This is an artwork outside the castle at Lacoste in the Luberon in France. It has no name, so one has to guess what it represents. For me, they are the arms of a fisherman describing his latest catch.

But Lacoste castle was the home of the maquis de sade(sadism). And it was in the castle he conducted his famous orgies. So perhaps the artwork is indicating the size of something else.

A friend who was recently married cooked a leg of lamb for her new husband.

“Why did you cut it in half and cook the two pieces next to each other?” He asked. “Because that’s the way my mother cooks it.” She replied.

“Does it improve the flavour?” Her husband wondered.

She did not know, so she called her mother.

“I cook it like that because my mother cooks it like that.” Her mother’s unhelpful initiated a call to her grandmother. Her expectation of a wise and traditional culinary tip was rapidly dashed.

“I cook it like that,” smiled her grandmother, “otherwise it wont fit in my dish.”

How about this for a rum baba? If you don’t want the rum, just the ba ba, don’t press the phial!