One a penny, two a penny

[venta]

As you may (or may not) remember from my Christmas report, it's not a major Christian festival in this house unless it involves a reciprocating saw.

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She stayed at home to guard the buns against bears

[hendybear]

But I was still in Oxford, even my foraging trips rarely extended to Darlington!

Re: She stayed at home to guard the buns against bears

[venta]

You've occasionally been seen in these latitudes during holiday periods - we weren't taking any chances!

[waistcoatmark]

A friend of mine was interviewing potential electricians for some job or other (probably an electrician's job now that I think of it) in a university theatre kind of thing. One of the questions was "how would you wire a plug?", to which the most refreshing answer was "I'd open an already-wired plug and see how that had been done".

And the thing in the garden isn't even showing any noticeable gaps

[eostar]

... Because they've all been filled by bears watching and waiting for The Mother to leave the buns unattended so they can sneak in and steal 'em

[bateleur]

If you ever think you see a bear stealing a bun, you'll know it's really someone in a bear suit.

Any real bear worthy of the name would devour the bun where it stood. I've heard it said some of them don't even wash their paws first !

[lathany]

Do you mind if I tell my dad about the pittosporum? He's a botanist and it's exactly this sort of thing that interests him.

[venta]

Please do - we'd love to know more about it.

Further googling at the weekend suggested there are about a million varieties, so maybe ours is one which is allowed to grow big.