Mr and Mrs Green were very happy in their country cottage, George's passion was his vegetable patch while Martha's was to cook what her beloved husband grew.

George was especially proud of his cauliflowers. The largest, firmest and most tasty cauliflowers in the region. He takes his cauliflowers to the regional show where they win every cauliflower prize. Then he brings them home and Martha cooks them.

One year in particular, his cauliflowers were growing to a stupendous size. They were huge! George and Martha looked eagerly forward to the day when they would be eaten. Surely they would be the best tasting cauliflowers ever.

When they finally ripened to perfection, George picked the massive vegetables and as usual he took them to the show. The judges were amazed! George won every prize there was!

When supper-time finally arrived Martha had produced a wonderful meal. Boiled new potatoes in a light butter sauce, carrots and peas fresh from the garden, a roast leg of lamb with mint sauce and of course, the "piece de resistance" the cauliflower dish.

DISASTER!!!!

The cauliflower was horrible!!!! Even Martha's expertly prepared sauce did nothing to disguise the vileness of the vegetable!! It was so incrediblely revolting. George was devastated, this was supposed to have been so special. 'Look' he said 'not only can we not eat this, it leaves ridiculous red stains'

Martha looked in the mirror and sure enough, her lips were a deep scarlet, a lovely color spoiled only by its source. 'Never mind' Martha said,' I'm sure we can think of something' 'I doubt it' George replied 'it even makes your breath smell bad'

'What are we going to do?' asked George. 'We have so many cauliflowers and they're all so large. We can't just throw them away!' Martha came up with an idea.. 'What about lipstick?'

''Well, given the nice color, couldn't we some how make a lipstick and sell it? So they set about their new project. The kitchen became a research lab. Many weeks of intensive R&D followed until finally they had produced the basic lipstick component.

'Unfortunately, its a little bit crumbly' said Martha. 'And it still smells a bit' said George 'maybe we ought to put a warning on the packaging. I'm sure if its used carefully it'll be OK.'

'Good idea' Martha said 'what shall we write?'

George thought for a while. 'I've got it' he said 'we'll write......

..SUPER-CAULI FRAGILE LIPSTICK, EXPECT HALITOSIS!

sent by Gelo Bautista