The Three Word Story, Part II

the time when

 

elastic was invented

 

dinosaurs roamed the

 

knicker factories looking

 

for peep-hole bras

(And why not, let's see if I can actually lower the tone some more... )

 

to keep their

 

young children in
(the tails stick out of the holes you see, and don't get squashed)
Rats, I forgot we were lowering the tone...

 

lace and frills

 

because the kids

 

wouldn't eat tricot

(13?!?!?!? Damn, I'm feeling almost as old as _________!!!)

 

even though they


(What is tricot? )


(Should we consider having a creche here for all the youngsters?)

 

enjoyed crochet's flavour
(What is tricot? I'm ashamed of you. Tricoteuse/ tricotage, a weaver should have some idea (although I did check that it wasn't some obscure American delicacy ))
Of course it could just be the colonial chappie getting his words mixed up, you know what foreigners are like...

 

and jumping into

(When confronted with people born in the 90s, even I feel old...)

 

sticky toffee pudding

(and a Happy New Year to you all)

 

mixed with caramel

(I chose tricot deliberately!! In my mind, there was a connection [however tenuous!] with the "lace and frills!")

 

, which was very



(I have drunk half a bottle of Port and a whole bottle of some excellent Chablis......I don't understand anything that is going on!.....Oli is ashamed of me though.....oh well saves me a job then!!! )

 

alchoholically discombobulated as
(Tom, if it helps I saw the connection you meant, but just had check that tricot wasn't also an American hors d'oeuvre...)

 

it contained neither


(Hello all, hello 2006)

 

which greatly confused


(No worries, Oli! Although in the "mental" blocks here in the jail, there might be some who consider it a snack! )

 

most of the