YSaC, Vol. 1173: But can you make a ฒ?
2012 January 25
HOMEMADE LETTER NECKLACES (ANY)
HI I AM MAKING HOMEMADE LETTER NECKLACES AND I AM SELLING THEM SO FAR I MADE ONE FOR MY BROTHER AND IT WAS A LETTER M FOR HIS DAUGHTER JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT KIND YOU WANT AND ILL MAKE IT JUST FOR YOU. THEY AFE 5.00 A PIECE THANKS SHIPPING WILL VERY WERE YOU LIVE THANKS FOR LOOKING I REALLY DO LIKE CRAIGS LIST ITS ALSOME. AS YOU SEE I ONLY HAVE ONE PIC AS OF NOW AND ITS A GIRL ONE I PLAN ON MAKING SOME THAT LOOKS LIKE JOHN DEERER. AND ANY OTHER THAT YOU WOULD LIKE. PLEASE TEXT ARE CALL AT xxxxxxxxxx THANKS AND GOD BLESS. OKAY I HAVE MORE PICS UP.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think these “letter necklaces” look like condoms wrapped in ribbon and crepe paper?
Thanks, Jessica!
Hi, I am making homemade letter necklaces. It’s probably best that you not request one of the difficult letters, like E or any letter with a curved part. No small letters, ever.
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Having “brushed” an entire TrueType font set a time or two the toughest two characters are “Q” and “&”; with “B” and “8” right up there.
Hardest “straight line” characters to get right are “W” and “M”–the kerning is key.
(considered trying that in Erse, but, while Robbie Burns’ argot was a fine one for lice, rogues, and haggis; it’s deftness for the technical can leave much to be desired.)
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Now I want to go watch Helvetica again.
I love the Cap’n, I just gotta say. He’s like Cliff Clavin – knowledgable about a diverse and obscure set of topics – but you know, with actual facts.
Yes, actual facts that are relayed in a strange language known as McKlingon*.
*I’m still waiting for the Rosetta Stone version.
Mudsy – can I borrow that set when you are done?
*snort* Klingons. Heh heh.
<…contemplates the evil that could be done to on-line Klingon translators by passing them Burns poems…>
Count me in as a Team Capn fan. I read all his comments wearing Mr. Eyebrows’ shamrock eyeglasses and sipping a glass of champagne. If I don’t understand it, I pour another glass of champagne and reread. It works splendidly for me. Eventually, it is crystal clear. 🙂
No…I do not always deliberately misunderstand them the first time through.
I find that I enjoy the Cap’n with a big old cigar and two fingers of single barrel Jack. It makes me feel like I’ve been pushed up a whole ‘nother level.
*raises glass* Cheers to ya, me Cap’n. Thou art classy.
PS: I’m also enjoying your tartan avatar. 🙂
I would like this one, please.
We tried to make that the symbol in the title but failed. Miserably. Which I suspect would have also been the result if Sparky had tried to make one.
The saving grace of the symbol that we chose is that if you squint at it, it looks a little bit like a lion.
Not. A. Letter. ???
I would be very interested to know what that letter means in whatever language that is.
It’s a Thai character meaning “elder.”
If you stare at this one:
艦
you should see a boat <G>
(appologies to any who do not have asiatic character support installed)
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Well, gack! Normally I know to speel “apologies” wit only the one “p”–but the Edit feature seems to be clobbered by the recent Coronal Mass Ejection.
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I guess you just had to “p” really bad.
Capn, I read that as “colonal” mass ejection and was about to call TMI. But now I see my error. As you were.
of course its a lion …. or an angry marmalade moggie?
I just want a “C” so other sparkies will know what I’m wearing around my neck.
Cookie?
That’s good enough for me.
Hmmm, I always thought it was more HOLESOME.
Not since they did away with Adult Services.
Yeah, now I can’t GETSOME. 🙁
Aw, poor Hammy. *pets puppy, BUT NOT ON THE TUMMY*
*whispers* Do it Lola, you know you wanna!
I don’t know about ALSOME, but I think some of those folks could use some AlSO4.
I think Sparkette is too DIMSOME for that.
Now I’m hungry…
Yummy, then again, you are what you eat.
Sum Dum Goi
I would come back with cream of Sum Yung Goi, but that would get me in trouble.
FM, it has been doing that to unwary women since time began.
I REALLY DO LIKE CRAIGS LIST ITS ALSOME kind of a joke, right?
“SHIPPING WILL VERY WERE YOU”
So, shipping, not the full moon, will turn me into a hybrid of me and myself?
Look! I’m a wereme!
And it very becomes you too! (ha, I’d like to meet your tailor)
Taylor is Swift like a John Deerer
Tractor? Damn near killed her!
Given the state of speeling by Sparkii, the thought that “were-ewe” was meant still troubles me . . .
“Basil?”
You’re not just sort of wereYou, you’re very wereYou. And your hair is PERFECT.
*summoning my few remembrances of Gomer Pyle* “Well, gooolly, I sure do like this Alsome CraigsList, seeing as even Etsy won’t post my ads. God Bless…Shazam! I have more pictures up. ”
Gah, and which one is John Deerer? I have so many questions
She just doesn’t like him quite as much as John Deerest.
No more wire hangers!!!
Having a rather rural background, I’ll speculate the answer is:
“The one selling green farm machinery and yellow construction machinery?”, for Ÿ1500, Alex.
I live in a vaccuum, how much is shipping going to cost me if I get one of the girl condoms?
:consults catulator:
One poached salmon plus a travel-sized tube of organic catnip toothpaste.
You live in a vacuum? No wonder it doesn’t suck any more.
Hey, there’s fresh coffee slices in the corner this morning!
Yes, home is where you hang your hat. I hang mine on the vaccuum.
[true story]
I have been accused of keeping a Panasonic Upright for no other purpose than to hold one of my kevlar hats*
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*The satirical/sarcastic nature of such jibes being blunted by the matching vest being wrapped around the body of said appliance on a semi-frequent basis.
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It’s a canister that sits right there on my passenger seat. Verbal intercourse really sucks!
You’re not the only one. My first thought upon seeing the pictures was: “Wearing condoms: You’re doing it wrong.”
All Sparky needs to do is add some pearls, and it would be really alsome!
But with the color-coding and letters, at least you’ll know whose is whose.
That makes me think that they might be recycling them, which also makes me want to go boil some Brain Bleach.
Dear Sparkette,
Thank you for your kind offer, but all my condoms are monogrammed; therefore, I won’t be needing your services.
Sincerely,
Taddeo Ruben Owen Jesus Arnaz-Navarro.
…But most peolple use my nickname: Manky*
*This may not be true.
Clever, clever, SpaceBug. 🙂
I second that. “Manky”, and more specifically, “manky rabbit”, have become my new favorite word and word combos. Now working them into my vernacular is a challenge.
Manky Rabbit is my arch-nemesis.
I’m gonna order four letters so I can have a special necklace.
D – I – C – K
It’s for a good friend of mine. He used to be a runner, but hurt his leg and now he limps alot.
Gramps, I know I’ve seen hats on Regretsy that would suit your, er, friend. You could put the letters on it to bling it up. 8)
Actually, they look like beer bottle caps wrapped in ribbon and Play-Doh. So many beer bottle caps. So many. Screaming out daddy’s little secret.
🙁
Is it just me, or does she say above her four photos of four different awkwardly-executed letters that she only has one pic?
Well, at least it spells, moth…
Good God! It is Ed Gein! He’s crafting with body parts and making MOTHER. (oh, the horror)
Then are those little babby ears?
Yes, but at the very end she notes she has more pictures. For that certain touch of not being able to go back and change the whole ad.
I think that was a joke. “I only have one pic. Just kidding! I have more pics up!”
Kind of like, “I think these are aesthetically pleasing and will sell well. Just kidding! I can’t imagine why anyone would even think of buying these!”
Those are quarter pics, they add up to four
Oops! Can’t even blame that on the cat. Adds up to one.
WelL, got to go, I’ve got to be ALSOME WERE.
You’re not leaving already, AFE YOU?
I’m back. I had to drive from Umatilla, Or to Tacoma, Wa before 2:00 p.m.
Love the avvie.
“…ILL MAKE IT JUST FOR YOU.” Very ill made.
Or very ill.
Damn, and I was really looking for a used personalized necklace.
And this is why you don’t craft drunk.
Correction: Nothing wrong with drunk crafting. Thinking it’s good and trying to sell it once you sober up is what should be avoided.
But then Regretsy would go out of business.
I don’t know there Lola. “Drunk crafting” is what cost Grandma Monkey her left eye.
*debates whether asking to hear this story will incur regret upon hearing the story*
I have questions.
Does she have a glass eye?
Does she have trouble with gunk build-up in her eye socket?
Does she have an eye-pad to set her glass eye on when she rinses her socket out?
And there goes lunch.
(pulls out some Saltines and ginger ale)
***Cannot not imagine that action as not a Penn & Teller gag***
Does she have an eye-pad to set her glass eye on when she rinses her socket out?
C’mon P-Rex – her glass eye isn’t an Apple product, so why would she have an eye-pad?
I bet she keeps it by the Windows…
Oops, been too long, forgot my HTML, and it won’t let me edit!!!!
Note: Edited so this comment looks silly. You’re Welcome. Windy
Well, at one time I’m sure someone was the apple of her eye.
Gramps! Where’ve you been?! 🙂
Well FM, I just got back from the restroom, if that’s what you really wanted to know…
Actually, teaching, home-remodeling, taking a graduate course, and visiting the doctor (long story, which no one really wants to know…) I’ve been showing up here regularly, but late in the evening, when all the fun is over for the day.
I’ll try to stop in more often 🙂
That is the problem I have, I show up late (usually after 6pm) Alaska Time Zone…
Yay Alaska! I loved my visit there with Papa Eyebrows back in ’04. From Anchorage to Kodiak to Dutch Harbor and back again. Almost a whole month and loved every minute of it. Wonderful state, you have!
“I MADE ONE FOR MY BROTHER AND IT WAS A LETTER M FOR HIS DAUGHTER”
But her name is Sierra!
“M” is for My brother’s daughter
Niece is not in her vocabulary.
Her brother’s daughter is not niece at all. She’s quite mien.
The mien Niçoise is quite Frank.
Hey Sparkette!
I want this letter –
http://www.bitrebels.com/geek/the-longest-letter-ever-written-do-you-know-who-its-to/
Only, I want it engraved…on a single piece of rice…and then placed on a chain made from the finest silken threads from the rarest of worms.
I’ll even pay you in advance.
In rare cereals and oboes.
Do we have a deal?
No, ma’am. We only trade in mallards. And stuffed bunnies. Perhaps vintage Crisco, if you have some handy.
In this economy, I’m not even sure how many advance to ask. I’m sorry. We only accept payment in dried lizards.
*sob*
I did not expect payment so soon, CJ.
Just make sure you let her finish crying to get all the moisture out. They don’t keep as well if they’re still wet.
Just keep me next to my cousin Harvey, and grandma Rose.
Just popping in to let everyone know I’m still alive.
The Taco family took our yearly vacation to my family in the PNW, and due to internet related crime being on the rise I don’t make a habit of announcing those for the world to see until after I’m already back. Plus, the ice storm over there knocked out all power for half our trip, so I couldn’t get on here anyway.
Of course once we got back from vacation one of the Taco clan had to go to the ER and then into surgery, so that has kept me away even longer. Said Taco clannie is doing fine after the procedure, so all is well.
And now my garage door opener has stripped it’s gears and can’t operate. So, now I’ll have to repair it once I can get my hands on the gear kit. Seems like it’s just one thing after another this week.
I’ll try to get back to commenting here, but it may be next week before I can settle back into a schedule.
We missed you! Saved you a mallard, a mower, and so much more.
Too much to list!
Every thing you can imgane!
Glad the tacoes are safe! (So many jokes, so wrong and inappropriate, will not do it!) Missed ya!
Welcome back, Taco. I kept the house safe for you. Sorry about the opener; I thought it would be more durable. Oh well. The garage door rides were totally worth it.
I told you we should have taken turns instead of everyone going at once.
You also told me we should clean up after that party and that we shouldn’t play with bowling balls and beer bottles inside the house. Your suggestions are severely lacking in fun.
Ghostie and Dee are lying! I was the only one that behaved (ignore the poo marks on the walls in the corner)! I took names!
Taco, if you really want to keep it a secret when you go, be sure to tell Sis not to post it on Facebook. 8) (Okay, she only mentioned it on YSaC Friends, but still.)
“knocked out power” Don’t I know it. three days ago, I sat for 12 hrs at North Bend, waiting for power to the fuel pumps.
I am picturing a bunch of fuel pumps marching on D.C. wearing black berets, pump arms raised in solidarity…
“Power to the Fuel Pumps!”
PS: I hope you all enjoyed the snow, we were quite done with it up here and thought you might enjoy it.
I was on the other side of the snow (state) when it first arrived. Glad you finally escaped it.
Ok this is a crafty, crafty lot. Can any of you truthfully say that you have ever been drunk enough to craft these pieces of crap? Because I submit to you that it is medically impossible. Sure, you can get that drunk, but several decimal places on the BAC meter before that, your hands no longer work except as blunt objects. (Exhibit A: Sparkalotta actually spells quite well, but was using the typing steins.)
These look like they would fall apart at the slightest breeze. What kind of warranty do they have? How quickly can I get a replacement shipped if I sneeze and the whole thing falls apart?
You know, I play around with a few crafty this’s and that’s, I’ve been known to make some doo-dads and thing-a-mah-jigs from time to time. I’ve often wondered if I could make a profit from them, my pressings and decoupage projects in particular. This ad will make me very aware of the quality of ANYTHING I consider posting on line. For serious. Monkey please.
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ONE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO COMMENTS??! Are you people trying to kill me? I’ll have to get up early just to thumb through all the entries and see which one meets our high Don’t Suck standards! Sheesh. G’night.
*offers Windrose a nice glass of wine*
Hope this helps 🙂
Dave, Ferret Tribe, TC (If that’s your real name) DUCK! Punchity Punch Punch!
Good Morning, Vin Rose! (Thanks, Archie!)