There is the consolation of knowing that they cannot fall and so cannot lose their pride.
* Title lynx.
The bottle is then riddled, so that the lees settles in the neck of the wine bottle... Manual riddling is still done for Prestige Cuvées in Champagne... mechanised riddling equipment (a gyropalette) is used instead. (Wikipedia)
Friday, November 23, 2012
On the mane, the mane, remember your name*
There is the consolation of knowing that they cannot fall and so cannot lose their pride.
* Title lynx.
The way I heard it was "transporting young gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises".
ReplyDeleteI don't get what's stopping them from flapping their crosspieces and setting off in pursuit. They're MAGIC.
ReplyDeleteThe Lion, The Witch and the Crucifixion...
ReplyDeleteI don't get what's stopping them from flapping their crosspieces
ReplyDeleteTRADITION.
Also and too, I honest to god think lions can't fly.
ReplyDeleteHow would you prove such a thing?
ReplyDeleteIt's more off a negative thing.In the book Busytown by arguabley the foremost Lion expert of our times, Richard Scarry, the only Lion listed is a Doctor whilst Rudolf von Flugel, a fox, is listed as a pilot.
ReplyDeleteMr. Frumble ... drives a pickle-shaped car and is prone to vehicular accidents.
ReplyDeleteSome would say that the Busy World of Richard Scarry was a formative experience on the Riddled worldview but I could not possibly comment.