Teacup Café XXXVII

[Willow Oran]

*joins Mari and Earniel with the honey-tea*

Had a cold/flu type bug all week and now the cedar trees surrounding our house are loaded with pollen.

Much I love the sunshine, we could do with a nice, windy rain storm right now...

[Mari]

*puts the kettle on for another round of honey tea*
You feeling a bit better now Willow?
*hands Earn a big 'boeren'-handkerchief*
There. Everyone who is getting a cold needs one of those.

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Mari

I saw butterflies. One of those yellow ones that look like 'Koolwitjes'.

Yellow? Citroenvlinder?

What I was not pleased seeing, were swarms of baby-flies, wasps and several huge spiders when I was walking the dog! One day of great weather and then this!

Wait until you encounter hornets. There was one bothering me last year when I was pruning some of the wisteria (blauwe regen). Most unpleasant fellow to have around. He owes me a butterfly too, drat him.

Although that wasp queen crawling under the door into my room last year was a horror story all on itself...

Originally Posted by Willow Oran

Had a cold/flu type bug all week and now the cedar trees surrounding our house are loaded with pollen.

Ouch, to think the same fate is still awaiting for me, once the birches start feelin' the season. You have my sympathy.

Originally Posted by Mari

*hands Earn a big 'boeren'-handkerchief*
There. Everyone who is getting a cold needs one of those.

Oooh, one of those red ones with white dots? That aught to do the trick. Thanks.

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by Mari

I saw butterflies. One of those yellow ones that look like 'Koolwitjes'.

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Yellow? Citroenvlinder?

Sounds like an engine part in a French car

I'd call it citronfjäril

Originally Posted by Mari

What I was not pleased seeing, were swarms of baby-flies, wasps and several huge spiders when I was walking the dog! One day of great weather and then this! >_<
Freaky...

No worries! Huge spiders eat baby flies

Originally Posted by Eärniel

Although that wasp queen crawling under the door into my room last year was a horror story all on itself...

Yikes! That's sounds worse than when that gargantuan carpenter ant fell from the ceiling down into my bed...

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

No worries! I eat baby flies

Ok, that was random. But useful. Very useful

[Pip]

I thought Jonathon saud huge spiders eat baby flies?

Regardless, I don't really like huge spiders though.

I'm not sick yet but I'm overdue for it, just hope it doesn't happen next week, film shoot and all.

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by Pip

I thought Jonathon saud huge spiders eat baby flies?

Regardless, I don't really like huge spiders though.

I'm not sick yet but I'm overdue for it, just hope it doesn't happen next week, film shoot and all.

That's just what he wanted you to think he said

[Willow Oran]

Wait until you encounter hornets. There was one bothering me last year when I was pruning some of the wisteria (blauwe regen). Most unpleasant fellow to have around. He owes me a butterfly too, drat him.

Although that wasp queen crawling under the door into my room last year was a horror story all on itself...

But an awesome one as horror stories go...

Only crawlies I've seen recently have been flies congregating around conifer tree roots on campus. Anyone know what's up with that?

Ouch, to think the same fate is still awaiting for me, once the birches start feelin' the season. You have my sympathy.


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Originally Posted by Mari
*hands Earn a big 'boeren'-handkerchief*
There. Everyone who is getting a cold needs one of those.

Oooh, one of those red ones with white dots? That aught to do the trick. Thanks.

We can always go raid Elrond's stash of red-silk hankies... this time of year I can't help but think of all Middle-Earth's landscapes without wanting to sneeze.

[Noble Elf Lord]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Sounds like an engine part in a French car

I'd call it citronfjäril

I believe (not sure) that in Finnish it's "sitruunaperhonen". Butterfly= perhonen.

Yikes! That's sounds worse than when that gargantuan carpenter ant fell from the ceiling down into my bed...

Eeeeewwwwwwww! I woulda freaked out big time! Had a less dramatic incident way back when, we were just waking (or going to sleep, don't remember) in our summer cottage, when a bug whose name I don't know in English, dropped from the ceiling onto my ear. Surprisingly, I remained rather calm despite the crawling, and catapulted him off of me with my fingers. Those bugs have a long snout, are black/grey with yellow dots and their larvae eat wood. They're about 1 to 2 cm long. Some kinda beetles. We tend to feed those to the abounding ants these days.

[Grey_Wolf]

"And we're back on M.O.O.T. 102,2 with this hymn especially for Nelly..." ( )

The first NEL, the angel did say,
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay tending their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
NEL, NEL, NEL, NEL
Born is the King of Israel.

They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the East, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
And so it continued both day and night.
NEL, NEL, NEL, NEL
Born is the King of Israel.

Jesus Christ is
Born is the King of Israel. (2x)

NEL, NEL, NEL, NEL
Born is the King of Israel.

Jesus
The first NEL
He is the Son yeah
Born is the King of
King of
Oh yeah yeah
Oh Christ is born
Ooh hallelujah hey
He is born
Oh Christ the King is born

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtJkl...rom=PL&index=2

[Jonathan]

Hector, I'll web yer mouth shut!

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

I believe (not sure) that in Finnish it's "sitruunaperhonen". Butterfly= perhonen.

And to my Swedish ear, that sounds like a crossbreed of a lemon and a pear!

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Eeeeewwwwwwww! I woulda freaked out big time! Had a less dramatic incident way back when, we were just waking (or going to sleep, don't remember) in our summer cottage, when a bug whose name I don't know in English, dropped from the ceiling onto my ear. Surprisingly, I remained rather calm despite the crawling, and catapulted him off of me with my fingers. Those bugs have a long snout, are black/grey with yellow dots and their larvae eat wood. They're about 1 to 2 cm long. Some kinda beetles. We tend to feed those to the abounding ants these days.

It dropped onto your head... Their larvae eat wood... You're not a woodenhead, are you?
And yeah, feeding stuff to ants is always fun, albeit quite evil

A friend of mine had a fly navigate its way into his ear where it got stuck! My friend was then tortured by the loud buzzing while we tried to remove the fly. We couldn't, so we poured after shave into his ear to kill off the nasty bugger. The buzzing stopped but the after shave stang quite soundly in the ear canal! When the fly was dead, we managed to remove it.

[Mari]

I was once stung by a hornet (huge black critter?). I had a mark/scar for years.
And spiders might eat flies, but spiders are icky while flies are merely annoying... >_<

sitruuna sounds like our citroen! I love languages ^_^

Homework, right. I'll be back

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Sounds like an engine part in a French car

I'd call it citronfjäril

LOL, I can't help it that the car brand decided on a name that is identical to the Dutch word for lemon.

No worries! Huge spiders eat baby flies

But frogs and toads would even be better, they'd eat the baby flies and the spiders.

Yikes! That's sounds worse than when that gargantuan carpenter ant fell from the ceiling down into my bed...

Carpenter ant? I may just prefer that creepy wasp. I have a high bed, jumping out of it isn't an option.

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

That's just what he wanted you to think he said

No, that's what you want people to think Jonathan said. What did I say about missquoting in the Teacup Café?

Originally Posted by Willow Oran

But an awesome one as horror stories go...

True, true, it's almost a classic.

We can always go raid Elrond's stash of red-silk hankies... this time of year I can't help but think of all Middle-Earth's landscapes without wanting to sneeze.

Heheh. I wonder if Elves can have allergies.

[Nurvingiel]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

LOL, I can't help it that the car brand decided on a name that is identical to the Dutch word for lemon.

Are you guys talking about Citroëns? These are pretty nice cars and it seems like they're popular in Europe, including France. I find this funny since "Citroën" is pretty close to the French word for lemon, "citron". Maybe the French don't refer to piece of garbage cars as lemons.

"Je souhaite que je pouvais acheter un auto supérieure. Le mien est un citron."
"Ce n'est pas un citron, c'est un Citroën!"

I apologize for the bad French and the wrose pun.

[Willow Oran]

Heheh. I wonder if Elves can have allergies.

The halfelvens, at least, have some use for hankies. I'll bet they do though, overactive immune systems after all...

[Varnafindë]

Originally Posted by Mari

I was once stung by a hornet (huge black critter?). I had a mark/scar for years.

I've only seen once (in England) what I was told was a hornet - it looked like a wasp, only at least three times as large. We finally managed to get it back out of the window.

sitruuna sounds like our citroen! I love languages ^_^

It's 'sitron' in Norwegian!
So we use 'sitronsommerfugl' for that butterfly you were talking about. The parts of the word literally mean 'lemon summer bird'

[Mari]

Summer bird for butterfly? I quite like that. I wonder what the origin for butterfly as a word lies. They don't really look buttery to me...
And where would the Dutch word vlinder come from? A friend of mine has an ethomological dictionary of Dutch. Perhaps I ought to borrow it for a while

[Coffeehouse]

Aaaaah I'm becoming snowblind It's the time of the year when the sun is a lot brighter on the sky but the snow hasn't melted yet so it's hazardous to do anything but squint or use sunglasses

Soon easter holidays!!! It will involve me lying with my head against the wall of our cabin with the sun centred perfectly in front of me... *drool*

ANyways.. I always think of lemons, or as Varna explained, 'sitroner' in Norwegian, when I hear Citröen. Funny I though I was the only one

We say summerbird for butterfly because in Norway they of course only appear in the late, late spring and then through the summer and die away sometime in early September (correct me if I'm wrong Varna). So really we only have them in the summermonths which begin very abrubtly and when the summer ends it usually ends equally abruptly. We have really long springs and autumns though with temps at about 10-15 degrees.

Anyuthing new in the cafe? Havnt been here in a while it feels!

[Mari]

I was more surprised by the use of 'bird' than by the use of 'summer' actually

Things are here as normal I think. I went to get acquainted with my internship spot today. I will start this Thursday!

[Grey_Wolf]

"And we're back on M.O.O.T. 102,2 with the Moots playing this Diamonds classic..."

Little Mari, little Mari
Oh where, are you, oo oo oo oo
Walla walla chipa mocka mogga
Oh my lover, oh just for you, only you

My Mari, i need you
Mari, i need you to call my own
To hold your life, your little foot, your hand
I knew someone would understand that
Hold my hand

My dear, i would run
To find without you
Oo oo oo oo oo
Oh, oo oo oo
That my love was just for you, 'n only you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRffQSTXt34