Once when I was at Easton Mountain I was explaining the parts of a spinning wheel to a guy , and other people in the room were killing themselves laughing. I'm sure they thought I was making it all up.
When my dad and my uncle put my floor loom together, back when I was 16, they had to stop more than once because they were laughing at the names of the parts.
Raddle? Heddles? Apron?
I thought they'd hurt themselves before they were done.
One of the great side-effects of being a fibers student is being in the pun-rich fibers environment for most of my classes. "I don't mean to be biased here, but .." "It's time to dye now." "You're not beating it hard enough." etc. I'm blanking on more, but there's several a class period, at least.
I was just reading your post here, sitting in bed with my beloved beside me innocently reading his book. As I was chuckling to myself at the innuendo in your post, my sweet mentioned aloud a type of delicious honey... "prickly box"
Talk about laughing, with innuendo on the brain I was off - poor guy didn't know what had hit me all of a sudden!
I have to confess, I'm with Rosi G.: retting and scutching sounds like what the cat does when it has fleas, or hairballs, or something. Or else it's what you have to do when you pull a big tangle out of the middle of a center-pull ball... But while we're with the innuendo, did you know that the word verification for this comment is "poonomat"? I'm not even going there.
Hells bells Franklin are you reading my mind? I have been knitting with some pink Cherry Tree Hill Possum Merino blend for the past two weeks and I'm making this project take much more time than it needs because it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun to say things like "I'm going home to play with my pink possum" or "My pink possum is so fluffy" or "Everyone wants to pet my pink possum". It sounds dirty but it's not.
Wow, it turns out coffee doesn't taste very good through my nose. Who knew? I know I'm in touch with my inner spinning nerd when I found this list absolutely hilarious.
What about the mother-of-all? Can't leave that off the list, too. :)
I unpacked my shiny new Ladybug wheel on Friday evening (first wheel!). I pointed out the names of all the bits to my non-spinning husband, who nodded sagely as I said "flyer, bobbin, mother-of-all, whorl, drive band, treadle..." Then I held up the little wire hook and said "orifice hook". He nearly snorted good wine all over me.
When I learned to spin in Sweden, the Swedes take it to a whole nuther level. The orifice hook was usually attached to a "doll" made of braided straw and was called a "Fra"sh pojke" or "oartiga dra"ng" either of which translate best as NAUGHTY BOY... guess where the hook stuck out at?????
In addition to being a long-time spinner, I was one of the in-house editors for Park Street Press's Danielou translation of the Kama Sutra, so you would think this would have occurred to me before...but the nuns of my childhood must have had more of an effect on my brain than I thought. I am laughing so hard at this post (and the other comments)! Thanks for another hysterical entry!
Once when I was at Easton Mountain I was explaining the parts of a spinning wheel to a guy , and other people in the room were killing themselves laughing. I'm sure they thought I was making it all up.
ReplyDeleteNot even getting into the tried'n'true orifice jokes.
ReplyDeleteWhen my dad and my uncle put my floor loom together, back when I was 16, they had to stop more than once because they were laughing at the names of the parts.
ReplyDeleteRaddle? Heddles? Apron?
I thought they'd hurt themselves before they were done.
One of the great side-effects of being a fibers student is being in the pun-rich fibers environment for most of my classes. "I don't mean to be biased here, but .." "It's time to dye now." "You're not beating it hard enough." etc. I'm blanking on more, but there's several a class period, at least.
ReplyDeleteCome on, Franklin. Anything will sounds like it comes from the Kama Sutra if you're in the right frame of mind.
ReplyDeleteI was just reading your post here, sitting in bed with my beloved beside me innocently reading his book. As I was chuckling to myself at the innuendo in your post, my sweet mentioned aloud a type of delicious honey... "prickly box"
ReplyDeleteTalk about laughing, with innuendo on the brain I was off - poor guy didn't know what had hit me all of a sudden!
The Icelandic counterparts sound boringly chaste in comparison. Must be the cold or something.
ReplyDeleteI can overhear the spinning classes while I'm at work, and "shaft" and "orifice" set me off giggling every single time. I am 12.
ReplyDeleteand there is the
ReplyDelete"Orifice Hook"
uh.. let's not mention it
I think I shall have to go and look up 'retting' and 'scutching'. They will probably turn out to be disappointingly mundane. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou got the tag right! However did you find the picture of the collapsible maiden? spinning wheel websites?
ReplyDeleteInteresting yet arginally disturbing photograph.
ReplyDeleteRetting and Scutching definitely sound dirty. The rest are definitely Kama Sutra materials (but not maybe pop up Kama Sutra).
ReplyDeleteAre the Collapsible Maidens from the ever-astounding, ever-avant-garde oeuvre of Russian Constructivism? They look it.
ReplyDeleteRetting and Scutching: the after effects of a night out in a NYC club.
ReplyDelete(Oh, sorry, I thought that said Retching and Scratching!!!)
It reminds me of all those years of band practice. All the "tonguing", "fingering" and "positions"
ReplyDeleteheh heh heh; did you show these to dolores? I betcha SHE could come up with some raunchy puns to go with the terms!
ReplyDeleteI have to confess, I'm with Rosi G.: retting and scutching sounds like what the cat does when it has fleas, or hairballs, or something. Or else it's what you have to do when you pull a big tangle out of the middle of a center-pull ball...
ReplyDeleteBut while we're with the innuendo, did you know that the word verification for this comment is "poonomat"? I'm not even going there.
Hells bells Franklin are you reading my mind? I have been knitting with some pink Cherry Tree Hill Possum Merino blend for the past two weeks and I'm making this project take much more time than it needs because it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun to say things like "I'm going home to play with my pink possum" or "My pink possum is so fluffy" or "Everyone wants to pet my pink possum". It sounds dirty but it's not.
ReplyDeleteWow, it turns out coffee doesn't taste very good through my nose. Who knew? I know I'm in touch with my inner spinning nerd when I found this list absolutely hilarious.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the mother-of-all? Can't leave that off the list, too. :)
Love the label. My days of acid-dropping are long past, so I'm probably safe. thanks for the warning, and the laugh, anyways.
ReplyDeletemy word verification : "ecovit"
I unpacked my shiny new Ladybug wheel on Friday evening (first wheel!). I pointed out the names of all the bits to my non-spinning husband, who nodded sagely as I said "flyer, bobbin, mother-of-all, whorl, drive band, treadle..." Then I held up the little wire hook and said "orifice hook". He nearly snorted good wine all over me.
ReplyDeleteLove it. You need to post this list here: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/
ReplyDeleteAnd, even if you don't - it's just a good link for some giggles. Thanks for your great site! I always enjoy my visits.
But if you are just on really strong black tea, think of them as the further adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
ReplyDeleteAs in . . .
"Shelock Holmes and the missing Andean Bracelet."
"Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of the Collapsible Maidens."
"Sherlock Holmes and the adventure of the Swan's Neck Hook."
Hmm...I thought The Freestanding Distaff was from The Canterbury Tales.
ReplyDeleteWhen I learned to spin in Sweden, the Swedes take it to a whole nuther level. The orifice hook was usually attached to a "doll" made of braided straw and was called a "Fra"sh pojke" or "oartiga dra"ng" either of which translate best as NAUGHTY BOY... guess where the hook stuck out at?????
ReplyDeleteBack maiden...chuckle
ReplyDeleteYou're missing the Long Draw and the Inchworm.
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In addition to being a long-time spinner, I was one of the in-house editors for Park Street Press's Danielou translation of the Kama Sutra, so you would think this would have occurred to me before...but the nuns of my childhood must have had more of an effect on my brain than I thought. I am laughing so hard at this post (and the other comments)! Thanks for another hysterical entry!
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