Hang on, you say – thought this was your rambling music blog. Well, I did say mostly music, it also covers other things, possibly rambling too.
A couple of days ago I bought some apples in a local deli – and wow they were tasty. Meet the Ribstone Pippin.
And as you can see in the photo, rub them on a woolly jumper and they stick to the wall thanks to static electricity.*
It tasted a bit like a cross between a russett and a cox. When I looked it up on Wikipedia, like you do, turns out it was grown in 1708 from three pips brought over from France. Funny, tasted fresher than that.
Read the fascinating tale here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribston_Pippin
* note - they don't