Hookland 5/1/21 3:30:00

The winter wood is a place of black bones and thin, grey smears of restless light. Some try to comfort themselves with the thought that it sleeps through the cold. This is a lie. The wood does not sleep, it just grows hungry. – #CLNolan https://t.co/nLzeRhbOU9

Hookland 5/1/21 3:49:09

@folk_cunning An obvious example of them existing before the 1970s is their use in the Australian dish of pie and peas, which is an established part of Australian cuisine by the 1950s.

Hookland 5/1/21 6:10:03

‰ÛÏIt is 1971. We are far enough into the new decade to know its character.‰Û ‰ÛÏWhat‰Ûªs that Guv?‰Û ‰ÛÏSeedy as councillor conducting an affair on public expenses. It will be hot summers of hooligan thuggery and hard winters. The wheezing of tired nicotine yellow lungs.‰Û – #DICallaghan

Hookland 5/1/21 6:35:55

@PhilH86835657 I once had to look this up upon being confused by a reference to it in a Saki story. Unsatisfied by information available at the time (1997) and being the media person for the retail sector body, I rang up a fashion historian recommended by a clothing retail association …