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This is absolutely one reason why Dr Glass was so troubled by the mint that the previous householders let out of the pot, so that we inherited a garden infested with it. Well, there are a few reasons why.
The first is that Dr Glass’s personality does not allow for incursions of Disallowed Plants where he has told them not to go, and he explicitly told the wild mint that its presence in the grassy area was Formally Interdicted, so its disobedience struck to the very core of his character. The second is that the mint simply did not recognize his claim to dominance.
The third is that the ducks, in their official capacity of garden restorers, were actually incredibly good at weeding, and restored the entire garden from a neglected shitty-lawn shithole, to a decent and productive cottage garden dominated by thriving herbs. “Mint is an herb,” they said generously, leaving it alone for us. “EAT IT,” Dr Glass would say, and they would say “You said not to eat the herbs. You said to trim the lawn and eat the weeds. I think you’ll find mint is an herb, sir.”
And he’d get distracted by their pronunciation and go all Eddie Izzard, as he does, like
And they’d say “Elodie said not to pronounce the H, because ‘herb’ is a loan word from French, and in French you don’t pronounce the H.” And then he would feel Oppressed, and eventually we had a mint saga and Mint Discourse.
Ducks are also fantastic gardeners for Mediterranean shrubby herbs - the rosemary misses them, and the thyme has gone to shit, and the lavender is sad. But it was also a little off-putting how they used to rummage in the fragrant herbs and then run towards you, pre-seasoned, and smelling good enough to just pop in the oven.
Anyway. In tagging me in this post, you have put your finger right on the Very Beginning of the Mint Saga. The prequel, as it were. You have unlocked the flashbacks that will make sense of the whole overarching narrative. This suggests the possibility of some kind of leak. Please don’t spoil the rest of the season until we finish filming.
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@elodieunderglass
This is absolutely one reason why Dr Glass was so troubled by the mint that the previous householders let out of the pot, so that we inherited a garden infested with it. Well, there are a few reasons why.
The first is that Dr Glass’s personality does not allow for incursions of Disallowed Plants where he has told them not to go, and he explicitly told the wild mint that its presence in the grassy area was Formally Interdicted, so its disobedience struck to the very core of his character. The second is that the mint simply did not recognize his claim to dominance.
The third is that the ducks, in their official capacity of garden restorers, were actually incredibly good at weeding, and restored the entire garden from a neglected shitty-lawn shithole, to a decent and productive cottage garden dominated by thriving herbs. “Mint is an herb,” they said generously, leaving it alone for us. “EAT IT,” Dr Glass would say, and they would say “You said not to eat the herbs. You said to trim the lawn and eat the weeds. I think you’ll find mint is an herb, sir.”
And he’d get distracted by their pronunciation and go all Eddie Izzard, as he does, like
And they’d say “Elodie said not to pronounce the H, because ‘herb’ is a loan word from French, and in French you don’t pronounce the H.” And then he would feel Oppressed, and eventually we had a mint saga and Mint Discourse.
Ducks are also fantastic gardeners for Mediterranean shrubby herbs - the rosemary misses them, and the thyme has gone to shit, and the lavender is sad. But it was also a little off-putting how they used to rummage in the fragrant herbs and then run towards you, pre-seasoned, and smelling good enough to just pop in the oven.
Anyway. In tagging me in this post, you have put your finger right on the Very Beginning of the Mint Saga. The prequel, as it were. You have unlocked the flashbacks that will make sense of the whole overarching narrative. This suggests the possibility of some kind of leak. Please don’t spoil the rest of the season until we finish filming.
