The Trouble with Trifles...

Jul. 24th, 2012 04:15 pm
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trifle

"It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles."
     -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Man with the Twisted Lip

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Date: 2012-07-24 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sabrinaphynn.livejournal.com
Great
Now I'm extra hungry!!!
;-)
Edited Date: 2012-07-24 09:22 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-08-07 06:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Please, help yourself!

Date: 2012-07-24 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com
That looks so good. How did trifle come to mean unimportant? Does it come from the same root word as the dessert? How could anyone think that something that delicious looking was less than critical??

Date: 2012-08-07 07:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Well, they do have a decided lack of chocolate...

Date: 2012-07-24 09:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] med_cat
Haha! And here's a quote and pic to match:

http://med-cat.livejournal.com/596913.html

Date: 2012-08-07 07:53 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] med_cat
Glad you enjoyed ;)

Date: 2012-07-24 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
And Watson agreed as he slowly liked the cream off the ends of his moustache.

Date: 2012-08-07 07:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Wow! The imagery!

Date: 2012-07-24 10:50 pm (UTC)
debriswoman: (hare and moon)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
That is a truly spectacular trifle. All the fruit is lined up and everything:-)

Date: 2012-08-07 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
(It was from an advert for the dish!)

Date: 2012-07-25 04:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Oooooh.

You can have the goose and the banoffee pie, I'm eating that!

Date: 2012-08-07 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Me too!

Date: 2012-07-25 05:50 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] methylviolet10b
*snicker* *snort

Date: 2012-08-07 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Do not snort the trifle!

Date: 2012-07-30 01:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calli-scribbles.livejournal.com
Now I want one.

Date: 2012-08-07 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Me too!
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