This

...is our collection of blue bottles.

The blue bottle in the front was brought back in 1945 from Jerusalem by Mrs Rex's father. It reputedly contained water from the River Jordan which was used to christen Mrs Rex and, much later, the remainder was used to christen our eldest. Our second born wasn't christened at all. This was not entirely due to the lack of water from the river Jordan. There has been no indication that this has made any difference to his life whatsoever.

The other bluebottle I have held in captivity for the past few days and trained it to sit and beg for food. It had been suffering from concussion after repeatedly banging its head off the bedroom window which has helped in its acquiescence.

It has now been released into the wild. The other blue bottles are still with us.