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Denburybob

Denburybob Report 5 Jul 2018 19:22

.... packets of porridge oats advertised as "farm grown". Are there any other sorts?

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 5 Jul 2018 19:36

Wild oats, Bob. :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 5 Jul 2018 21:20

:-D :-D :-D

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 5 Jul 2018 21:24

JoyLouise :-D :-D :-D

Florence61

Florence61 Report 5 Jul 2018 22:59

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Florence in the hebrides

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 6 Jul 2018 20:03

Long time since I've sown any of those!

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 7 Jul 2018 09:33

Me too but doesn't the thought make you smile. :-D :-D :-D

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 7 Jul 2018 20:40

Recall the song:

Mares eat oats, and Does eat oats, but little Lambs eat Ivy

to my young ears Mareseydotes, and doseydotes but little lambsydivey

a Kidlle eat ivy too, wouldn't you?

Dermot

Dermot Report 7 Jul 2018 20:59

"The sower went out to sow his seed ....... "etc etc from the 'Good Book'.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 7 Jul 2018 21:05

"and some fell on stoney ground"

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 7 Jul 2018 21:25

Bob, to my ears, the last line was 'A diddly divey doo wouldn't you?' :-D :-D

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 7 Jul 2018 21:29

yep , but I cleaned it up, a little

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 7 Jul 2018 21:45

:-D :-D :-D
I was well into my 20's before I knew the real words :-\

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 7 Jul 2018 21:59

LOL

remember

"Auf Weidersehen"
being

I'll feed the zane!

Sharron

Sharron Report 7 Jul 2018 22:56

I would rather people didn't sow their wild oats in the supermarket. It gets very redious pushing your trolley round them.

Caroline

Caroline Report 8 Jul 2018 13:47

Brings the whole back to nature really close to home I suppose.

Sharron

Sharron Report 8 Jul 2018 14:35

Can't you picture a cottage industry. Little oat harvests in all sorts of window boxes and flower pots?

David

David Report 8 Jul 2018 15:14


As ye sow, so shall ye reap

Caroline

Caroline Report 8 Jul 2018 15:16

Sharron can you imagine all the falling off balconies though....

Sharron

Sharron Report 8 Jul 2018 15:18

Would that be the man driving the tiny combine?