The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for February 18, 2012

OMG…I do not know where to start with this…….1 – The ugliest fur collar ever….2 – JOY’s gunny sack dress…..3 – VERL’s clown dress….4 – JERRYs toupee over shaved head…5 – BURL’s too short tie……6 – Multiple possible fingernails…… ? ? ? .….Good morning Crustwwood….. ! ! !

@GymShoe Vintage glamor from the 1940s included a sewn on covered clip, so the flat fox did not fall off the wearer.

Mornin’ Gymshoe, mornin’ everybody. Sorry, I just can’t even fathom all the ignorance these people display. And is Burl’s hair scraped back or is it receding even more today?

Good morning to youse guys!I don’t know where to start, so I’ll start somewhere else. My grandmother had one o those fox shawl things made of several fox skins. All of us were terrified of it..Do we think that either Jerry has glued his “piece” on or that he has made one and glued it together? He could make one from about one week’s worth of drain cleanings in the shower—assuming that he showers daily.

G’morning Crustwood…. and Aloha GymShoe —

Funny thing is they think they’re dressed up…. and yes, Verl does look like a clown. Joy merely looks 87. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

I have to admit, I sold a lot of fur pieces like that, years ago when I had a vintage clothing store…

but it’s hard to imagine Joy wanting to wear one now. Maybe it was Ma’s back in the early 50’s.

The clip PoorPig mentions is attached like a jaw to the “mouth” of the first pelt, so you could attach it to the tail of the last, or wherever.

(BTW — the heads aren’t usually their real heads.)

Whenever Julie uses a fingernail as the Find-It, it seems we have trouble agreeing on its location because we don’t know just what it looks like.

Um…. Julie….. if you see this…..is your idea of a fingernail pointy?

Whoa I just refreshed the comments and Mikie showed up.

It’s like time travel, or Harry Potter, isn’t it — people suddenly popping up out of nowhere.

Mikie I would put the odds of Jerry showering every day about on a par with those of my winning a gold medal in the 100 meter dash.

Leaky and Marg and Don must still be out drinking. Hey you guys — it’s tomorrow!

if the fingernail looks like the whole first joint of a finger, seen from the side, I found it.

Maybe that is her idea of dressing foxy!

Morning everybody!

“The Athens Grease Pit”……I’ve been there….good lamb kabobs!

Good Saturday morning, all! I don’t know why Marg and Don are still out, but Leaky probably took his Ambien extra late when they got home. My parents went on an Alaskan cruise back in ealy 60s and she brought back one of those for me and one for my brother’s wife, but they were a white Alaskan fox. I still have mine but kids and grandkids have played with it. The only one it frightened was my cockatoo, though Fitzroy is afraid even of my good fur coat, so I’ve not shown it to him.

For once I agree with Burl! If anything should be shot for looking like roadkill, his toop is worse than the furpiece. One of those little things is all the fur that Burl would ever spring for.

@Susan, Joy 87? I had always thought the Penny’s were much younger. I notice that very overweight people generally look older than they are. I had assumed some of my friends were at least my age, but few are. Many are overweight and take medications for all kinds of problems. I feel very lucky.

“is that a BB gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see my fur?”

Geeez lady if its long andhard it must be my BB gun.

In the early late 60s when I still cooked and cleaned and sewed like a good wife and mother, I made a dress that I swear looked just like that purple one with the ruff. We will not discuss how it made me look.

i never did get the fashion-purpose of draping an animal skin with feet, head and tail still attached around your neck (except in “1 Million B.C.”). creepy.

I’m pretty sure the “fingernail” is on the critter’s hind leg!

I guess I am in a fog. Don’t get it.

Joy is taking her fashion tips from Jared Leto! http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/what-were-they-thinking-02-17-1329425363-slideshow/jared-leto-photo-1329425350.html

Realist — that’s funny, considering that I’m in the age group of which you speak…..

and no, most of us grew up with our grandmothers wearing those whole pelt “scarves”…. only a few of our mothers did…

Nostalgia depends not only on age but social group.

I sold vintage clothes for years, back in the 70’s – 80’s.

Some people have always hated the idea of draping little animals about one’s neck…. and killing them for fur is (rightfully, IMHO) pretty unpopular NOW.

But as I said, I sold lots of them.

My ex-customers would be in their 50’s through 70’s now, and we all thought of them as “antique” back then.

And be careful… the majority of baby boomers, who are also the majority of the posters here, were born in the 50’s, not the 40’s.

They won’t like you assuming they’re all as old as me! LOL

Dazz — I didn’t say she was in her 80’s… I said her clothes make her look as though she’s 87….that’s because I think of grannies wearing them….

though I have to admit, in my high school yearbook picture I’m wearing a horrible beige wool sheath dress my mother thought was sophisticated.

At least it was very fitted, not shapeless like that thing Joy has on…..oh wait… if it’s fitted on Joy it would be shapeless anyway.

Raspberry — I do hope that was a joke! If not, I don’t want to be the one to tell you….

Marg! …. oh you poor baby!

When Leaky gets like that, it’s too bad it’s so dangerous to talk to him.

I wish there were a way to persuade him to lie down and sleep it off.

That’s probably the only way he gets any sleep at all, from what I gather…. poor guy.

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!

I have elegant windchimes made from the plumage of the most colorful peacocks!!When the gentle breeze whispers upon them, they are so quiet they don’t even wake up Fitzroy

Referring to Alaskan fox? I’m prety sure at the time they were standard souvenier items.

@Leaky and Marge I totally LOL! Too funny for words! I did not choose to mention earlier, but I actually had the Pennys as part of my dream state last night (I may be spending too much time in Crustwood). I have often drempt of work related issues, but never a cartoon ;-P

Don’t let Dazz fool any of you!!She was caught “gettin down” with her BF to the following.click here

And Leaky, thanks for not awakening my little Fitz! I hope the Ambien does not become too habit forming. I avoid all medications myself- nothing but my gin! No Bombay Saphire. just Beefeaters and Seagrams. The roundhead of Burl is so ugly and strange that it gave me weird dreams

Leaky – no way I could find Burl attractive and my BF and I enjoyed various music but mostly Mario Lanza (who he identified with) I hope he’ll attend the local opera with me soon (or the Lyric next time I visit Chicago area). And which was the last sentence? Burl’s roundhead? That was a common political reference in olden days.