At this moment in time

Not The Archers
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Every time I hear this phrase used (tonight it was a cabinet minister on the news) I wonder in what they expect to find moments if not time.

Moments in width? Moments in height? Moments in custard?

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A perfectly good pudding with a history stretching back beyond mediaeval times. I believe a ‘moment’ is some dialect or other for ‘dormouse-like hingmy’. They are bitter when cooked (one sees their point of view on that) so are normally seethed in syrup before use in dishes such as the above.

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http://www.chocablog.com/reviews/cadbury-eight-moments/

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If the dormouse were in the custard, moments would be too short to describe the experience. If it were alive it would be bloating itself gleefully for long minutes and even hours, if it were dead it would be there during the cooking, and that would take minutes at the very least

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Ah, they omitted the vital ‘seething in syrup’ step. Skoolboy error, frankly.

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Away with this custard coquetry! And no cockchafers either! What I am no longer prepared to waste are moments in shop-bought mustard. (And Dijon to you too!)

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Meanwhile I have heard today two different presenters say

“At this junction” when he meant “juncture"
and
"The race will take part” when she meant “place”.

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The junction will part - it depends which way you’re travelling.

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Hang on…

#Yells into phone. I’m on the train!

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Thank you, Fishy. :grinning:

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U2B lands on floor. Fourth time this weekend, that dream

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Was told the other day, when presenting a slightly different reasoning that “I’d changed tact” . Unlikely.

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