This is an Echidna, wrapped in a Perentie, inside a museum.
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)
Echidna, goanna, oh you know you wanna.
ReplyDeleteGoanna, echidna, last thing you ate did ya.
Apologies to the Beach Boys...
Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
ReplyDeleteThis quote came up today while I was having lunch with MASHA FUCKING GESSEN. (She was awarded the (Raoul) Wallenberg Medal by UM today.)
Ah. Echidnas - my favourite monotreme.
ReplyDeleteWhy does the topic of rhwombat's link come as no surprise?
ReplyDeleteCall me old-fashioned but there is something unsatisfactory about these e-chidnas, they are no substitute for a proper face-to-face physical chidna.
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