tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post5347581035119642553..comments2023-12-05T21:07:00.755+00:00Comments on STOP! . . . This is getting very SILLY: His Partner Calls Him "Honey"Doctor FTSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-21789705306036304882010-04-27T15:28:16.847+01:002010-04-27T15:28:16.847+01:00Originally the collective noun for bees in the Isl...Originally the collective noun for bees in the Isle of Wight was 'herd' but people kept getting them confused with cows from neighbouring Jersey and you really don't get the milk yields. Anyhoo, on those days it was considered quite a skill to herd our little buzzy friends as the chap in your picture is doing. And they made much better scarves than cows did (cows can't knit - no opposable thumbs, so it is ironic they were called Jerseys). A bee scarf was useful when you didn't own a shirt, like matey here. There was no telly in those days so people would be really impressed and shout to each other: 'Look at that amazing bee-herd!' And when the bees died out of Isle of Wight Disease (basically over-milking, but it only happened here because of the confusion about the word 'herd') men got nasty chills due to the absence of scarves so they began to allow the hair on their face to grow long - still called a 'bee-herd' to this day.brokenbirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-67883305964162203172010-04-27T17:21:52.477+01:002010-04-27T17:21:52.477+01:00Bee's my arse. This is you in a mad moment of ...Bee's my arse. This is you in a mad moment of hirsute youth!C.J.Duffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519621428036481426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-41509480190714886252010-04-27T17:53:02.661+01:002010-04-27T17:53:02.661+01:00This gentleman, who probably came from the Isle of...This gentleman, who probably came from the Isle of Wight, was obviously trying to vie with Edward Lear, who wrote:<br><br> There was an Old Man with a beard,<br> Who said, "It is just as I feared! --<br> Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,<br> Have all built their nests in my beard.<br><br>His own version ran thus:-<br> <br>A bearded old man of sobriety,<br>well known in the highest society,<br>said " These Isle of Wight bees <br>who are full of disease<br>have lost every sense of propriety!"<br><br>Talk about a desire for one-upmanship among the local yokels...jinksyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-5858492294377056762010-04-27T18:59:05.470+01:002010-04-27T18:59:05.470+01:00Broken Biro . . . I thought I was funny . . . but ...Broken Biro . . . I thought I was funny . . . but to you I bow the knee.<br><br>CJ . . . I thought it was Karl von Frisch studying the language of bees at close quarters.<br><br>Jinksy . . . your snazzy verse would make Edward leer . . .<br><br>Mrs. Trellis says "10 Points for BrokenBiro . . . " Competition still open.Doctor FTSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-61453284823637074072010-04-27T21:02:51.740+01:002010-04-27T21:02:51.740+01:00That's some bee-ardThat's some bee-ardFranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-62656899153350117052010-04-28T14:46:46.995+01:002010-04-28T14:46:46.995+01:00How perfectly fascinating to learn that the Isle o...How perfectly fascinating to learn that the Isle of Wight disease was first observed on the Isle of Wight. And here I thought it started in St. Paul, Minnesota.rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478273688536973765.post-6323900667965545912010-06-14T18:56:39.977+01:002010-06-14T18:56:39.977+01:00Blogger has ceased saying 'Page not found'...Blogger has ceased saying 'Page not found' - he's obviously just remembered where he put it!jinksyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com