TIDBITS 04/25/04

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The Magnificent Gold and Enameled Testicle.

No no. Wait. Back off. Don't get so upset. No
porno here. Nothing like that. Heh heh. A small joke.
Some humor to brighten the day. Actually ... it
relates to jewelry. Yes. Really and truly. It does.
Listen. It comes from the Greek word "Orkhis" which means
testicle and which has become in our daily language
the word Orchid. Ain't etymology grand? A beautiful
flower. A magnificent flower. So there ... you see ...
it's innocuous ... a mere bagatelle of a word ... a
trifle ... a nothing to get upset about. Hey. She smiles
at the flower merchant seductively. Nice pair of orchids
you got there bud.

And so we segue to Tiffany's. I'll get back to your orchids--
you should pardon the expression--later. The year is 1889.
We're at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Tiffany $ Co.
exhibits their displays of jewels. It meets with rave reviews.
Bravo Le Tiffany. Bravo le jewels. The diamonds dazzle. But
it's the enamel work that steals the show. The orchids are
the most perfect representation of nature. A reporter states
that it is only by touch that one can tell they are not real
flowers but rather a work produced by the hands of man. They
are created by one Paulding Farnham ... chief designer for
Tiffany.

Cattleya Velutina is the species of orchid of the variety
Schilleriana which is found in Brazil and which you are all
soon about to see. Oh what a magnificent thing it is. Petals
yellow. Brown spots. Diamonds. Rubies.

In Europe and Asia orchids were gathered for the preparation
of a mixture called salep ... guaranteed to excite the desire
of your partner. Clearly the answer arrived at before the advent
of the miracle pills available today. Oy ... you should only see
the emails I get.

But enough of that. Go. Go. Stop reading this stuff. The orchid
awaits.

For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you
will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Orchid ...
where you'll see an image of the gold and silver enameled brooch

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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