Miscellaneous Funnies

[donnie]

I didn't even realize there WAS a four roller! I'll change my vote to

I invented it for that occasion.

[Kitty]

Early form of the "Yo Mama" joke! One roll because it's interesting.

[donnie]

I give that one a two.

[Kitty]

[Kitty]

[donnie]

That's an odd one!

Concerning yesterday's JOTD, the scene with the husband having being held captive to hold his hands while the wife wraps yarn around them shows up in cartoons, jokes, movies, etc. What's the deal with that? Can't you just wind the yarn around a chair back or something? Why do they needs hands to hold it ?

[Kitty]

What's the deal with that? Can't you just wind the yarn around a chair back or something? Why do they needs hands to hold it ?

Isn't that interesting? I don't know. They even have a story about that in an antique children's book I have. Maybe it was a type of activity that was sort of social. I mean, I bet a lot of secrets were shared between family members while "rolling the skein" as they say.

[donnie]

Yes, I'll bet you're right. It also seems to have been seen as a kind of symbol of married bliss or homely, domestic contentment. Or maybe they just didn't have anything else to do?

Here is a screenshot from "In the Grip of the Usurer" (1912), which is one of my favorite Edison films.

[Kitty]

The sarcasm of this one is great!

[donnie]