I plugged nattevingerwerk into google translation. It is a Dutch word. Then I looked it up and found this:
Something that is done without much precision or base in anything, like wetting your finger and sticking it in the air to feel which direction the wind is coming from.
“Proberen voorspellen wanneer de Coronacrisis over is blijft tot nu toe nattevingerwerk.”
“Trying to predict when the Corona crisis will be over still remains wet finger work.”
Wet or not, that’s a very smug -looking finger, and probably very naughty, at that!
I think your imaginations are good for the rest of the story. And the olde timey manual typewriter is just there to distract those too young for wet and dirty fingers.
Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger (obvious euphemism)!
Da Blog: Watched Fred Gwynne bio … interesting to note that Gwynne’s mother created the cartoon character Sunny Jim in 1902 that graced the boxes of a cereal called Force …!
painedsmile about 3 years ago
wet finger what?!!! Did I read this right.
painedsmile about 3 years ago
I plugged nattevingerwerk into google translation. It is a Dutch word. Then I looked it up and found this:
Something that is done without much precision or base in anything, like wetting your finger and sticking it in the air to feel which direction the wind is coming from.
“Proberen voorspellen wanneer de Coronacrisis over is blijft tot nu toe nattevingerwerk.”
“Trying to predict when the Corona crisis will be over still remains wet finger work.”
painedsmile about 3 years ago
I’m guessing that Corona is referring to COVID-19. Who calls it Corona?
ransomknotts about 3 years ago
I used to have a pretty old vintage typewriter. I can’t remember now what happened to it. I think Teresa took it and put it here.
charles9156 about 3 years ago
ohmy! this is a good one. could that be Teresa B’s finger art?
Zebrastripes about 3 years ago
Now is time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! No wet fingers allowed…
Rotifer NOT GETTING RUBEN BOLLING’S PIN Thalweg Premium Member about 3 years ago
Who is Nat Tevinger and why can’t he spell? Did he get his G.E.D. from the Bath Mat Factory company school?
coltish1 about 3 years ago
Is it a wise or a too-easily-influenced person who tests the direction of the wind? Inquiring minds, you know.
Howard'sMyHero about 3 years ago
By any other word, it’s an Enigma ! … cAfEïNe …!
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Finger pecker.
3hourtour Premium Member about 3 years ago
…finally…
…a photo Mz. Burritt?…
…Hemingway is overrated…
…O. Henry- under…
…wet finger work sounds like it should bring a smile to your face…
…but to your finger?…
…[all together, now:]…
… SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THAT’S NOT MY FINGER, EITHER! …
…I was going to say something else…
…but I can’t quite put my finger on it…
Mad-ge Dish Soap about 3 years ago
Intercourse said better than the F word. Grandma said so.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
Wet or not, that’s a very smug -looking finger, and probably very naughty, at that!
I think your imaginations are good for the rest of the story. And the olde timey manual typewriter is just there to distract those too young for wet and dirty fingers.
Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger (obvious euphemism)!
Radish the wordsmith about 3 years ago
Giving us the happy finger.
Howard'sMyHero about 3 years ago
Da Blog: Watched Fred Gwynne bio … interesting to note that Gwynne’s mother created the cartoon character Sunny Jim in 1902 that graced the boxes of a cereal called Force …!