tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post7527167920754943132..comments2023-02-22T01:06:05.490+00:00Comments on Strawberry Yoghurt: Lottie gets a degree; national half-holiday announced, commemorative coin struckStrawberryyoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-65441878308232169942008-06-17T20:36:00.000+01:002008-06-17T20:36:00.000+01:00Oh dear Kat, sometimes you make me laugh so much I...Oh dear Kat, sometimes you make me laugh so much I fear I will become unwell and fall off my chair. <BR/><BR/>Right. Ahem. The honest answer to your question is "I'm not sure". I looked at the higher-res original and yes, her <I>little finger</I> is indeed, er, deployed. However, if Lottie was doing that it would be for satirical purposes, or maybe practical ones - but not historic ones! We have not brought up our kids to do that and I have never seen the point. <BR/><BR/>Lot reads this blog so can comment herself should she choose to. However, the background is that the photo was taken in an <I>exquisitely</I> trendy tea-shop in Banff. Once you have ordered your tea (from a range of eight million or something) they invite you to go and choose a cup and saucer from their display. This display is beautiful - completely random collection of pretty old teacups, like when you see a setup in a museum and go "hang on, we had those at home!" or words to that effect. In other words, it looked like my granny's or my auntie's sideboard!<BR/><BR/>So I think probably she's just trying not to drop it and face the embarrassment of rendering someone's heirloom into 493 fragments. The <I>little finger</I> is not sticking out in the allegedly posh fashion so I think it's probably providing additional support. <BR/><BR/>Enough information? :)<BR/><BR/>And yes, we do take the p*ss out of our heritage from time to time. <BR/><BR/>Your commemorative coin is duly reserved ...Strawberryyoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01088158170872265875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569137693246387787.post-23707134586844897642008-06-17T17:56:00.000+01:002008-06-17T17:56:00.000+01:00Is her pinkie sticking out in that tea photo? Do ...Is her pinkie sticking out in that tea photo? Do Brits do that for realz or do they also make fun of their history like we Americainz do?<BR/><BR/>I'd like to reserve my commemorative coin in protective plastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com