How about bere, the magic staple that gifts us binnocks and home brew? Now that is a worthy plant. Or the potato, the magic staple that gifts us vodka and crisps? And great childhood fun with spud guns, which would coincide with the annual fad of pea shooters, which actually involved spraying slavery barley out of an empty Bic biro. Barley bought from one of the vans, such as Baikie's, Groundwater's, Tom Notman's, or Charles T Stewart's. Great times. I'm just away to stick football cards in the spokes of my bike by clipping them to the frame with a clothes peg, to get 'a ker soond'. I digress. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:12 PM Subject: RE: [<orcadia>] RE: Orkney emblem > On 22 September 2004 02:00, stephen davie wrote: > > > Why not a critter instead of a plant? Just > > Simply because this a national initiative looking to raise awareness of > wildflowers. > > We're not looking for an emblem. The organisers just asked the powers that > be to suggest one for their campaign. > > Whatever they agree on in the end, its unlikely to have much impact on the > man in the street. > > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >