Sick of it..........

Reminds me of a delightful little poem I know.

 

Does it start with "Eggy Weggy Custard" ?

 

ZIGGY!!!
WHAT ARE YOU LIKE!!!!
I'm having difficulty keeping the Sunday roast lamb adn Rhubarb Crumble down now,

 

Not the one I know. It goes like this:

Gob snot and custard
Green phlegm pie
All mixed up with a dead dog's eye
Have some bread and butter
Spread it on thick
Then swill it down
With a cup of cold sick

 

Another example. Im looking for an evergreen shrub for my wettish border. All of my plantfinders say this is excellent:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1841

Check out the RHS plant soil conditions for it !!

 

What a wonderful thread Sorry Mr G

 

I think I know the book you are referring to. I find planting in shade more frustrating than soil conditions. Most soils can be improved, light levels can't really.

What frustrates me even more is the blurred lines between partial shade, semi shade and "will tolerate some shade". I've bought and read several books on shade and still have no idea what partial/semi shade is as most definitions seem to differ from one another.

 

i was feeling alittle
came home from work and read this thread and i am with Freddy

 

Blimey, how things mutate from one end of the country to the other

Eggy weggy custard
smooth bogey pie
mix it all together with a dead dogs eye
put it on your toast
spread it nice and thick
then wash it down with a cold cup of sick

 

Up here it's...

Hot snot and bogey pie,
Eyeballs dipped in phlegm,
Swill it down with a cup of sick,
And bring it up again.....yummy


Hang on a mo, aint this supposed to be 'General Gardening Discussion'?

 

You'd certainly be out in the garden after eating all that.

 

I think given that the English language has been officially standardised for some centuries now (wasn't it the 17th century when the first 'official' version came into being?), we need to make a unified national version of that great literary work, taking the best bits from each of the local variants.

 

Pity it doesn't fit into the tune of the National Anthem, it would get a bit of attention at diplomatic functions.