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[elengil]

I obviously need to grow bamboo so I, too, can have this furniture!

You can just come take some of mine from around my yard.
(The stuff is basically just the worst weed. It takes over everything and grows absurdly fast and huge and is practically unstoppable. I've grown to hate the stuff.)

That lady doesn't seem like quite the badass though.

There are at least two varieties that I know of. They both grow fast, but one is essentially an invasive weed that will take over absolutely every square inch if allowed, and the other is much more reasonable and will grow more or less where you put it.

[Alatar]

You need to get a Giant Panda as a pet to control it. Problem solved.

[RoseMorninStar]

A friend posted that on FB yesterday. Pretty cool and resourceful. I wonder how long that lasts. That wasn't the first furniture she's made.

Yov, as with many things, the best attribute are also the worst (Bamboo: Fast growing: Renewable! Fast growing: Nuisance! )

[Maria]

It might be fun to grow some here, I could always use more dust screening between us and the gravel road. There are a few varieties that are said to be able to overwinter in this climate.

[Frelga]

Yup, there are some clumping varieties that don't take over the entire zip code. We had some in our yard. It was nice to always some to cut down for tomato stakes.

[RoseMorninStar]

I had no idea there were cold hardy varieties of bamboo! Slow growing ones too. I might have to give this some consideration. I loved walking through the giant bamboo forest in Hawaii. The sound of the swaying bamboo was unique.

[Alatar]

Halloween warning!

https://www.facebook.com/foilarmsandhog ... 898300335/

[RoseMorninStar]

I had to look up the word 'naff'.

[Primula Baggins]

It’s a great word, innit?

[RoseMorninStar]

Honestly quite a few words were rather foreign to me but I was able to pick up on the context. All in good fun.

[elengil]

Wow.

And I think I have a new favorite word. Oh yes.

[Sunsilver]

'Jesus Christ on a bike/bicycle' is for some reason, a popular swearing phrase in some places, expressing disbelief/astonishment. I first ran across it in a Spider Robinson novel, which is a bit strange, as Spider is Canadian, and I'd never heard anyone else in Canada use it.

Couple of other things you might not be familiar with: twee = affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint

An Garda Síochán/gardai - Irish police

Bin =garbage can. Actually, I thought Bin Laden was kinda a cute play on words...

Shite = Irish version of...oh heck, I'm sure you can figure that one out for yourself!

[RoseMorninStar]

I got a laugh out of 'Jesus Christ on a bike'. That wouldn't be a 'naff' costume in the US but it would likely leave more than a few scratching their heads!
I think I recall 'twee' from Monty Python or something. I picked up on the bin thing but it was a bit slow to register. It's nice to have confirmation of Garda Síochán/gardai - Irish police. I presumed.. but that's not always wise! As for shite--I hear the same expletive pronounced 'she-ite'.

[Primula Baggins]

In these parts one is more likely to hear "shee-it." *sips delicately from her china teacup*

[RoseMorninStar]

In these parts one is more likely to hear "shee-it." *sips delicately from her china teacup*

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Listen to the end. What a voice for such a young person.

[RoseMorninStar]

[Alatar]

Its brilliant, apart from the growl. She'll tear her throat/vocal chords to bits doing that.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I wondered about that, Al. I wonder whether that was intentional or a spontaneous thing in the moment.

[Alatar]

Intentional I'd say. Trying to copy the likes of Mariah. Sheesh.