YSaC, Vol. 1612: Candle in the … stick.
2013 October 11
candle stick holder
very nice could be used for holding a candle
Whoa, whoa. Slow down there, Sparky. Let’s stop and think about this one a bit more. I mean, we can’t just go holding candles in every candle holder we come across. That’s just crazy talk. I mean, we could use it for holding a candle, but we could also use it for its intended purpose: killing Mr. Boddy in the Billiard Room. That’s nice and safe, and we probably won’t burn anything down.
Thanks, Peter!
I hate this post so much… it’s like flames, it-it- the f – it -flam – flames. Flames, on the side of my face, breathing-breathl- heaving breaths. Heaving breaths… Heathing…
Is ok, Dan, Calgary has not–yet–thrown away any chances at the Cup . . .
I DIDN’T DO IT!
No, Richard, for our gracious candlelight suppers, we can’t simply use candlesticks. No, we must insert our candlesticks into candlestick holders, comme ça.
But that’s where I keep my reindeer sausage.*
*May not be true**
**But you never know.
Colonel Mustard, you beautiful bastard! I’ve never thought of disposing of my murder weapons via craigslist. Well played, sir, well played.
Just you wait the next time you are in the Hall going to the Study . . .
Not if I see you in the kitchen first, Colonel… if that is your real name…. I’ve got some rope and know how to use it!
Oh, hello, corner. I don’t remember moving here…
Why is J. Edgar Hoover on your blog?
Shhh…. it’s a clever disguise!
Maybe I’ll buy this for my friend Jack. He likes to jump over these things.
Candle Stick Holder
very nice could be used for holding a candle
(or hiding your mud in)
Ok, wait, this is one of those Möbius Venn diagrams–Spark is selling the stick for the holder for the candle(stick) . . .
We will presume that ethers and phlogistons are not involved, so, this could be the six-sided octangle table in the Library with Mrs Cleaves?
To stick or not to stick?
That is the question.
Wh’re tis better to light a candle
Or curse the dripping wax in the darkness.
To suffer limbs stubbed upon unseen furniture
Or to grope blindly in the night?
(Er, sorry ’bout that, Mrs.–that’s not a euphonium)
Wh’re to set aside the slings and arrows
And bask in candelabra for Liberace’s sake
But, ‘were it t’be done, best it be done quickly
In the Study, by the Inspector
And, so, to Squint, perchance to peer
In the darkness ere the fall.
Oops.
Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
Here comes a Sparky to sell it instead.
Maybe we’re reading this wrong… perhaps it is a candle OR stick holder. Living in a house full of little boys with a dog, and an environmental scientist (also a boy) I find myself awash in sticks. I could certainly use a stick holder in which to store them.
I think Sparky is trying to tell us that this is a candlestick (one word) holder, suitable for for holding just one candle, as opposed to a candlebra, which can hold two (or more). However, lighting technology has advanced to the point where you can now use eclecticity to power a chandlear or other form of luminary.
*Hides candlebra and candlepanties*
Nothing to see here. Move along.
By the way Ralph, a candlebra holds two and only two.
In honor of today’s clue theme, I’ve also gotten a new avi. Sorry I was having technical difficulties getting it to rotate. If you can’t tell, I’m having a slow day. It’s pouring buckets here, has been for 24 hours with no end in sight, and I’m not expecting too many customers in my shop today….
That’s OK M2N2… just lie back and enjoy the day….you can candle-wax the mustache later. (wish we could get some rain)
Well, now everyone knows the real mustachioed me. I’m going to blame the tilted view on the rainy day beveraging.
So that’s what the kids are calling it these days…
Dave, sorry to push you out the pet door with the ferrets, but we’re on a schedule here! Go go go go! Punchity Punch Punch!
Good morning, Lights of my life!