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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • My honest answer is probably The Raven, but I’ll post something less well known.

    Gray Room

    by Wallace Stevens

    Although you sit in a room that is gray,

    Except for the silver

    Of the straw-paper,

    And pick

    At your pale white gown;

    Or lift one of the green beads

    Of your necklace,

    To let it fall;

    Or gaze at your green fan

    Printed with the red branches of a red willow;

    Or, with one finger,

    Move the leaf in the bowl–

    The leaf that has fallen from the branches of the forsythia

    Beside you…

    What is all this?

    I know how furiously your heart is beating.







  • In the United Kingdom, the game is sometimes called High Cockalorum, but has a large number of different names in various local dialects. These include: “Polly on the Mopstick” in Birmingham, “Strong Horses, Weak Donkeys” in Monmouthshire, “Hunch, Cuddy, Hunch” in west Scotland, “Mont-a-Kitty” in Middlesbrough, “Husky Fusky Finger or Thumb” in Nottinghamshire, “High Jimmy Knacker” in east London, “Jump the Knacker 1-2-3” in Watford, “Wall-e-Acker” or “Warny Echo” in north West London, “Stagger Loney” in Cardiff, “Pomperino” in St Ives, Cornwall and “Trust” in Lancashire.

    How is the UK so good at making up ridiculous names for things.