My college friend ______, who now lives in London, was kind enough to offer me a place to stay while in England. Before I left, I asked her what she would like me to bring her from the good ol’ US of A. “Four boxes of Jiffy Bread cornbread mix and four jars of Fluff, please,” she replied.
“OK,” I e-mailed back. “Cheater cornbread I can understand, but what, pray tell, do you want with four jars of Fluff?”
I typed back, “Fluff for your friend, I see. That’s what they all say, my dear.” That night, I went to the grocery store to obtain the supplies (me to another customer eyeing my purchases: “It’s not for me. It’s for a friend. In England.” Eyes rolled in disbelief).
The next day, my last day before I left, I told my co-workers about what I was bringing to England. I was somewhat embarrassed. That’s nothing, my boss said. While on vacation with her family, my boss’s daughter insisted on bringing a doll around with her everywhere they went. The family had to pretend as though the doll were real, addressing it in conversation and feeding it tidbits from the table, etc.
In the middle of the story, epiphany struck. Wouldn’t it be funny to carry around the tub of Fluff like that? I could take pictures with it! It would be like the Garden Gnome Liberation Front (or Amelie), only better, because it would be Fluff and not some creepy garden creature.
Genius.
Fluff with Snow White and Dwarf Gnomes, Calais, France
And, so Fluff has been traveling with me ever since. Here are some highlights from our first trip. Most of these pictures are from London, but a few are from the jaunt to France to get some wine (I had forgotten that my camera ran out of battery life right when things got pretty). Hope you like them. Don't forget to take the Fluff Quiz below!Fluff in London
Where Fluff changes into SuperFluff
Fluff’s first peek at Tower Bridge
Can You See Fluff?
Fluff at St. Paul’s Cathedral
Fluff enjoying a pint and some chips along the Thames. St. Paul’s Cathedral is in the background
Fluff enjoying the Kensington digs
Fluff visits Buck Palace
Fluff at Piccadilly, but not for long
Oh-oh! Fluff at the Natural History Museum
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Fluff at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Fluff and London Bridge
Fluff on the Bullshit Green at Parliament
Fluff in Soho
Fluff at the Coach and Horses in Soho
Fluff with friends, Pint and Mustard
Fluff at Whitehall
Fluff at the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square
Fluff is not on holiday by mistake! Fluff in Camden Town
Fluff in Boulonge on the Opal Coast of France.
We showed up on the sixtieth anniversary of the Boulogne’s liberation from the Nazis
Fluff slumming it in tacky France
Yes, kids, it’s time to put your books and notes away and get out paper and a pen for the first quiz. Well, you don’t really have to get out pen and paper, but take the quiz anyway. Answers to this quiz will be posted in the next quiz. Remember, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourself.
1. Name one common recipe calling for Fluff.
2. Name two ingredients in Fluff.
3. To what does “Take Courage” refer?
4. How old is the existing London Bridge?
5. Would you go see the Rod Stewart musical? Why or why not.
In the next installment, Fluff takes a bite out of the Big Apple.
Introduction
New York City
Dispatch from the What the Fluff? Festival, Union Square, Somerville
5 comments:
Getting this thing to work was dicey enough that I don't want to mess with it again, but I can't believe I didn't mention this. There will be a Fluff happening tomorrow in Union Square. If you are in or around Boston, I'd encourage you to check it out.
1 - Fluffernutter
2 - Marshmallow, Potassium Sorbate
3 - Refers to the deleted scene from the Wizard of Oz featuring a breif call to arms from the cowardly lion.
4 - 75ish years
5 - I would not go see the Rod Stewart anything.
EC....no idea...um...Love Actually?
Very nicely done, James.
1. Correct
2. Not quite.
3. Will tell in next entry.
4. Will tell in next entry.
5. Why?
EC Will tell in next entry. :)
yeah . . . Rod Stewart just doesn't do it for me . . . that's all.
Too much information, but when I was little, my friend and I used to Rockette kick around the yard to Rod Stewart's Hot Legs. Of course, my cousin and I used to Rockette kick to "Peanut-Butter-and-Marsh-en-mellow" when we wanted a Fluff sandwich. My mom wouldn't make them for us, but my aunt would. Bless her.
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