Posted by Wendy B. on September 30, 2001, at 7:53:02
In reply to Re:Susan C ( cotton buds) correction » Wendy B., posted by susan C on September 28, 2001, at 21:11:37
no no no no. susan and i need a referee right away!!!
brits call cotton balls cotton wool, even tho it's not wool at all. right dreamer, nikki, etc.??
they call cotton swabs cotton buds, you silly little mousie....
ear wigs are those little buggies that have pincers on their back ends...
duking it out here, "we need heeeellllppppp...."
love, W.
> No no no no no, Q-tips are called Ear Wigs
> cotton balls, cotton buds
> and probably cotton wool is called that cause wool comes in rovings which are used by spinners...they are pre prepared (washed and carded and rolled into these fluffy sausage shaped things)...which make spinning a dream, just a dream, unless, of course, you like to spin directly from the fleece, then you get bits of dirt and poop and straw in your lap....but the lanolin on your hands is wonderful and it knits up into a fine water resistant, though initially, smelly, hat. Someone told me once how she had diligently saved the fluff from her samoyd husky dog and spun it into wool which she knit into a fine sweater...and it took her awhile to figure out, why, when it rained, gangs of male dogs would follow her...then she remembered her female had been in heat when she got the hair...
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> BTW, ah hem, I must confess, on some parts of my windows I have to use Q-tips, cotton swabs, cotton buds, what----ever, because there are these tinie weanie itsy bitsy cracks and the guys who designed these windows DID NOT EVER plan on washing them, nor Knew What It Is Like Living in The NW where it damp everywhere and mold and algae grow and the deer and the antelope play, so seldom is heard a discouraging word...
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> I did stop at 6 windows, I have 5 more to do, the easy ones.
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> I remember my dad (a doc) cleaning his ears with the end of a hair pin...remember those things...a hair pin....bent metal thingie holds your hair in place, my mom used to always put her hair up in a french bun? Oh, what a memory. Thanks ALOOT Wendy dear...
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> snickering mouse
> susan C
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> > wait a second, guys...
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> > i thought the reason i laughed was because a cotton bud is a cotton swab, or a Q-tip, as americans call them. so i can see susan cleaning the windows with Q-tips and using thousands of them per window...
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> > ... and the term for cotton balls is cotton wool. right, dreamer? was married to a brit, who was so obsessive about cleaning, the house AND himself, that he poked his ear drum with a cotton bud, and got it infected and had to take antibiotics...
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> > just for your erudition,
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> > wendy
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> > > > What is a cotton bud? is a
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> > > > a cotton ball
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