all I know since I never visit them - a time of special offers at Asda.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-23476204043109095982011-11-14T11:11:06.935+00:002011-11-14T11:11:06.935+00:00M-L There is a ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whiteha...M-L There is a ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall with a march past attended by The Queen, the Prime Minister and other top brass in Whitehall on November 11. When that date and the nearest Sunday do not coincide, there are additonal ceremonies at war memorials all over the country and another two minutes silence. It was this second silence that I described. Odd but strangely moving in a supermarket. I agree with you that the sound of the Last Post, both sad and beautiful, is an immensely poweful emotional call.<br /><br />Lucy On the whole I think I would choose Vodka too. These spotted mushrooms, usually referred to as toadstools, I seem to rememember, often featured in children's books. We were never allowed to forget that they were poisonous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-71842972423455960632011-11-13T20:51:17.714+00:002011-11-13T20:51:17.714+00:00I read somewhere that the Lapps stopped bothering ...I read somewhere that the Lapps stopped bothering with fly agaric when the Russians introduced them to vodka. Also that Father Christmas's robes were the same colour as it for a reason, though that may be apocryphal.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-19722365423361054062011-11-13T18:23:55.796+00:002011-11-13T18:23:55.796+00:00Intereseting to read about your version of Remembr...Intereseting to read about your version of Remembrance Day. Ours is always on November 11th, with much pomp and ceremony by veterans, military, politicians etc. wiht red poppies on lapels, wreaths laid on memorial crosses... It is a holiday for most. When we were growing up we had to go to a morning service at school then had the rest of the day off, whereas today's kids have the service the day before. Two minutes of silence with the call of the bugle was always spine tingling.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com