Time for another round of Family Discussion then. A number of hot topics tonight. Maybe you can help us.
My Dad wants to know what the botanical definition of a herb is, and how it can encompass everything from thyme to bananas.
Meanwhile, we’re still debating the plural of ‘chrysalis’, and I’ve lost credibility after using ‘radiuses’ instead of ‘radii’ (even though I’m not wrong. I’m not wrong I tells ya! Okay, I’m letting it go.)
The Intrepids are arguing that old money was easier to use than I think it was, and I’m still arguing that the whole system was a thousand years of madness. Also, you shouldn’t have beetroot with gravy, marmite is not a suitable thing to spread on lettuce, and caterpillars are not a suitable gift for someone who’s recently lost their dog.
My Mum’s birthday weekend continues. Tonight was classic fish and chips and family discussion time; tomorrow is picnic in the park with the Niblings. I’m expecting the questions to be more down to earth than ‘what’s a herb?’ and ‘wasn’t predecimalised coinage great?’
Usually it’s ‘Uncle Matthew can we have a quiz?’ to which the answer is always ‘yes’ and the subsequent quiz turns out to be to do with YouTube, or dinosaurs, or Star Wars or something.
It’s great training for those future family discussions. You’ve got to start somewhere I suppose.
But don’t spread marmite on lettuce leaves.
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