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Took some pictures in #Limehouse yesterday
Love to live on Grenade Street
@pikesley Interesting to see the etymology of "grenade" goes back to the 12th century: https://www.etymonline.com/word/grenade
etymonlineGrenade - Etymology, Origin & MeaningGrenade, from Old French pomegrenate (12c.), originally meaning "pomegranate," evolved by 1590s to mean a small explosive shell thrown by hand.
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The Star of the East is our local
@dominicsayers it's a very nice pub 
@pikesley Grenade street, where you always have to check if a pineapple is really a pineapple.
@Nickiquote "why is that grenade upside-down?"
@pikesley retooting because I want this to go slightly viral so you can say "well this blew up"
@rgarner danger of being hoist on my own petard, of course
@pikesley hoist *by*, Hamlet, hoist *by*
@pikesley some friends of mine used to live in Limehouse on a street that we jokingly referred to as death stab alley.