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And a happy horse hitting day to you too FD.
Am I allowed to ask? What do the larger fascinators do in the rose bushes when it isn’t Cup Day?
How do they reproduce? What do they eat? Are they under threat from global warming? Should they be studied by scientists to make sure they aren’t threatened, or just be farmed by fashionistas, perhaps under a voluntary self regulation code? Can they be casseroled? Or perhaps they could be bred … to capture CO2 from the oceans? Or even better, can we use the larger fascinators for cleaner coal burning, and can they be included in the ETS?
The possibilities were endless and made me wet my pants. So I had to share my joy.
And now the Coodabeens have written us a song to the tune of Sade “Smooth Operator” … we have “A Huge Fascinator”.
Right on the zeitgeist, dudes!
Well it turned into a Shocking Crime Scene, when Mourilyan sent $420000 of our money back to his owner.
Paddy, I am too speechless to think of anything coherent. But the words “Fine Cotton” have jumped in my head.
Along with vague pictures of the species of Russian oligarch who just cleaned up our horse race. How vexing! Only thirty years ago, there was no such thing. Now, we must fear the approach of foreigners. And to think, at the beginning of the 20th century, we only had to worry about Pharlap from New Zealand. I shall cover my face and look mysterious immediately.
Now my better half wants to know why we did not bet on said horse. When we knew yesterday it was a Russian-backed beastie. He thinks I should have guessed what was up and put a bet on it. What were the odds, Paddy? Should I ask?
Just in case nobody understood FD’s implications, which they did anyway. But there is no form of money and no known currency which the VRC would refuse to take. “It just adds to the internationalism of ‘the world’s most liveable city’ on this marvellous cup carnival day.” As the fashionistas would say.
@ROBB164: I have a theory about fascinators and their evolution.
One day when I was a school kid I was looking at mum’s hats and came across something that didn’t seem to be a hat at all. It was white and had the stiff folds of a ballerina’s tutu sticking out, like a tutu. Also it had a large black, false, rose plunked on it.
When she got home from work she found me trying to put it on my head. It turned out to be a lavatory-seat cover than an American visitor had given her. And I believe this strange object was hermaphroditic and sort of mated with itself to produce all those dinky little ‘fascinators’.
It must have been a quick process because mum burnt it the following day.
PS: FD, I enjoyed the cartoon a lot.
Oh Venise, you bring back memories of a childhood occasionally spent checking out my relatives’ toilets in Tasmania. The dolls with the horrific frocks, that hid the spare toilet paper? Some of them had those seat covers. I never thought of putting one on my head, so kudos for the creativity.
I think your mother did the right thing … some things should not ever see the light of day.
But they would make for such a good fascinator, yes.
The cartoon says “Here he is” with reference to Kadyrov. I thought he would have been refused a visa had he tried to accompany his horse.
(Edit - Criticism yes, insults no)
ROBB164: Groan, I’d forgotten the other horrors you mentioned.
Sorry Venise, I did not mean to dredge up bad thoughts!
However, I wondered how one of those dolls might look as a fascinator … perhaps on a horse or a bloke? We’d have to take its legs off, but the frock would make for a good close fit. Does that idea make you smile?
It’s also interesting to contemplate how lavatory fashions changed over our childhood. The long drop was replaced by the flush WC, and the accessories expanded. Seat lids got covers, toilet paper was hidden, aerosols appeared and brand named plastic bottles took up space. Sometimes toilet brushes had to be covered with craftwork too, do you remember any of those fashions?
Hedge Ninja’s with fascinators, a hallowed Bart and Chechnya’s Dennis Ferguson all hilarious stuff, but the ‘Yu dyere! Yu enyurmuss eyebrowwse dey ar blyooking dey fyuu off meh hyoss ’ is screaming Gold, Cup and First! It’s the Trifecta to Firstdog!
ROBB164: I have selective amnesia.
Wise, Venise.
Catch up with you at the next cartoon.
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