1st November 2014 - Puzzle Jugs, White Rabbits and Gotham

Thought for the day: "Sodium Sodium Sodium Sodium Sodium Sodium Sodium Sodium Batman"

So Halloween has managed to pass us by at 41 and no callers and no egg or flour thrown at the windows. It may be because we put all the lights out and are known to be unresponsive at the door.. Or it may be that there are no americanised kiddies in the area...

But I had prepared for last night a special posting for the use of the Puzzle Jug. I was at a reenactment a while ago when someone had brought a version of this jug, far simpler, but still a challenge.  Those in the  know could just lift it to their lips and drink quite happily - apparently just holding it naturally, as their fingers covered the relevant holes... The newbie just spilled all over themselves, their clothes, the floor and those in the immediate vicinity..

This small rhyme and the start of the explanation for the Puzzle Jug.. 

And what did it look like?  Well the one I saw was simpler but this is an example ...

A puzzle jug is a puzzle in the form of a jug, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. An inscription typically challenges the drinker to consume the contents without spilling them, which, because the neck of the jug is perforated, is impossible to do conventionally.
Known inscriptions include:

Come drink of me and merry be.
Come drink your fill, but do not spill.
Fill me up with licker (liquor) sweet / For it is good when fun us do meet.
Gentlemen, now try your Skill / I'll hold your Sixpence if you Will / That you don't drink unless you spill.
Here, Gentlemen, come try your skill / I'll hold a wager if you will / That you don't drink this liquor all / Without you spill and let some fall.

Well, I am on the Chateau 41 and will try not to spill any..

 -o0o-

Start of a new Month - need a new meme

 But in the meantime - this is White Rabbits 

Gotham Style

See what I did there??    Here all week !!!