But, look! How could anyone resist?
Of course, most of the time (i.e. when I'm not in Brighton) I'm more a tea than a coffee man, except that I think I'd soon go off my English Breakfast if I had to use this depressing teapot spotted in the Brighton museum...
Tea and sympathy? I don't think so... Just drink up and die!
Images: Brian Sibley © 2008
Oooh, maybe there is a cream pitcher that says "Our birth is nothing but our death begun".
ReplyDeleteLove the teapot - was that the one used on opening night of "Arsenic & Old Lace"?
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ReplyDeleteFear not ! So as not to put a dampner on your afternoon break, I can cheer you up with the remainder of a verse in a song using that line that was popularised by soldiers in the trenches during the Great War.
ReplyDelete"The bells of hell go ting a long a ling
For you but not for me
And the little devils how they sing a ling a ling
For you but not for me
O death where is thy sting a ling a ling
O grave thy victory
The bells of hell go ting a ling a ling
For you but not for me"
Hope that makes you feel happier !
CARLAREY - If there isn't, then there should be!
ReplyDeleteANONYMOUS (SUZANNE)- You're right, the perfect prop for Aunts Abby and Martha's tea-table!
BOLL - Ah, those were the days! When the British Tommy could sing a song quoting the King James Bible (I Corinthians 15:55) and probably knew where the quote came from!
That pot is enough to make you feel tea rful.
ReplyDeleteI just poured myself a cup of extra strong freshly roasted coffee, and then I see this! Coffee makes my heart palpitate and so I tempt death to come for me, the taste is too good.
ReplyDeleteWhen you start hallucinating, BORIS you've definitely had enough!
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