Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2002 Yiwu Bamboo-Wrapped Zhuancha

Well, I totally fell for it! Seems exactly the sor...

2009-07-07T13:24:37.059+01:00

Well, I totally fell for it! Seems exactly the sort of thing an old professor might do to a young upstart. Trying to imagine what I might do if cornered in such a situation myself, all I could come up with was a straight-faced delivery of a regular grace in pig-Latin while pretending to read from the paper: Essblay usay ouray ordlay anday hesetay hytay iftsgay hichway eway arehay aboutay otay

Dear Marshaln, Thanks! Same university, differ...

2009-07-07T11:08:58.964+01:00

Dear Marshaln,

Thanks! Same university, different college - the new one is named after a manufacturer of breakfast cereals*. Heh.

Best,

Hobbes

*and one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the USA, but breakfast cereals are funnier.

Congrats on finding a new source of food and tea! ...

2009-07-07T05:27:11.198+01:00

Congrats on finding a new source of food and tea! Which college is so lucky?

although we do have a distinctly unorthodox Grace,...

2009-07-06T20:01:50.278+01:00

although we do have a distinctly unorthodox Grace, written by one of the founding Fellows back in the day. Amusingly, the Grace went missing for a period of 26 years, and was discovered last year at dinner (I was a few seats down) when one of our old fellows found a copy of it in the inside pocket of his dinner jacket.

This man had not cleaned his DJ in over quarter of a

Dear Carla, That's an insular script I grabbed ...

2009-07-06T19:54:54.354+01:00

Dear Carla,

That's an insular script I grabbed for dramatic effect - the real thing is just copperplate gothic (curly writing in the Germanic style). Sing in enough choirs and you can read it directly from the subconscious :)

(Reading things directly from the subconscious comes in handy after 2 litres of port.)

Best,

D :)

I'm impressed that you had the presence of mind to...

2009-07-06T19:26:00.854+01:00

I'm impressed that you had the presence of mind to photograph the text of the Grace. It really does make your point. Even if I did know any Latin - and I don't - that would be rough. How did you manage?

Very kind, though, Keng - thanks muchly for the of...

2009-07-05T16:53:55.839+01:00

Very kind, though, Keng - thanks muchly for the offer!

Too bad this is a private collection. Not availab...

2009-07-05T16:40:38.611+01:00

Too bad this is a private collection. Not available to the general public I am afraid.

--ST

Hi, thanks for sharing your tasting notes. I live ...

2009-07-05T16:30:16.862+01:00

Hi, thanks for sharing your tasting notes. I live in S'pore and will be glad to get this tea for you (if still available) if you can let me where to get it. Regards, Keng.