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That is why us Devon boys drink scrumptious. Far healthier.

So I just found out that I have bird flu.
It is awful! Feels like the sky is falling on me.
Apparently it's the H3N1P3N1 variant.

Henny Penny? 'Scuse the ignorance.

Henny Penny reference: https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/henny-penny-the-sky-is-falling

Just for you Bob

THE HEN AND HER FELLOW-TRAVELLERS.  
Robert Chambers - Popular Rhymes, Fireside Stories, and Amusements of Scotland (1842)

A hen picking at a pease-stack, a pea fell on her head, and she thought the lifts were faun. And she thought she would go and tell the king about it.
And she gaed, and gaed, and gaed ; and she met a cock. And he said, " Where are ye gaun the day, henny-penny ? " And she says, " I'm gaun to tell the king the lifts are faun." And he says, " I'll gang wi' ye, henny-penny."
And they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed ; and they met a duck. And the duck says, " Where are you gaun the day, cocky-locky, henny-penny ?" " We're gaun to tell the king the lifts are faun." " I'll gang wi' you, cocky-locky, henny-penny." " Then, come awa', ducky-daddles."
And they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed ; and they met wi' a goose. And the goose says, " Where are you gaun the day, ducky-daddles, cocky-locky, henny-penny ?" " We're gaun to tell the king the lifts are faun." And he says " I'll gang wi' you, ducky-daddles, cocky-locky, henny-penny." " Then, come awa', goosie-poosie," said they.
And they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they came to a wood, and there they met a tod. And the tod says, " Where are you gaun the day, goosie-poosie, ducky-daddles, cocky-locky, henny-penny ?" " We're gaun to tell the king the lifts are faun." And he says, " Come awa', and I'll let you see the road, goosie-poosie, ducky-daddles, cocky-locky, henny-penny ?"
And they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they came to the tod's hole. And he shot them a' in, and he and his young anes ate them a' up, and they never got to tell the king the lifts were faun.

Makes perfect sense now, thank you Peter.

Brilliant!!! Especially with one of my favourite biscuits.

Originally (made in Belgium) they were called "Speculoos" but for the international market they changed the name to Biscoff (biscuit and coffee)