@Baz posted:

I think they mentioned it the other night , but I’d never heard of it before that 

Clear off dogs 

@Baz posted:

I think they mentioned it the other night , but I’d never heard of it before that 

they were and I have seen them before, they are full of insects and grubs 

when I'm calling youuuuuuuuuuuuuuooouuuoooouuuuu 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

they were and I have seen them before, they are full of insects and grubs 

Did they say why they are called sausage trees, Dame ?

@Baz posted:

Did they say why they are called sausage trees, Dame ?

yes they did Baz 

@Baz posted:

well hung 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

they were and I have seen them before, they are full of insects and grubs 

omg horrible

@Baz posted:

Did they say why they are called sausage trees, Dame ?

yes they did

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

omg horrible

I was watching something the other week and I think it was monkeys waiting for the fruit to drop to get at the bugs inside  

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

yes they did Baz 

Why?

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

when I'm calling youuuuuuuuuuuuuuooouuuoooouuuuu 

you sing like an angel dammeee -bazzy would love a song from you

@Baz posted:

Why?

coz its a sausage tree, that's its name 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I was watching something the other week and I think it was monkeys waiting for the fruit to drop to get at the bugs inside  

Yes, that’s where I heard about them I think 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I was watching something the other week and I think it was monkeys waiting for the fruit to drop to get at the bugs inside  

ooo that rings a bell dammeeee

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

you sing like an angel dammeee -bazzy would love a song from you

I do requests, I'll oblige for you Ros 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

coz its a sausage tree, that's its name 

I know that ....but why was it given that name in the first place ?

Sounds like it was retching 

funny male call

@Baz posted:

Yes, that’s where I heard about them I think 

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

ooo that rings a bell dammeeee

they wait for the fruit for its ripe seeds and buggy things 

@Baz posted:

I know that ....but why was it given that name in the first place ?

hang on, I'll just give David a ring  I have no idea, I'm a pleb why you asking me   

@Baz posted:

I know that ....but why was it given that name in the first place ?

think they said something about its flowers/fruit?

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

 

I do requests, I'll oblige for you Ros 

bazzy will lubbs it -

googled 

The genus name comes from the Mozambican Bantu name, kigeli-keia, while the common names sausage tree and cucumber tree refer to the long, sausage-like fruit. Its name in Afrikaans worsboom also means sausage tree, and its Arabic name means "the father of kit-bags".

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

hang on, I'll just give David a ring  I have no idea, I'm a pleb why you asking me   

Cos I thought I might have missed it

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

bazzy will lubbs it -

she was rather cool with my Happy Birthday one last year  

@Baz posted:

Cos I thought I might have missed it

numpty, no you didn't 

Apparently it’s cos of the long , sausage shaped fruits ....it’s sometimes call the cucumber tree too 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

googled 

 

The genus name comes from the Mozambican Bantu name, kigeli-keia, while the common names sausage tree and cucumber tree refer to the long, sausage-like fruit. Its name in Afrikaans worsboom also means sausage tree, and its Arabic name means "the father of kit-bags".

yes thought they mentioned either flowers or fruit

Wow .....how colourful are they 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

googled 

 

The genus name comes from the Mozambican Bantu name, kigeli-keia, while the common names sausage tree and cucumber tree refer to the long, sausage-like fruit. Its name in Afrikaans worsboom also means sausage tree, and its Arabic name means "the father of kit-bags".

Snap 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

 

she was rather cool with my Happy Birthday one last year  

Too bliddy true 

@Baz posted:

Apparently it’s cos of the long , sausage shaped fruits ....it’s sometimes call the cucumber tree too 

^^^^^ I posted up there  punches Baz' lights out 

@Baz posted:

Too bliddy true 

wait till this year....I'm gonna leave it on your answer phone 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

 

she was rather cool with my Happy Birthday one last year  

yes or pie jesu may be good dammeee -lots of high notes

@Baz posted:

Too bliddy true 

pie jesu next bazzy you will lubbs it

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes or pie jesu may be good dammeee -lots of high notes

yesssssssssssss, I could do that, sort of bestie   I'm sure Baz will love it 

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

yesssssssssssss, I could do that, sort of bestie   I'm sure Baz will love it 

brilliant and yes she will

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

wait till this year....I'm gonna leave it on your answer phone 

I’ve got number recognition on the landline ....and no answerphone on my mobile , so ....