Lilac Colored Glasses

I had a very thoughtful post planned for today, two actually, although one is the beginning of a small series I want to do, so of course I’ve been procrastinating as much as possible on that one.  However, I was tagged with a rather unusual meme by the always intriguing, never ordinary Jo Beaufoix.

From what I gather, the original meme is to list 6 random things about yourself but Jo had done that already and therefore decided instead to list 6 random things about spider monkies.  Now my assignment is to list 6 random things about pygmy elks.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I know next to nothing about pygmy elks.

I do know about Flemish Giants though, so that’s what you’re going to get your 6 random things about.

1. Flemish giants prefer a nice white wine with their evening meal, preferably something fruity, like a pinot gris.
2. Flemish giants have a natural tendency to be skilled in tai chi.  Rumor has it that Pat Morita was trained by Wim, a master Flemish giant sensei, in preparation for his role as Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid.  The move known as “the crane” in the film is actually known as “the levitating Flemsih giant” but due to the ungainliness of the phrase as well as it’s tendency to be confused as something out of the Kama Sutra, the maneuver was renamed for the general public.
3. Flemish giants have an aversion to avocados, charcoal and bamboo bed sheets (but only the 320 thread count kind).
4. Most Flemish giants favor ecru over beige and cream.
5. Alcoholism runs rampant in Flemish giants. What else is a large rabbit supposed to do with his long days besides drink copious amounts of trappist beer and pinot gris?
6. Flemish giants belong to the phylum chordata, much like their very very very very very very distant cousin, the pygmy elk.

my first real attempt at photoshopping

And now I’m supposed to tag people but assuming the other 5 people Jo tagged do as they’re told and tag 6 others, that’s already 30 people doing this meme and I think that’s probably enough in my end of the blogosphere.