Or you could plant cress, if you find broccoli too ostentatious.
-- calum, May 16 2011

Fishties [pocmloc, May 17 2011]

Yes - and a healthy snack - part of your five-a-day.
-- DenholmRicshaw, May 16 2011


charming!
-- po, May 16 2011


Do they come with a side order of button mushrooms?
-- 8th of 7, May 16 2011


Sort of like a healthier version of the well-balanced Yorkshireman then?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 16 2011


hmmm, vegetable fashion gets into hb top 10!
-- po, May 16 2011


Goes nicely with scrambled eggs on the hat.
-- tatterdemalion, May 16 2011


I'd have my epaulettes fashioned from that Romanesco broccoli - the more discerning- gentleman's broccoli.

Meanwhile, I notice that the less sartorially aware are sporting Cauliflower this season - so gauche, it'll never catch on.
-- zen_tom, May 16 2011


yeah, v cheesy.
-- po, May 16 2011


Presumably the accompanying legwear consists of long trousers with turnips?
-- 8th of 7, May 16 2011


You should never forget to have some celery pinned to your blazer either.
-- kaz, May 16 2011


Yes, but if you wear one of those, you may have trouble taking a leek…
-- 8th of 7, May 16 2011


I think cufflinks should be fashioned from corn kernels.
-- RayfordSteele, May 16 2011


I think fashionable corn kernel cufflinks would make an excellent nonstick pizza cutter.
-- ytk, May 17 2011


I think Birdseye colonels should wear frozen broccoli epaulettes.
-- mouseposture, May 17 2011


After planting, the nutrients to cultivate the charming cress ordainment are provided from...?
-- Sir_Misspeller, May 17 2011


//nutrients are provided from...?// A small animal, also perched on the shoulder.
-- FlyingToaster, May 17 2011


[FT] Hydroponically at all?
-- Sir_Misspeller, May 17 2011


A heatsealed package of fruit salad, pinned to the chests of senior officers and highly decorated soldiers.
-- infidel, May 17 2011


Too late!
-- mouseposture, May 17 2011


Oh, I took it farther than that.
-- infidel, May 17 2011


Perfect with a cheese tie!
-- xandram, May 17 2011


Cheese string tie, shirley ?
-- 8th of 7, May 17 2011


Fish tie!
-- pocmloc, May 17 2011


Is that what [IT] uses to hold up his codpiece (q.v.) ?
-- 8th of 7, May 17 2011


Rice cakes could also be used for similar purposes, with toppings varied to match accessories.
-- calum, Aug 29 2012


Efflaurets?
-- Phrontistery, Aug 30 2012


Broccoli Epaulets, paired with cauliflower ears. Perfect accompaniment. Meathead and two veg.
-- Lesser Spotted Kiwi, Sep 02 2012


He has the makings of a good officer, but still looks a bit green to me.
-- AusCan531, Sep 02 2012


Fortunately he's wet behind the ears, and the drips keep the compost on his shoulders moist.
-- 8th of 7, Sep 02 2012


// I think Birdseye colonels should wear frozen broccoli epaulettes//
Don't be ridiculous - Birdseye will never make it past Captain.
-- AbsintheWithoutLeave, Sep 03 2012


We have clearance, Clarence … roger, Oveur, what's our vector, Victor?

Huh?
-- 8th of 7, Sep 03 2012



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