Awake and up all night

Evening Ray  

I'd be prising that Bounty off the element, pronto! 

Sorry for making up tales about Garibaldis being extinct - I got caught up in the whirl of poster designing and it led from there.

Here's one for you champ. When Shimmers mentioned Brylcreem earlier it reminded me of another pomade that was around when I was a nipper - Brilliantine. 

Did you ever slick your hair back with that brand, Ray? xxx

Just been looking up Brilliantine ... it's for beards n moustaches too but modern versions are lighter creating 'touchable texture' ... ooookay!

a warm spatula would liberate that Bounty in no time!

Cheers

Good idea - I hope Ray's got his spatula under the hot tap now. Ooh, matron. Sounds a bit dodgy.

All the talk of biscuits and chocs sent me on kitchen safari, but when I got back several posts appeared that weren't there before I went hunting, even though ones I'd already seen preceded those. Looks like another hamster party in the park has started.

Groan ‍ 

I've never used anything to plaster my hair down but recall the Brylcreem boys and the name Brilliantine rings a bell. Dad used to put Silvikrin on his hair. It had a quite pleasant aroma which infused his RAF headgear. My mum always went on about my 'cows lick' when I was very young. I had no idea what the hell she was on about. Later, her sister explained that it was an old wives expression describing hair that would not lay with the rest of the parting or whatever. Quite why cows got involved is a mystery. Mum used to fix the hair with water and a hair clip until I became more prone to objecting at about 4. xxx  

I know I am pulling you down a rabbit hole so just two final points on language from me ... three if you are annoyed by my use of ellipses ... I hate the z rather than s versions but occasionally give up trying to insist I don't want it digitally ... and at school, unable to work out what the past future perfect tense was in a French lesson, I approached an English teacher, who looked alarmed, said 'You do not need grammar for English' and ran off.

Cheers

Ooh I know about cows lick, Ray.

A couple of lads in my class were afflicted but I was insanely jealous as I wanted one. I thought it looked good the way their fringes suddenly had a bit that burst upwards through the rest.

Here's my guess about how it originated.

One day little Samuel was milking a cow by hand. Cow turns her head and licks Sam's forehead, bringing part of his fringe up, and it stays that way as cow's tongue is liberally coated in thick slime.

Does that sound plausible? xxx

Oh my! You are now bringing to mind the scene in the film There's Something About Mary!!!

Ahem

Cheers

Yup  time

Thick slime off a cow's tongue doesn't constitute $%#&#

Were you thinking touchable texture? Naughty girl Shims 

Yep, the hamsters are here. That reminds me of little girl touching telly with white noise...

... They're heeere 

Sounds udderly disgusting. Cats sometimes lick hair. Provided that they have not been tucking in to sardines, it is odd but ok. When escaping the office for a lunchtime sandwich, I sometimes found a field gateway to park for 30 minutes. Cows were often attracted by music from my car stereo. However, it put me right off eating when several cows were operating their cud recycling system a few feet away. If I had to have an audience, sheep were less off putting. xxx