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My Kingdom For A Horse (Head Cushion)!
2007-04-12 00:08:00 The English Courtesan?s funny thing of the week, hmmmm, no, that seems parsimonious in view of the sheer hilarity of this one, so let?s make it her funny thing of the month, is?wait for it?it?s another good one?it?s the severed horse head cushion from Kropserkel!OK, OK, so it?s sick and twisted but you have to admit this is damnably fine and funny and it would make wan helluffa gift (said in a Mafioso accent) for someone suitably deserving of a little light menacing or a tasteful act of vengeance.The English Courtesan is of course an animal-loving rural-dwelling vegetarian who doesn?t believe in revenge but this one had her inexplicably snorting with horsey laughter. Why she found the severed horse head cushion so funny, like most funny things, defies description but she thinks it?s something to do with the big pink tongue and the comedy ?my horse head cushion horror!? photos of a woman waking up next to one in the bed and bath (!) on the Kropserkel website?As the website puts it, a... More About: Kingdom , King , Head , Horse , Cush
Thinking Bloggers
2007-04-07 22:49:00 Those of you who read the last post will know that the English Courtesan was given a ?Think ing Blog ger Award? by the lovely Ex-Courtesan Gillette in this post here...This is of course the English Courtesan's first ever blogging award and she is doing a happy whoopy war dance round her laptop as she types! The fact that she is an avid reader of Gillette's Most-Thinking-of-All-Blogs added to her delight and made the accolade even more appreciated.For those of you who have yet to discover the Ex-Courtesan In Transition blog on the Links Livvy Likes List, Gillette is a delightful combination of thoughtful and kind and clever and tender and soulful and witty and wise and all-round wondrous - should the English Courtesan go on or are your cheeks already rosy Gillette? Ahem... ;-)So thanks to Gillette, it's time for another meme and the English Courtesan gets a nice award button for her blog too ? see the bottom right of the page! Those of you who read the last meme will know the format... More About: Bloggers , King
Antique of The Week
2007-04-04 14:59:00 The English Courtesan was tickled pink to receive a Thinking Blogger Award from the delectable Gillette (AKA Ex-Courtesan In Transition) this week in this post here! The honour bestowed upon her by all-time favourite blogger Gillette, means that the English Courtesan now has the right to hand out her very own Thinking Blogger Awards to five lucky bloggers...results to follow on Saturday...In the meantime, it has been a while since the English Courtesan did a post on antiques, so here we have Anti que of The Week which was from the Lyon & Turbull Sale in Edinburgh on 21st March.It was a Regency side table, possibly by Gillow's, that caught the eye of most and was widely hailed as a herald of recovery for the brown furniture market, as it fetched £105,000, almost 10 times its estimate. However what caught the English Courtesan's eye was the more modest but stunning Lot 486, and there it is in the photo, which the English Courtesan shamelessly purloined from Messrs. Lyon and Turbull?s... More About: Ique , Antique
Courtesans and Beavers
2007-03-31 14:50:00 The picture shows one of the English Court esan?s favourite spots in the North, which shall of course remain nameless. It might be Yorkshire or it might be somewhere entirely different but as you can see from the picture, it has trees, water and spectacular sunsets, so that should help you narrow it down. Answers on a postcard to the usual? :-)Following on from last week?s sexual statistics, the English Courtesan thought she?d share some statistics of a different kind with the readers this week. Have you ever wondered what phrase people type into Google to find the English Courtesan Olivia? Here is an extract from this week?s weird and wonderful ?keyword activity? entries?beaver dazzlingfood label yellow cheese nakedlivvy naked (swiftly followed by Olivia naked)Yorkshire escort cheese on toast saucysquealing virginscourtesan have gun will travelanimalistic metaphorshow to train a hamster to go faster in a ballolivias bottomsstockist lyons green label teaEnglish milkmaid escort honeyR... More About: Beavers , Beaver
Yorkshire Neighbours
2007-03-28 13:37:00 Have you ever wondered if you unwittingly live next door to the English Courtesan? Do you find yourself lying awake to ponder whether the girl next door who arrives and leaves at unusual hours could be an escort? Well if you're in York shire and you have black or ginger body hair and you tend to slobber a lot and you lactate...then you just might... :-)Meet Olivia's new Yorkshire neighbours! Would anyone like to join me in raising a hearty 'moooooooo!' to welcome the new kids to the neighbourhood? One of the English Courtesan's little known party tricks is mooing like a cow - strange but true and it tends to be a useful ice-breaker in the right company (especially of the bovine variety). You can see from the photo that the new neighbours were suitably impressed (or bemused?) by Olivia's unusual talents!In the meantime, the milkmaid fantasy calls and the English Courtesan must away to find a frilly outfit and a suitable three-legged stool... :-)Technorati Tags: courtesan, courte... More About: Hire , Neighbours
Sex & The Psyche
2007-03-24 17:19:00 The English Courtesan is a voracious reader and a rather unusual book caught her eye this week. ?Sex & The Psych e? by Brett Kahr, is the result of five years research into British sexual fantasies. Stop sniggering at the back there! We English (and indeed the wider British) do have sexual fantasies and they?re not all about spanking each other over cups of tea. Or at least not always??Sex & The Psyche ? features over 1000 ?real life!? fantasies, which range from the mundane through the amusingly disgraceful to the thoroughly twisted. It is based around responses from over 19,000 British adults, over 100 of which came from five-hour face-to-face interviews with Brett Kahr and the rest from internet questionnaires.Therein lies the rub, as it were? ;-) Olivia was not interviewed for the said project and thus denies all responsibility, but hands up which of you naughty children has ever told porkies in an online questionnaire? Brett Kahr even has a chapter entitled ?Possibly pulling ...
Bouffant Bottoms
2007-03-17 23:08:00 The English Courtesan would like to wish all of her readers a Happy St. Patrick’s Day, a Happy Mother's Day and a happy finale of the Geneva Motor Show for those lucky boys and girls who made it out there! What nicer way to celebrate the auspicious triple blessings, than with a picture of the big, bouffant bottom of the Morgan AeroMax. No doubt many of the readers would prefer a picture of Livvy’s own bottom, but you’ll just have to make do… ;-)Today’s post, alas, must be a brief one, as the English Courtesan has a Mother she adores and must trot off to prepare her big surprise for tomorrow. As some of you may recall, Livvy's first attempt to raise the issue of becoming a courtesan with her the aforementioned Mother did not go well. However said Mother has since taken the news of Olivia’s intention to be a courtesan rather surprisingly well, which makes her even more special, so tomorrow is a big day!Before you all stop commenting however, it goes without saying that O... More About: Bottom
Olivia's Top Cars for 2007
2007-03-10 14:24:00 There has been some confusion over the English Courtesan?s French auction so the rates are now on the post. To book more than 3 days, just email the English Courtesan at the usual address (encrypted email on request)...Onto today's post which is on one of the English Courtesan's favourite topics, namely motor cars, or indeed Top Cars for 2007, varoooooooooooooom! Her timing, as the oily-fingered speed freaks amongst you will note, is perfect, in that it coincides with this year?s Geneva Motor Show. So for those who, like Olivia , were too busy working to make it out to Geneva this year, here is your consolation post?The first and best on the list is not actually available for delivery till February 2008 but it is at the Geneva Motor Show. Livvy?s not one for pedantry though, so despite the ?Top Cars for 2007? theme, she absolutely had to give the English Courtesan?s Top Car Prize to the gobsmackingly gorgeous Morgan AeroMax pictured above. The picture undoubtedly speaks a thousand ...
Lunar Eclipse in Yorkshire
2007-03-07 14:56:00 For those readers who wrote in to complain that they missed the lunar eclipse on account of being too busy reading the English Courtesan?s latest auction post, here is a fuzzy wuzzy picture of it viewed from York shire. Never let it be said that Olivia does not fulfil your every need, my readers... :-)The English Courtesan...naughty but nice! xxx More About: Hire , Clip , Clips , Lips
La Belle France & La Courtisane
2007-03-03 17:45:00 La Courtisane Anglaise pense qu?il est temps de révéler la surprise dont elle vous parle depuis déjà une quinzaine... Êtes-vous prêts, chers lecteurs?Before she reveals all however, and in order to give you all time to answer the question, here are a few further clues as to the English Courtesan's p'tit projet for those of you in the mood...1) It is six months since the last such événement culturel2) It has something in common with eventing3) It may or may not involve a château and Paris4) It will definitely involve the English Courtesan5) It might involve you...Oui, vous l'avez deviné! Without further ado then, the English Courtesan bids you the warmest of welcomes to the salle des ventes ce soir for Livvy's French Auction...What better way to celebrate the joys of Spring than in the Land of Lovers with the English Courtesan? As a Fran cophile with a passion for Delaunay and delicatessens, Olivia could think of no more delightful way to put a spring in her step than with a littl... More About: France , Elle , Bell , Belle
Mon Petit Projet
2007-02-28 23:31:01 Zut alors! Is zees a cloo as to Ze English Courtesan?s p'tit projet bien séduisant? More About: Petit
Dulce de Leche II
2007-02-25 23:30:06 The English Courtesan felt that having started the Tale of The Dulce de Leche she really ought to finish it. Here endeth the Tale. :-)In the meantime The English Courtesan has an important announcement or indeed an invitation to make. It won't be until next week but the readers would be well-advised to watch this space. Sweetness follows... ;-)
Dulce de Leche
2007-02-22 11:28:01 An extra post from the English Courtesan? Has she caved in at last to the pleas of her readers for more frequent favours? Nope. Sorry. :-)She's not telling when the next post will be. She likes to mess with the dates retrospectively too. So do pop back to see if Livvy Hen has laid one! As it were... ;-)In the meantime this one is thanks to the superlative guesswork of The Wise Errant Thoughts and The Gracious Gillette who are hereby declared The Winners of the English Courtesan's Valentine's Day Quizzery! Onto today's post which is a foodie one for as the loyal readers will know Livvy Likes Licking...The English Courtesan was thrilled to find a favourite eaty treat in her local supermarket. Her local supermarket (?local? is a relative term) is deeply uninspiring and the arrival of gnocchi a few months ago was a major event. Hence the fact that the English Courtesan spends her life on a hunt for a decent deli and is obliged to order delicacies from afar (click the Food label belo... More About: Dulce
The Bunny's Gifts
2007-02-20 23:26:04 Please note that the English Courtesan is still juggling the day job with her secret life as a courtesan! Much as she enjoys the challenge, certain time constraints apply, so posts will henceforth be once a week.Today was a momentous day for the English Courtesan and she did something she had been putting off for too long. She finally sent back the Bunny ?s Baby Book and his Locket. She would never normally send back a gift, but these were family heirlooms and it felt wrong to keep them. You can see them and the card the English Courtesan wrote in the photo.It was not a change of heart but it is a part of the journey from mistress to courtesan. It was something that needed to be done before the English Courtesan could move on. Here is what she wrote in the card?Dear B****,Your letter was the first so perhaps it is meet and right that mine should be the last. I am returning the Baby Book and the Locket with this because it is right that you should have them back. They were a symbol of... More About: Gifts , Gift
Les Demi-Mondaines
2007-02-20 23:26:04 Please note that the following post has been edited as the English Courtesan received an email from one of the courtesans who was mentioned in the original post. Please rest assured that no offence was intended - this post was pure speculation and was genuinely not intended to upset any of the courtesans mentioned or undermine any attempts at rebranding... Read on if you dare! The photo of Van Gogh?s The Courtesan (after Eisen), painted in 1887, comes courtesy of a very dear friend of the English Courtesan?s, who shall be known here only by the initial J.The English Courtesan has recently noticed that something mysterious is afoot amongst the cliterati sisterhood. If you?ve clicked on the ?Links Livvy Likes? to the left, you?ll have noticed that several blogs from fellow courtesans have been taken down or put on hiatus.Before the English Courtesan induces mass hysteria, you?ll be relieved to hear that many of the courtesan greats are still at it. Ahem. ;-) The Hippo Man (a great, if... More About: Onda , Demi
Dangerous Liaisons
2007-02-20 23:26:04 A few nights ago The English Courtesan happened to watch the film 'Danger ous Liaisons' with a friend and was surprised to note for the first time the appearance of a courtesan called Emilie. This was a character to whom The English Courtesan had never paid any attention when she had read the novel, but her new career has led her to take a sudden interest in all things courtesan related.Noticing Emilie started her thinking about how courtesans have been portrayed on film and so today's post is the first of a series on that topic. First up then, on The English Courtesan's film reviews list, is Dangerous Liasons, a darkly erotic film with surprisingly modern themes and an interesting scene with a courtesan. The script, based on an eighteenth century French novel, was written by Christopher Hampton (who wrote the play first and then the award-winning screenplay) and it is directed by Stephen Frears. This is Merchant-Ivory with a wild and wicked glint in its eye and an extra bodice o... More About: Anger , Sons
The Woods
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The English Courtesan and her Sexalicious Squeeze would like to share the following top tips for wildly wanton woodland sex with the Esteemed Readers:1) Take a rug2) Take a rug3) Take a rugIf you forget the rug and take the ?up against a tree? approach, which comes highly recommended by both the English Courtesan and the Said Sexalicious Squeeze, it might be advisable to learn the phrase ?do you have anything for bark burns?? in the foreign language of your destination country before you begin. ?I rubbed a tree with vigour? is easier to translate but is likely to induce a fit of giggling in the foreign chemist?Sometimes the English Courtesan thinks it?s a Very Good Thing that she?s utterly shameless. :-) More About: Wood , Woods
The Lady and The Duke
2007-02-20 23:26:04 Please note that the English Courtesan will be away on an exciting assignment this weekend! The next post will therefore be on Wednesday...do keep watching...Onto the English Courtesan?s third film review, ?The Lady and the Duke ? (2002), which is directed by Eric Rohmer who also wrote the screenplay. ?The Lady and the Duke? is a film for which the English Courtesan had particularly high expectations. It?s clever, it?s French, and it?s based on the apocryphal memoirs of ?Her Lady Scandalous?, a thoroughly naughty British courtesan called Grace Dalrymple Elliott, who lived in Paris at the time of the Revolution.After marrying and promptly divorcing a dull doctor more than twice her age at the tender age of 17, Grace embarked on a bodice-ripping gallop through a string of lovers. Her paramours included straight-laced peers of the realm, lusty and lovable rogues and blue-blooded thoroughbreds, the latter including the Prince of Wales (the future King George IV) and Prince Phillipe, Duke... More About: The D
Notoriety
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The picture is Solitude, which was painted by Alexei von Jawlensky in 1912. It is one of the English Courtesan's own particular favourites and she's sharing it with you as a form of bribery for you to reveal your secrets...read on...The English Courtesan?s notoriety appears to be spreading like wildfire! Last week she received three interesting requests for her participation in non-coital activities?The first was from a documentary maker who wanted the English Courtesan for an ?I was a mistress but look what I turned into!? type feature. That wasn?t how they described it, but reading between the lines and having some knowledge of the TV channel in question, I can quite imagine the salacious lines they would pursue. My feelings towards the Bunny of The Tale may be mixed at times but I would never stoop to an expose and I felt that was what they ultimately sought. So amusing though the concept was to the English Courtesan, in an ?Oxford high-flyer turns scarlet harlot!? sort of way,... More About: Tori
The Singapore Kiss
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The picture shows the Chateau de Chenonceau, which was Diane de Poitiers? reward for perfecting the art of the Sing apore Kiss . It is time for the English Courtesan to reveal the mystery unto her readers?The debate regarding the Singapore Kiss (also known as the Shanghai Kiss) was started by A Reader Esquire many moons ago and the English Courtesan?s postbag has been receiving a steady stream of suggestions ever since. In answer to your amusing suggestions, I?m afraid the answer is a polite yet firm English ?no?. Is the Singapore Kiss an amuse-bouche involving oysters? No. Is the Singapore Kiss a big tonguey kiss? No. Is the Singapore Kiss an IT company? No.Is the Singapore Kiss a photography exhibition? No. The latter answer does win three points however on the grounds that Epson and Cathay Pacific, presumably unwittingly, recently sponsored a photography exhibition called the Singapore Kiss. They claim it?s after Doisneau?s iconic Parisian kiss but the English Courtesan thinks that...
English Food and Foodies
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The English Courtesan has received some interesting emails of late about British food. The overseas perception of English eating habits appears to be that we subsist on tea, scones, fish and chips, deep fried Mars bars, mad cows, full cooked English Breakfasts, and haggis (the latter of course being only if we?re Scottish).So by way of gentle correction, the picture shows a glimpse of a few British delicacies from the English Courtesan?s own larder. The English Courtesan is something of a foodie with a penchant for olives, cheeses, fruit and chocolate. Whilst the olives and much of the chocolate had to be weeded out of the photo on account of their provenance (Greek olives and Belgian chocolate), it was surprising how much good British produce remained.So first up on the English Courtesan?s larder list are some rather good homegrown English fruit and vegetables. Sadly it?s not plum, rhubarb or new potato season any longer where the English Courtesan lives and she ate the asparagus l... More About: Food , Dies , Koban
Oxford's Dreaming Spires
2007-02-20 23:26:04 This week?s truly scandalous and salacious news is that the English Courtesan has moved to Oxford with the delectable Lady Glyde! OK, OK, so that?s a slight exaggeration, but a courtesan can dream, can?t she? :-)Kathleen Glyde, who is one of the warmest, kindest and most delightful ladies that the English Courtesan has been blessed to come across, kindly invited Livvy to write a guest post. So we put our heads together and came up with the tantalisingly entitled Luxurious Escapes With One?s Lover. The first escape on the list is Oxford, one of the English Courtesan's all time favourite cities for a weekend of exquisite debauchery!Lady Glyde will undoubtedly be embarrassed by this vote of thanks, as the English Courtesan is really just meant to send you all over to read the post, but Livvy is one to wear her heart on her sleeve and she?s determined to tell the world how super-dooper Kathleen Glyde is.Lady Glyde is clever and beautiful and she has exquisite taste in lingerie and choc... More About: Ford , Spire , Dream , Dreaming
Sex and Disability
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The English Courtesan was deeply moved by a documentary which highlighted a completely different aspect to the procurement and pimping debate this week, as well as some interesting issues around sex and disability. The picture shows Nick Wallis, a 22 year old who has a degree in ecology and who was a talented artist until he lost the use of his hands due to his medical condition.Nick suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive condition for which there is no treatment or cure. Since he was young, Nick has been a frequent visitor to Helen and Douglas House in Oxford. Helen House is a children?s hospice that provides respite care for children with life-threatening or terminal conditions and Douglas House is the young adults? hospice for those aged from 16 to 40.The English Courtesan?s UK readers may have seen the BBC2 documentary ?The Children of Helen House? which follows the lives of the parents, children and staff there. The English Courtesan has a general dislike of th... More About: Disability , Bili , Sabi
The Bunny's Texts
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The picture is captioned 'Stewtime!'. Today?s post is an account of a text conversation between the Bunny and the English Courtesan.For those of you who haven't been following this sorry saga, you can read The Bunny?s Tale, parts I-V, in the August archive here (scroll down and start on 14th August) and also the post on The Bunny's Gifts in the October archive here ...Livvy: Eagle safely landed on train and can?t wait to see you! Train gets into **** [London station] at 14.32. Don?t worry if late ? can make way to tube and feed the Oyster! Xxx[editor?s note ? an oyster in this context is not a slippery fishy thing but an Oyster card, a kind of prepayment card for London tubes and buses]Bunny [2 nanoseconds later]: When will you arrive here ? or will it be somewhere else?Livvy [half an hour or so later]: Oh my goodness ? I am so sorry! That was meant to go to Chloe! Xxx [Chloe is a friend]Bunny: That?s OK ? it was good to hear from you if only accidentally. XLivvy: It was good to... More About: Text
On Pimping
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The English Courtesan has been highly amused by the furore over ?Nickel Knickers?, AKA the Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov.For those of you who haven?t been following the saga, Mr Prokhorov was arrested on 9th January for alleged pimping in Courchevel, where he was celebrating the Orthodox New Year and his business partner?s birthday.41 year-old Mr Prokhorov was released last week by the French Authorities but is a ?material witness? and may be called back for further questioning. Mr Prokhorov, whom the English Courtesan should point out is not to be confused with the Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, is ranked 89th on Forbes 2006 rich list. That?s largely due to his 54.8% stake in Norilsk Nickel, the world?s biggest producer of nickel and palladium, hence the unfortunate nickname ?Nickel Knickers?. His fortune is estimated at U$7.6 billion so combined with the rarity of salacious scandal in the metal and mining markets, this may explain the EU media feeding frenzy.Mr Prokhorov wa... More About: Pimp , Ping
The Wanderer Returns...
2007-02-20 23:26:04 Please note that the English Courtesan will be away until Sunday so the next post will be then. Those of you who have been watching closely will realise that she just edited this post. That's because the stats show that the governmental employer of one of the previously-referred-to cousins has been taking an unhealthy interest in the blog. Cue a new family scandal?The English Courtesan has had what can only be described as a weird one. The family cast included her 80 year old Aunt, also known as the Matriarch (think Lorca?s Bernarda Alba) and her doubly-incontinent husband Creepy Uncle, who holds long conversations with the English Courtesan?s breasts and is in general family disgrace for Misdemeanours Which Must Not Be Named. Then there?s Downtrodden Daughter One, also known as McDonalds Cousin as she only eats hamburgers, and Downtrodden Daughter Two, also known as Psychic Cousin as she likes to give advice based on her visions of crows, bears, shamans, hamburgers and the like.Th... More About: Return , Wand , Turn
Tagging and Memes
2007-02-20 23:26:04 The photograph shows the English Courtesan's very own USB Christmas tree glowing prettily in the penumbra of a Northern evening. If you've read the previous post you'll know she has a penchant for USB toys of all kinds and the sillier the better. This one is her favourite as it glows five different colours and when you press its little button it plays carols in a dingle-doogle-bongle cheesy fashion!The English Courtesan was delighted to be tagged with a meme by the lovely Gillette, who some of you may know as Ex-Courtesan in Transition. The post was here and was a particularly splendid one as it celebrated the emergence of Gillette after a spell of blog hiatus. The English Courtesan had been saddened by the disappearance of Olympia (Postmodern Courtesan) and the continued hiatus of Thais (The Way of Hetaira), so the reappearance of Gillette was most welcome.You may well be wondering what a meme is, and so was the English Courtesan until it was explained to her. The challenge is t... More About: Meme , Memes , Tagging
Filling Your Stockings II
2007-02-20 23:26:04 Three weeks to Christmas makes it high time for the next in The English Courtesan?s series of Fill ing Your Stock ings , the discerning gift buyers? guide to uber-toys and gadgets of the totally unnecessary but mind-bendingly desirable type.After a bevy of amusing emails in response to The Beaver post a fortnight ago (including a witty Readers? Wives type photo of a homemade George Bush), it?s onto USB gadgets this week in the hope of eliciting a similar photographic response. Last year it was USB drumming Santa, the USB massage ball (ribbed for her pleasure!) and the USB mug warmer, but this year it?s?wait for it?oooh, you?re going to love this one?the USB hamster wheel!The English Courtesan must firstly point out that no animals were harmed in the making of this blog and that the hamster in question is a furry fake. Your USB hamster wheel comes fully fitted with its own fake hamster so no domestic pets need to be involved, tempting though that may be to some of you sickos out there. ... More About: King
Niqabs and Crosses
2007-02-20 23:26:04 Please note that The English Courtesan is away on assignment this weekend but will post again on Monday and answer your comments next week!The English Courtesan notes that it has been a peculiar week for religious symbols in England. British Airways stepped down over suspending a check-in desk worker for wearing a cross and a teaching assistant who wears the niqab has been sacked.For those of you who missed the debate, Nadia Eweida had refused to return to work at Heathrow airport since British Airways bosses told her last month she could not wear a necklace bearing a small cross over her uniform. She was asked to conceal the cross underneath the uniform cravat but refused on the grounds that she did not see why she should hide her faith. She was offered a choice between suspension on paid leave, which she feared would be an admission that she had done something wrong, or unpaid leave pending disciplinary action, and she chose the latter.British Airways denied it had banned the wear... More About: Cross , Crosse , Ross , Crosses , Niqab
Filling Your Stockings I
More articles from this author:2007-02-20 23:26:04 On a lighter note then??tis almost the season of good cheer and stuffing stuff in stockings! The English Courtesan is peculiarly fond of stockings and she loves buying gifts, so she thought she?d share her latest find with you?...wait for it......this is the ?New! Improved!? version......also known as......The Design-A-Beaver kit!Hands up anyone who had one of those ?put a bushy beard and eyebrows made out of iron filings on a boogley-eyed bloke with a funny red magnetic stick? kits when they were little? The English Courtesan did have just such a kit, and she wants to know whether this was an English Thing or a Worldwide Thing. The kit had a distinct hint of ?made in Taiwan-ness? about it, so Livvy can?t quite claim this as a British invention, but she welcomes supporting evidence from the international readership regarding its origins.In the meantime here we have the perfect gift from the Courtesan in your life! Described rather coyly as a ?hairy magnetic filing toy?, the pack com... More About: Stockings , Stock , Your , King , Fill 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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