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Potato Platypus

On Finding that the potatoes (in the first two cases we'll say vegetables since potatoes weren't introduced into Europe until the Modern Era) Boiling in a Pot Have Formed Themselves Into an Hour- Glass Shape: The Ancient Family Says: "It is the god of the pot, we must spill a little out to honour him" and goes back to cooking.... The Medieval Family Says: "It is the devil, we must throw salt in the pot to scare him" and goes back to cooking... The Modern Family Says: "There must be a scientific explanation for this" and goes back to cooking...

Return of the Platypus

That's right, I have returned, and with me the Platypus. More will follow as soon as I return to U.S. time, but suffices to say that I am safe and sound and have all my luggage. In other news, I am engaged, that's right, engaged to the lovely, talented, witty, capable and godly Sharon Rose Biggs. The Platypus has much more Truth to speak on both these subjects, but that must wait until I've taken my malaria pill...