I Was Very Much Amused

In my spare time I write parody songs, sketches and captions which I’ve decide to post here on my blog. You’ll be able to tell my eclectic comedy taste from some of the references and I freely admit my influences include Spike Milligan, Ronnie Barker, John Finnemore and Michael Bernstein (my Year 8 English teacher). The blog title is from Queen Victoria being famously misquoted as saying “We are not amused” so I’m using the correct quote, as mentioned in her diaries, of “I was very much amused"

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Flowery Language - 'Red Hot Poker'

There are several plants and flowers that have interesting ‘common’ names or nicknames. My 'Flowery Language' series looks at certain misunderstandings which could result from these.
For example, Kniphofia is also known as 'Red Hot Poker'. Edward II was killed with a red hot poker...

I Was Very Much Amused

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Flowery Language - 'Red Hot Poker'

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