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sludgeguts
09-02-2003, 11:42 PM
A man walks into a needlecraft shop and asks the lady behind the counter for an embroidery hoop.
The lady behind the counter says, "did your wife have any particular size in mind sir?".
And the man says, "I've no idea".
So the lady says, "well sir, they come in all shapes and sizes, we have oval ones and round ones as you can see, and each shape comes in a variety of sizes."
The man says, "I'd like an eight inch round one please".
The lady behind the counter says that it might be best to check with your wife because she may want a bigger one, it depends upon the size of the piece of work she is doing.

Needless to say, the man purchased a new hoop online and never went back to said needlecraft shop ever again.

I can look back at this and laugh about it, I had plenty of opportunity for wit and banter but I guess I was so annoyed that the shop assistant assumed I was on an errand for my wife. In reality, my wife watches in amazement as I build up really complex pictures, my dirty great big hands working such a tiny needle.

A man walks into the doctors.
"Doctor, I feel like a pig"
"and how long have you felt this way?"
"about two wEEKs"
(sound the last word as though a pig was squealing!)

That's got to be the funniest clean joke I know!

woodhoopoe
06-03-2004, 06:43 PM
:(

cazjb58
10-02-2004, 10:54 PM
I had to smile at your post. My son does cross stitch - he's 24 and 6ft 5in. He's only just started, having had the patience to unpick and re-do my daughter-in-law's first efforts and now he's quite taken with it. His first piece was a contry companions free kit off Cross Stitch Crazy and he's just finishing a Tatty Teddy, although the backstitch is getting to him. He's also very good at pinching my patterns and my spare thread box and bobbins!!

Caz

sammi
10-03-2004, 04:03 PM
:D Lets hear it for the boys! My husband thinks its a girly hobby and calls our son a cissy :( when he gives it a go. Luckily it hasn't put him off as he's quite good for an 8 year old boy who is messy with everything else!

nuttylady
10-04-2004, 03:12 PM
My daughters partner is a joiner and he does beautiful cross stitch, he's doing a Sara moon at the moment and it is lovely.
nuttylady. :) :cool:

nannyogg
11-02-2005, 01:55 PM
I had the experience of asking for an embroidery bobbin box in my local craft store where an eldery lady told me to go home and ask my granny what I really wanted as what I asked for didn't even exist. As I was leaving the store I saw what I was looking for with the exact words "embroidery bobbin box" written on it and I pointed it out to the lady and said "That's what I'm looking for" and walked straight out of the shop and into another one where I bought it instead.

I felt so angry that she thought just because I'm a young female I had been sent on an errand.

Nannyogg ;)