May 14, 2007
Puns That Are Too Awful To Caw-ntemplate
A weekend spent incessantly singing, even harmonizing on, “By The Light of the Silvery Moo” and making up more supremely bad jokes culminated in:
“What does a crow use to weatherproof his nest?”
“Caw-king.”
And:
“What does a Seattle crow drink?”
“Caw-fee.”
The good news? We’re going away this weekend. Maybe the dry air of Eastern Washington will brush some of these sure signs of dementia from our brains.
I’m relieved to be able to say that the the “caw-king” joke didn’t spring into our heads spontaneously and unbidden. It was prodded into existence by The Mysterious K’s continued work on the bat box.
Here, mesh has been added to the inside back of the box to give the bats something to cling to. I’m wondering if I should add this to the inside of my house. It' a look.
The front added:
A better view of the hardware inside which is to be used to attach the box to its mounting post. TMK is inordinately proud of herself for remembering to install the hardware before putting the front on. The alternative is unthinkable.
The finished box minus a little caw-king (ta-dah!) and black paint. The gap in the front is for ventilation. Do you think bats titter when air wooshes up their little bat panties?
As for me, I spent the weekend wondering how someone who, for 41 years, had no hobbies whatsoever and then plunged headlong into one, I repeat, one, major obsession, now owns this:
Fortunately, there is a 100%, knitting-based, even Dulaan-based, rationalization: I told Kim I would make beaded stitch markers for the Dulaan-a-thaan. Phew. I was starting to panic.
Speaking of which, I had an email from F.I.R.E. this morning saying that they were having trouble keeping up with all the Dulaan boxes that were arriving! Fantastic news for us, maybe not so good news for the overworked and overwhelmed folks in Arizona.
I’m also happy to report that the flood of boxes and contributions has led us to be more than half-way past our 2007 goal of 12,086! The latest count is:
6,738!!!!
5,348 to go, dudes and dudettes!
Well, count on another 6 items minimum from Manitoba. Knitting like a maniac to have them in the post well ahead of time.
Posted by: Poppins on May 14, 2007 11:38 AMAnd I'll have at least 2 more - 3 if I can whip off an adult-sized sweater by June 15th.
Posted by: no-blog-rachel on May 14, 2007 12:12 PMRyan: Just wanted to point out, that since bats sleep upside down, the wind will be flapping through their tiny little ears, not their tiny little bat panties! ;-)
Posted by: The Mysterious K on May 14, 2007 12:53 PMI don't know which is more disturbing -- the puns or the fact that you both have spent time contemplating bat panties... LOL
(The bat house looks great, btw.)
P.S. Awesome news about the latest Dulaan total!
Posted by: Denise in Kent, WA on May 14, 2007 01:06 PMAw TMK beat me to it. Perhaps the ventilation allows the bats to wear skirts while hanging upside down without having them flop on to thier faces?
Posted by: Jessica on May 14, 2007 01:57 PMI think I have ten items here, and my friend has at least another five or six. We'll get them out this weekend.
And I've been singing "It Had To Be Moo" for about a week now. Watch it, chickie. Remember, I know where you live.
Posted by: Rabbitch on May 14, 2007 07:53 PMHah! You could start another official 'day', talk like a crow..... and bat panties? I always figured they'd wear pantaloons.....
what is a crow's favorite vegetable? caw-liflower. (ducks)
and as a member of AC4C, whose april project was dulaan, we thank you for the news of flooding fire, lol. they'll love to hear it!
Posted by: minnie on May 14, 2007 08:51 PMI mailed my 33 items for Dulaan yesterday. Jennifer in Oak Park
Posted by: Jennifer in Oak Park on May 15, 2007 04:52 AMwhat is a crow's favorite knitting fiber?
caw-ton (runs, hides, and dies of shame)
Bat panties???
Posted by: Elaine on May 15, 2007 11:21 AMMy 26 items (including 14 pair of Norma's "magic 28" socks) are all packaged up and ready for the post office tomorrow.
Posted by: Beebs on May 15, 2007 01:17 PMForget panties. Do bats wear socks? ;^)
Sixteen items and still knitting over here.
I'm still singing about the silvery moo to my cat nicknamed Boo. I think she hates me for it, too.
Posted by: Cookie on May 15, 2007 02:54 PM