Scene: Joann’s fabric store. Dr. V on her lunch break, perusing fabrics for an upcoming very special crafting project.
In the background, two ‘normal’ looking women pushing babies in carts. The carts are piled high with calico, fabrics with little kewpie dolls, and fuzzy velour.
As Dr. V looks on, the two women begin arguing loudly over which gingham best matches the fabrics they’re selected for their quilt/baby bedding/whatever.
Woman 1: Excuse me, can you help settle an argument?
Dr. V: Huh? Oh, uh, ok.
Woman 2: So, we’re trying to decide which fabric works best with a sun-and-moon pattern like this one. Do you like the clouds……or the cows?
Dr. V: Um, clouds. Hey, since we’re talking, can you help me pick out a fabric? (holds up a red fabric and a burgundy one)
Woman 1: Sure. What are you making?
Dr. V: Well, I need to figure out which one looks more like meat.
Woman 2: … Meat?
Dr. V: The red one is brighter, but I think the burgundy one looks more like raw meat. What do you think?
Woman 1: Uh…..
Dr. V: And do you think rickrack would work for the marbling? Or should I go with tulle?
Woman 2 (backing up): Oh, um, I think they called our number at the cutting table….
I thought it was a reasonable question. Dogs need crafts too. The good news is the women stopped asking me questions after that.
You rock!
Very funny< Dr. V. You and I would make great shopping buddies. I dressed my 8 year old as a strip of bacon one year for Halloween. His baby brother was a fried egg. Bacon Boy carried an Oscar Mayer bag and Egg Boy had a bag made to look like toast.
Do you have pictures? I’d love to see that!
I was just going to ask, along the lines of Georgia Jewel’s comment, is this for a Halloween costume?!?! Sounds like fun, whatever it is! Wish I could have been there to see the looks on their faces!
I promise to share my creation. 🙂
Special project? Lady GaGa Meat Dress?
LOL!!! omg, i wish i could have been there for that!
and which color did you go for? did you get the rickrack too?
🙂 can’t wait to see what you come up with!
I went for the burgundy AND the rickrack!
As my grandma used to say, ” They don’t know what’s good.” Too funny drV!!!
That is HILARIOUS!!! LOVE IT.
LOL! that’s great!
Wish I had been there! HAHAHA! My answer to you would have been…”Yes, the dark one looks more like raw meat and the rickrack would be great for marbling! Great imagination Doc! Can’t wait to see the pictures!
OK good, that is what I went with. 😀
ROFL!!! You are sooo funny, Dr. V, and much more creative than ‘normal’ people, as this post proves :o)
HYSTERICAL! For the record, most women in Joann are far from “normal”
rotflmao!
LOL! Its sorta near Halloween, they shouldn’t have been so shocked about it. Too darn funny though 🙂
I’m not sure you should set the bar for normality based on Joann’s shoppers… just sayin’
You’re the second person to say that- lol! I guess I have to pay more attention there!
I get that same reaction every time I’m at the cutting table at Joann’s. Inevitably the person cutting my fabric always asks me what I’m making and an answer of “dog clothes” or “stuffed squeaky penguin dog toys” always gets met with silence.
Oh and I have to know, did you go with the ric rac or tulle? I think I would have gone with tulle but ric rac definitely would work too.
I went with the rickrack (am I spelling that wrong? I don’t even know) but I did get some cheapo broadcloth as backup.
Late response on my part: I’m pretty sure it’s spelled either way.. like grey or gray 😀
Hahahahahahahaha!!! I was just telling this one to my husband. TOO funny!
I want to see pictures too!
Did you ever see Dr. Khuly’s cat litterbox cake? She took it new heights of artwork.
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Hahahahaha!!! That’s too funny!
We will get to see pictures, right?