Declan Murphy wrote:
> CL wrote:
> 
>>La Puce wrote:
>>
>>>Charlie Pridham wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Am pretty sure its Prunes Persia 'Prince Charming' small upright double red
>>>>form
>>>
>>>Prunes?! Or Prunus ....? Persia 'Prince Charming' is a dianthus.
>>>Persica 'Prince Charming' you mean? I'm confused ...
>>
>>I'm trying to imagine this conversation at the local ten minutes before
>>closing ...
> 
> You mean as a argument, or as a Guinness, a Bushmills, 2 Tequilas, and
> a Prunes Persia Prince Charming small upright double red for the lady
> please.... ?

Argument.  When I read this I flashed on long-ago scenes from the only 
local I was ever able to frequent for any length of time ... in Yeovil, 
darkest Zomerzett ... and the local pensioners with their continuous 
horticultural debates.  As often as not attempting an argument using the 
Latinate forms of the plants' names at fifteen minutes before the bell.

Combining Latin with the local pronunciation and the local brew ...

CL