tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post8435355066617383998..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Elfin Friday - socksLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-71809469361740596502016-11-15T15:00:28.457+01:002016-11-15T15:00:28.457+01:00Thanks again. A rather gorgeous subject, I think.
...Thanks again. A rather gorgeous subject, I think.<br /><br />Robbie - you can get special battery powered shavers for de-pilling clothes, I have one somewhere but the problem is one uses it so infrequently the battery is always flat. There are also 'sweater stones' a kind of pumice thing, and most useful so far a thing called a cashmere comb which combs and abrades finely. A pill was, I suppose, anything rolled into a little ball; the French for the ones you get on woollen items is 'bouloche' (I think, I often transpose or mistake the vowels) which is also used for an annoyance, a rub, but I think that's a coincidence, the English etymology is rather that of 'a bitter pill', something nasty but necessary to swallow. It's a little obsolete as a familiar word now, which is a shame, perhaps I'll try to resurrect it!<br /><br />Natalie - heheh, a cat's tongue would be much more exfoliating than a dog's, you could hire him out, like those fish that you can put you feet in the water with and they nibble off the dead skin!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-31788196176664882562016-11-13T01:02:15.464+01:002016-11-13T01:02:15.464+01:00Love that Elfie! Didn't know that licking huma...Love that Elfie! Didn't know that licking human feet was a dog thing - maybe I could train my visiting cat Pushkin to do that?Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-74020443874686560862016-11-12T12:15:03.659+01:002016-11-12T12:15:03.659+01:00So the little bobbles that form on the outside of ...So the little bobbles that form on the outside of clothes are called pills? I didn't know that. I once had a suit tailor-made in a sage green, felt-ish sort of material which rose up in pills. I complained to the shop, they took the suit back and shaved it with a razor, as if it was a face afflicted with advanced dermatitis. The pills returned but soon after I moved to London and met VR (then VT). She didn't approve and I discarded the suit as I did the West Riding carapace that by then was no longer fit for purpose.<br /><br />A pill was also slang for someone who is insufferable. Quite an effective insult, don't you think? Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-34117680022965042372016-11-12T08:06:31.478+01:002016-11-12T08:06:31.478+01:00oh man, what an adorable girl!oh man, what an adorable girl!the polish chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929281676865641560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-17636511514404726082016-11-11T21:21:49.084+01:002016-11-11T21:21:49.084+01:00That's a wonderful portrait of the lovable Elf...That's a wonderful portrait of the lovable Elfie.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-29927751801470259972016-11-11T16:58:04.691+01:002016-11-11T16:58:04.691+01:00Aw. She's wonderful.Aw. She's wonderful. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com