33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names

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1. AGLET
The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace.

2. ARMSAYE
The armhole in clothing.

3. CHANKING
Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.

4. COLUMELLA NASI
The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils.

5. DRAGÉES
Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.

6. FEAT
A dangling curl of hair.

7. FERRULE
The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.

8. HARP
The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.

9. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER
A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.)

10-13. JARNS, NITTLES, GRAWLIX and QUIMP
Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books.

14. KEEPER
The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.

15. KICK or PUNT
The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.

16. LIRIPIPE
The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.

17. MINIMUS
The little finger or toe.

18. NEF
An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship.

19. OBDORMITION
The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep'.

20. OCTOTHORPE
The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.

21. OPHRYON
The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets.

22. PEEN
The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.

23. PHOSPHENES
The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball.

24. PURLICUE
The space between the thumb and extended forefinger.

25. RASCETA
Creases on the inside of the wrist.

26. ROWEL
The revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs.

27. SADDLE
The rounded part on the top of a matchbook.

28. SCROOP
The rustle of silk.

29. SNORKEL BOX
A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars.

30. SPRAINTS
Otter dung.

31. TANG
The projecting prong on a tool or instrument.

32. WAMBLE
Stomach rumbling.

33. ZARF
A holder for a handleless coffee cup.

- S.B., D.W. & N.R.

Gettin' Loaded in the 00's is Cheap!

A Dewar's ad in The New York Times on Tuesday reprinted the front page of the December 5, 1933 NYT to celebrate the anniversary of the repeal of prohibition. One of the articles was about how drink prices would drop by half once booze was legal. This article gave some of the new prices as furnished by the The Society of Restrauteurs. Here are some examples:

Gin and whiskey cocktails - 30 cents.
rum cocktails - 35 cents
Ginger ale or seltzer for Highballs an extra 5-10 cents
Whiskey $3.00 a quart
wine served in a restaurant $2.50
champagne - $8.00 at a table, $5.00 to take home

Of course this sounds great but really means nothing without adjusting for inflation. So I adjusted.

Gin and whiskey cocktails - $4.65
rum cocktails - $5.42
Ginger ale or seltzer for Highballs an extra $0.78 to $1.50
Whiskey $46.50 a quart
wine served in a restaurant $38.75
Champagne (brace yourselves) - $124.00 at a table and $77.50 to take home

So getting loaded in 1933 was pricey but not too far off today's prices. But the the day before you had to go to a speakeasy and pay double these prices! Man, we would have never made it in the 20's

FOR CARISSA

Well, I can't argue with any of this. I am a tech retard, I am definitely busy, although I am definitely not responsible. I too really enjoyed David's post, and speaking of happy shirts, I had a bit of a culture shock on Friday when I went with Andrew (my boy) to his work party (he works at Villawood Detention Centre, where illegal immigrants are held, housed, fed, and sometimes taken bowling - no kidding - for up to many years). anyway. it was a 'western Sydney' pub which, how can I equate it to USA terms... think suburban small town Midwest fat trashy blonde women and guys with wife beater shirts. So there we are at this party.... I'm sorry, I have completely lost the track of my own story.

I AM A RETARD, GUILTY AS CHARGED!

Point Taken!

I stand ( a bit) corrected. As David House pointed out, he did post a lovely piece about a Happy Shirt.

However, I do not believe for a millisecond that "busy" and/or "responsible" has all that much to do with the dearth of posts.

Here is a picture of David House being "busy" and "responsible":

rebuttal from the chopped liver

So what about my lovely blog about the shirt that makes you unhappy? We're blogging. Well, some of us are. But we're busy responsible people, unfortunately.

Hello? Hello?

I gave you all a lovely blog but so far the entries are somewhat lacking. Only Joe appears to be trying. Carissa tried but she is some kind of tech retard and failed. Maybe it's because the water goes down the toilet the other way in the Southern Hemisphere.

Ryan? Kathleen? Pat Sue?

Anyone?