Comments on: A poem for me…from Leon Baker http://www.freshhome.co.uk/blog/2007/01/26/entertainment/a-poem-for-mefrom-leon-baker/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:56:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Leon http://www.freshhome.co.uk/blog/2007/01/26/entertainment/a-poem-for-mefrom-leon-baker/#comment-127 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:00:55 +0000 http://www.freshhome.co.uk/blog/2007/01/26/entertainment/a-poem-for-mefrom-leon-baker/#comment-127 I hasten to credit Morphy with the original comparison of the eminent Hussan to baked goods. Although my mother would disapprove, because according to her childhood memories of the East End, "muffins" were what we now call crumpets, and modern muffins didn't exist. "Nasty Yankee things", she muttered at me. Mind you, Addam looks a bit like those as well. I hasten to credit Morphy with the original comparison of the eminent Hussan to baked goods. Although my mother would disapprove, because according to her childhood memories of the East End, “muffins” were what we now call crumpets, and modern muffins didn’t exist. “Nasty Yankee things”, she muttered at me.

Mind you, Addam looks a bit like those as well.

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