#SilentSunday
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Edited because I saw that I'd called it a windymill in the Alt Text. Reluctantly edited, because I quite like the sound of 'windymill' and may call them that from now on.
You do know, don't you, that our Lady Joan Mastodon referred to "windymills" when she wanted to tease Don Quixote, who in his second life had joined her fellowship:
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Edited because I saw that I'd called it a windymill in the Alt Text. Reluctantly edited, because I quite like the sound of 'windymill' and may call them that from now on.
@CiaraNi I rather like windymill, though that also implies there should be waterymill.
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Alas, schools these days don't teach accurate windymillology.
@davidtheeviloverlord @sindarina Such an oversight in the curriculum. I bet there's #Windymillology corner in the Fediverse. I shall seek it out to learn more.
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@CiaraNi *charges*
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@davidtheeviloverlord @CiaraNi As the granddaughter of a miller's son and a Dutch native, I have been properly taught, and must pass on The Knowledge at every available opportunity
@sindarina @davidtheeviloverlord I love that this is how you immediately knew such specific on-sight details about a traditional windmill. I also love that this is The Knowledge. It feels very Fediversey. Lots of people here have The Knowledge about something very niche and help out and share it when the need arises.
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You do know, don't you, that our Lady Joan Mastodon referred to "windymills" when she wanted to tease Don Quixote, who in his second life had joined her fellowship:
@the_roamer Lady Joan Mastodon and me and you, so. We'll keep the word windymill alive.
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@CiaraNi I am here for #windymill
@urlyman It was a lucky typo - I am here for #windymill too.
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@sindarina @davidtheeviloverlord I love that this is how you immediately knew such specific on-sight details about a traditional windmill. I also love that this is The Knowledge. It feels very Fediversey. Lots of people here have The Knowledge about something very niche and help out and share it when the need arises.
This is what the internet should be.
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This is what the internet should be.
@davidtheeviloverlord @sindarina Yes. Especially now since generative AI has ruined Internet searches so it's hard to quickly find correct information and facts that you can trust are reliable.
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@CiaraNi I rather like windymill, though that also implies there should be waterymill.
@cassana Yes! I love waterymill. I shall be using that too.
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@CiaraNi I rather like windymill, though that also implies there should be waterymill.
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@the_roamer Lady Joan Mastodon and me and you, so. We'll keep the word windymill alive.
#windymill is the future.
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@davidtheeviloverlord @cassana There's a fairytale in that, one of the traditional ones, dark with a macabre ending.
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@CiaraNi Windymill is lovely. In Scotland, standing washing lines are called "whirlygigs", which I also love.
@icecolbeveridge Whirlygig is a great word. I've only known it in the sense of a carousel, like a fairground attraction, which isn't called for much in general conversation. I love the idea of it being a regular household word. And I can't believe the rest of us have been hanging out the washing on a boring old 'rotary line' when we could've been saying 'whirlygig' all along.
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@davidtheeviloverlord @cassana There's a fairytale in that, one of the traditional ones, dark with a macabre ending.
@CiaraNi Is a fairytale actually a fairtale?
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@CiaraNi and there's already a Windy Miller!
@mothninja @CiaraNi Was just going to mention this!
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@mothninja @CiaraNi Was just going to mention this!
@RolloTreadway @mothninja His sideburns
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@CiaraNi Is a fairytale actually a fairtale?
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@mothninja I did not know that - I am pleased to meet Windy Miller. Thanks!
@CiaraNi @mothninja Windy Miller’s very own episode of Camberwick Green starts at 14:30 here (if it’ll consent to play in your country (*cough*VPN*cough*)
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@cassana Yes! I love waterymill. I shall be using that too.
