…and other things which make
THE TOP 20
Zombies, ghosts, Vincent Price voiceovers–they don’t hold a candle to the things that quicken our hearts. Join us, if you dare, as we whistle past the graveyard of our own particular fears…
20. Rabid shop dogs
I'm Cujo. Fear me.
19. Sparrows
Imported vampire sparrows attacking defenseless thatch.
18. Working in close quarters in a boat
oh, and giant crabs too.
17. Technology
I'm a simple Anglican dissenter--your technology frightens me!
16. Mark’s hats
twas forged at Cohls, methinks.
15. Graffiti in pilgrim men’s room
Free the Brownists--win valuable prizes!
14. Honeycombing
The above was the result of too-quick seasoning of green oak.
13. Eating lunch with potters
The beast laid waste to salt and pepper...Ninja figure was our last hope.
12. Tire tracks
Just what WAS being delivered to the village forge, they all wondered...
11. Hewing without baulks
You'd think Mr.Planer would give Mr. Hewer a heads up--hey watch out for me shag!
10. Chainsaw cuts which have snuck into ye village
Scrooby chainsaw massacre
9. Things that aren’t plumb
and we're not talking about Scott either...
8. Differential wood decay
Which leads to joint stresses which leads to uneven floors which...
7. Someone’s college art-project hanging in our office
It was the early 80's. Mulligan.
6. Sandy chopping blocks
Straight up WICKED scary. Can you hear the hatchets screaming, Clarice?
5. Using wrong knee to steady saw-stock
What's the dilly with all these background planing dudes who allow such "breeches" of technique?
4. An anonymous artisan’s fridge contents
Even Mingus is at a loss...
3. Knots through grain that should have been better
It's like Jupiter's anticyclonic storm!
2. Nails in trees
Hidden metal things gnashing breaking chipping our tools!
And the #1 thing that scares us?
Mayonnaise!
Nothing more needs be said.
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Tags: 17th century house, English carpentry, Plimoth Plantation, timber frame
Hysterically funny!! The chain saw…there…. yikes! The fridge while painfully empty is at least very tidy! But hey I like mayo….
The individual components are ok, but together…
I’m pretty sure some of my early cooking projects might belong on the list. The pottage more suited to mending daub and the fricasse of charcoal burn come to mind. At least until I got the hang of cooking by handfuls and that ever helpful direction “cook until it is enough.”
Elizabeth, we are going to start using the phrase, “daub until it is
enough”…
What?
Mayonnaise you say?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/06/07/127536297/the-gin-greasy-that-mayo-gin-drink
Ha! Which Bond drank that?
“Can you hear the hatchets screaming, Clarice?”
LOL!
We see chopping blocks. Everyone else sees a Dance Dance Revolution stage!
I am not surprised by #1. That is the scariest thing. And mark has the most interesting and well used collection of hats.
Agreed. On both counts, Meg. Mark’s hats are as well used as his to-go coffee cups.
surely that is a groove left by a plow plane and not a chainsaw!
Just one day, it’d be fun to acknowledge modern tools in our pilgrim village: “We knowe of thy so-called, chain’d sawwe, goodman, but we choose not to use themme”.
I set up next to “Dr. Gatling” at an event one time. By the end of the day he was very obviously tired of acting puzzled when asked about mini guns on helicopters. For that matter I was tired of explaining that yes, there were pencils in 1860.
at least he wasn’t a catamite–
Or Vegemite!
Nothing but the highest intellectual standards on our lavatory walls, France.
Hi,I was wondering if peasss could be found to the Boston Children’s Museum? I was wanting to take a day trip over school vacation. Would another library provide them or can we only obtain peasss for the town where we are residents? Any help/direction is appreciated, Thank you!
Try this link: https://www.bpl.org/general/circulation/museum_passes.php The Boston Public Library gives out day passes to various museums. As far as I know, you don’t have to be a Boston resident to get a BPL library card. Good luck!
Hey, Daubzilla was your idea, and the Men’s bathroom is way scarier!!