Goliath Undefeated ...

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  1. Upsydaisy

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    My bets are on a water feature :biggrin:


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    “honi soit qui mal y pense” … or is the garter also too close to the knuckle for you?
     
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    Easy, that's a motorbike under there. I can't really think why anyone would put a motorbike in a hole but then again, there is a reason why I got divorced.

    This may be the right time to share a photo by a Swedish photographer Erik Johansson. In spite of being Swedish, he is really good- google him. :)

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      Narh, narh ... wrong type of nose for it!
       
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        Knuckle? I wear mine over my shoulder but blue doesn't really suit me. :dunno:
         
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        Are you suggesting that washing your motorbike in the bath was not appreciated? But what do you care, motorbikes can make the best companions, look at Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, and then those hairy ones? I take my motorbike everywhere, sometimes really far from home, my wife encourages me! Regarding that photo, I looked up Erik Johansson, great pictures and montages, very imaginative, clearly fond of Magritte. If you want to know the story of my bike, just ask (although we digress here; is this allowed, is it immoderate, do they have moderators on this forum?).
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          Um, just a small point, but garters are not generally worn on the hand :);)
           
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            Digress away...we could do with some fun :biggrin:
             
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            Quite right. :blue thumb:

            That's why I said I wear mine over my shoulder. It's the proper place to wear it.

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              Ooooo now that's what I call a bike! :)
               
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              Apologies to all concerned; I got my wires crossed there: Garter’s definition (in both English and French) being:

              Garter /ˈɡɑːtə/
              noun: garter; plural noun: garters; singular proper noun: Garter; noun: the Garter
              a band worn around the leg to keep a stocking or sock up.
              "she leaned back, showing the garter on her thigh"


              my reference made to shiney appertained to what he had previously perceived as innuendos, and which (as a reference to the knee and thigh) he could have perceived as further innuendo. Having said that, I would be curious to know why, in view of its definition, the award is worn around the shoulders?

              Le très noble ordre de la Jarretière (Most Noble Order of the Garter) est le plus élevé des ordres de chevalerie britanniques, fondé le 23 avril 1348 le jour de la Saint Georges, en pleine guerre de Cent Ans, par le roi Édouard III. Emblème de l'ordre de la Jarretière.


              JARRETIÈRE, subst. fém. A. − Pièce de vêtement (masculin ou féminin) consistant en un lien (ruban, bande élastique) placé au-dessus ou au-dessous du genou et servant à maintenir et tendre les bas.
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              If worn around the leg nobody would see it, "if you've got it flaunt it".
               
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                While having a rest from bamboo hacking, I showed your post to my wife and she says people pay up to £395 for garters; Gosh, I had no idea, that’s a lot for something that would not be seen!
                 
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                  There are 2 scenarios for revealing a garter :biggrin: One of them is during the can-can :whistle:
                   
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                    Dare I post an image of the tartan garter I had made for my daughter-in-law to be?
                     
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