I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically.

2003 Orania is unveiling a statue to the koeksister, that syrupy delicacy so loved by Afrikaners. When I tell people, everyone thinks it must be a joke. — Sunday Times

“'You better not be telling a whopper!” says the fatsome one, slitting his eyes, “You know what happens when people tell us whoppers.”

Glucose caused some inhibition of flowering when applied for only the initial scotophil phase of darkness (0 to 9 hr), but there was no comparable effect of sucrose even though its equivalent molarity (0.6 M) represented a higher percentage concentration.