YSaC, Vol. 1348: Estragon’s gonna LOVE this…
2012 September 26
FARMER’S Hand Embroiled (PICTURE of SNAKE & TURNIP) baby belly covers – $8
These are all hand embroiled, used by a little oriental girl. These pieces are a thousands of years traditional baby wear. These three pieces particularly reviews the beauty of Chinese farmers’ folk art. $8 each or $20 for all three.
I’ve decided that “The Snake and Turnip” is the name of the Ye Olde Englishe Pube that drmke and I are going to open with Irregulare Fractale. We’ll have ye olde hande embroiled art on the walls, and serve char-embroiled burgers to go with our a thousands of years of traditional beer.
Erk.
Thanks for the link, Autumn!
Will it be a rudely-shaped turnip?
(slap, slap) Wicked child!
Only if you twaddle it.
I know whenever I think “baby” I think of green flames shooting out of a pink heart surrounded by bits of severed snakes, although the upside-down Easter hat filled with stained cotton balls looks pretty adorable as well.
That’s a controversy in which I don’t want to get embroiled, by hand or otherwise.
I prefer my turnips mashed rather than embroiled. And I don’t even want to think about what embroiled snake tastes like, particularly if it is thousands of years old.
I imagine it’s overcooked by now.
It’s delicious with thousand year old duck eggs. Or so I’m told. I may be many things, but I’m not a cannibal.
A thousand years of wear? Have you MET any babies? They’ll destroy that completely by the time they outgrow it (Tuesday)
Perhaps there was a problem translating from sparkii Mandarin–terra cotta toddlers could easily wear for a thousands of years.
My motto has always been, “never get embroiled in a land war in Asia.”
You are a wise birdy, indeed.
I prefer my land wars baked anyhow.
Those were not used by any child. There are no food stains. I kind of think they are napkins with yarn.
Nothing says “handcraft” like macerated yams . . .
Er, she said what?
Oh.
Skein that, then.
Needs Badger Badger Badger Mushroom.
Ye Olde Englishe Pube?
Alrighty then….I’ll bring my toothpicks.
In the interest of providing assessment data to the Federal Government for the No Snarker Left Behind program, today’s comment is in the form of a multiple choice question. Please select your answer.
The Snake and Turnip is:
a) A lost Aesop’s fable about the dangers of masturbation
b) A terrible environmental conservation-themed Rush album
c) The original name for an early version of cricket
d) The code name for the Amish’s secret plan for world domination
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I thought the turnip was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
That’s why people have been stupid ever since.
e) Sir Arthur Strebe Greebling’s other restaurant.
f) Animal Farm fanfic
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Or staple
Or spindle.
Gasp! You scoff-law, you!
Huh…and here I thought “snake” and “turnip” were just what the ye olde English called the…umm….anatomical bits that my kids call the “virginia” and “pennsylvania”.
Learn something new every day around here.
Kids these days!
With their too-loud rip music.
And the falling-down britches–why you can see their Rhode Islands!
Bring back wearing turnips in your belt, that’s what I say!
I thought they called those “bait” and “tackle”. Or maybe it was “frank” and “beans”.
Dun and bradstreet?
Two of them find it predictable and a bit derivative, while the third is charmed by its whimsical naivete.
Dunno, as farmer’s art, they do have the appearance of having been ploughed, harrowed, reapt, and threshed.
Well, the Snake and Turnip is no worse as a pub name than the Slug and Lettuce, and that’s a real one. Though I prefer the Rat and Parrot, for obvious reasons.*
*A complete fib. My favourite is actually the Wig and Pen.
Probably better name than The Grass & Peeler–wait, or is that what Lord Hill calls ITV?
My old college town (Olde College Towne?) had two bars with the best names ever: Purgatory and The Alibi.* But my favorite (favourite?) was the Bendover ‘n Lookthru.**
*I swear on Grannie Monkey’s grave those were real names of real bars.
**Might not be a real name.
The Alibi is kinda popular, seen several of ‘m.
He’s Not Here is also good.
A local town briefly had a pub called “The Office.” It didn’t stay in business long, oddly enough.
ain’t snake ‘n’ turnip what the original farmers of the constitution had in mind?
As in, Don’t Tread on Me Turnips?
also as don’t fold spindal or mutilait me?
I dabble in embroidery from time to time. It is difficult and time consuming, so why anyone would WANT to make something like this into a baby bib is even more puzzling than the design they chose.
As long as you don’t dabble in embroiling, Rabbit. You know, like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
CJ said it, I hope you read it, and mudsy followed suit.
I condon it, we all can own it, they have their horns to toot!
Punchity Punch Punch!
Good morning, Beijing!