Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:39 PM
WilliamPitt (54,469 posts)
"Male congressmen now being inundated with handmade vaginas" <--- actual headline
In the latest brilliant counterstrike against the GOP's Vag Offensive, The Snatchel Project is encouraging craftswomen to send their congressmen knit and crocheted bags, pouches and decorations in the shape of their favorite ladyparts. Nothing scares a gynophobic congressman like when they open a box and discover what they think is a constituent's lovely knit hat or scarf, only to pick it up and realize they've touched their hands upon the filthy, evil uterus they've been fighting so hard to destroy. The site includes patterns and links to teach you how to use your knitting needles to make your own womb (while knitting needles are still used for just knitting).
The rest: http://www.happyplace.com/14939/male-congressmen-now-being-inundated-with-knit-and-crocheted-vaginas 
I love everyone. 
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 "Male congressmen now being inundated with handmade vaginas" <--- actual headline (Original post) |
WilliamPitt | Apr 2012 | OP |
| Skinner | Apr 2012 | #1 | |
| dmr | Apr 2012 | #22 | |
| kag | Apr 2012 | #33 | |
| Sarah Ibarruri | Apr 2012 | #53 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Apr 2012 | #61 | |
| Warpy | Apr 2012 | #2 | |
| K Gardner | Apr 2012 | #7 | |
| knitter4democracy | Apr 2012 | #18 | |
| pansypoo53219 | Apr 2012 | #28 | |
| Scuba | Apr 2012 | #31 | |
| NeverEnuff | Apr 2012 | #3 | |
| surrealAmerican | Apr 2012 | #8 | |
| duhneece | Apr 2012 | #9 | |
| Tanelorn | Apr 2012 | #16 | |
| Sarah Ibarruri | Apr 2012 | #55 | |
| surrealAmerican | Apr 2012 | #59 | |
| Sarah Ibarruri | Apr 2012 | #60 | |
| beac | Apr 2012 | #12 | |
| pinboy3niner | Apr 2012 | #4 | |
| saras | Apr 2012 | #23 | |
| AlbertCat | Apr 2012 | #41 | |
| EFerrari | Apr 2012 | #47 | |
| spooky3 | Apr 2012 | #62 | |
| nadine_mn | Apr 2012 | #80 | |
| spooky3 | Apr 2012 | #81 | |
| tallahasseedem | Apr 2012 | #5 | |
| MineralMan | Apr 2012 | #6 | |
| Typical NYC Lib | Apr 2012 | #10 | |
| frogmarch | Apr 2012 | #13 | |
| bluesbassman | Apr 2012 | #15 | |
| frogmarch | Apr 2012 | #17 | |
| Typical NYC Lib | Apr 2012 | #26 | |
| frogmarch | Apr 2012 | #39 | |
| beac | Apr 2012 | #11 | |
| Auggie | Apr 2012 | #14 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #37 | |
| Liberalynn | Apr 2012 | #19 | |
| polichick | Apr 2012 | #20 | |
| cindyperry2010 | Apr 2012 | #21 | |
| sadfwesdfwe | Apr 2012 | #24 | |
| tblue37 | Apr 2012 | #25 | |
| DevonRex | Apr 2012 | #44 | |
| EFerrari | Apr 2012 | #48 | |
| redqueen | Apr 2012 | #58 | |
| Union Scribe | Apr 2012 | #27 | |
| Namvet67 | Apr 2012 | #29 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #38 | |
| Namvet67 | Apr 2012 | #64 | |
| spicegal | Apr 2012 | #30 | |
| Evasporque | Apr 2012 | #32 | |
| Sarah Ibarruri | Apr 2012 | #56 | |
| joshcryer | Apr 2012 | #34 | |
| intaglio | Apr 2012 | #35 | |
| Greybnk48 | Apr 2012 | #36 | |
| klook | Apr 2012 | #40 | |
| yellowcanine | Apr 2012 | #42 | |
| The Velveteen Ocelot | Apr 2012 | #43 | |
| yellowcanine | Apr 2012 | #46 | |
| alterfurz | Apr 2012 | #45 | |
| Atypical Liberal | Apr 2012 | #51 | |
| MichaelMcGuire | Apr 2012 | #49 | |
| radhika | Apr 2012 | #50 | |
| Sarah Ibarruri | Apr 2012 | #52 | |
| WCGreen | Apr 2012 | #54 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #65 | |
| redqueen | Apr 2012 | #57 | |
| CottonBear | Apr 2012 | #63 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #67 | |
| CottonBear | Apr 2012 | #68 | |
| kentauros | Apr 2012 | #70 | |
| CottonBear | Apr 2012 | #73 | |
| kentauros | Apr 2012 | #76 | |
| CottonBear | Apr 2012 | #82 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #74 | |
| kentauros | Apr 2012 | #75 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #77 | |
| kentauros | Apr 2012 | #78 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #79 | |
| AnneD | Apr 2012 | #72 | |
| guitar man | Apr 2012 | #66 | |
| MadrasT | Apr 2012 | #69 | |
| WilliamPitt | Apr 2012 | #71 |
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:41 PM
Skinner (57,371 posts)
1. Love it.
Response to Skinner (Reply #1)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 10:20 PM
dmr (25,775 posts)
22. I crocheted 5 & mailed them out. I gave them
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faces, & the eyes had a single crystal-like tear drop.
I stuffed them with condoms (unused). 
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Response to dmr (Reply #22)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 08:28 AM
kag (942 posts)
33. Nice going!
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Last edited Wed Apr 11, 2012, 08:28 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) I wish I was that creative.
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:42 PM
Warpy (69,163 posts)
2. Don't piss off the knitters.
Response to Warpy (Reply #2)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:01 PM
7. LOL ! I had lunch with a Catholic Knitter today. Ima gonna hafta ask her what she was
Response to Warpy (Reply #2)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:24 PM
18. We're a force to be reckoned with, that's for sure.
Response to Warpy (Reply #2)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 02:56 AM
28. i went into a charlottesville, va yarn shop + limbaugh was on.
Response to Warpy (Reply #2)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 06:59 AM
Scuba (26,773 posts)
31. As seen in Madison last spring...
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:50 PM
3. Male who wants to learn to crochet
Response to NeverEnuff (Reply #3)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:14 PM
8. This page contains links to both knit and crochet patterns:
Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #8)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:25 PM
duhneece (1,700 posts)
9. It's worth learning to knit
Response to duhneece (Reply #9)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:19 PM
16. WOW these knitters are really pissed off
Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #59)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 06:15 PM
60. Too funny. I'm going to try to crochet a uterus with ovaries. nt
Response to NeverEnuff (Reply #3)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:00 PM
beac (9,340 posts)
12. FYI, there are lots of videos on youtube to help you learn the basic crochet stiches.
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:55 PM
pinboy3niner (27,548 posts)
4. Whoever has it ought to send 'Marie's Sculpture' from 'Everybody Loves Raymond'
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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 01:15 PM
AlbertCat (10,450 posts)
41. Whoever has it ought to send 'Marie's Sculpture' from 'Everybody Loves Raymond'
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Last edited Wed Apr 11, 2012, 01:16 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) How about some Georgia O'Keefe paintings too.
(I once heard someone "complain" O'Keefe's paintings looked like genitalia. I said "They ARE genitalia! What the hell do you think a flower is?") |
Response to AlbertCat (Reply #41)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:05 PM
spooky3 (15,226 posts)
62. Someone should send these boys Glade Sense & Spray
Response to spooky3 (Reply #62)
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 10:50 AM
nadine_mn (2,377 posts)
80. I thought I was the only one who noticed it
Response to nadine_mn (Reply #80)
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 03:20 PM
spooky3 (15,226 posts)
81. I'm sure we're not the only ones.
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:58 PM
tallahasseedem (4,449 posts)
5. I remember reading an article
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Last edited Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:00 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) about this over at Kos when they were first starting this! I was soooo jealous because the only thing I can knit is a scarf! Maybe it's time for me to learn a bit more!
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 07:59 PM
MineralMan (53,983 posts)
6. Sweet!
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:26 PM
10. The creepy thing is.....
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he might USE them!
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Response to Typical NYC Lib (Reply #10)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:03 PM
frogmarch (7,244 posts)
13. I was thinking the same thing! UGH!
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Last edited Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:04 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Didn't we used to have a puke smiley?
EDIT: Where'd you find the puke smiley? |
Response to frogmarch (Reply #17)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:54 AM
26. On the Smilies tab
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Click on the very last one you see, "..." It'll open another set of icons, including
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Response to Typical NYC Lib (Reply #26)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 09:33 AM
frogmarch (7,244 posts)
39. Thank you! I'd wondered
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Last edited Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:20 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) why "..." was in with the smileys. I thought, What? People can't just type ... themselves?
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 08:59 PM
beac (9,340 posts)
11. Heard about a similar way to "needle" the neanderthals right here on DU last month:
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1032221
Now also includes a pattern for those who prefer to sew rather than knit/crochet. |
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:26 PM
Liberalynn (5,547 posts)
19. So creative and clever
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 10:18 PM
21. And here i thought you were
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making it up good for them
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 11:40 PM
tblue37 (11,700 posts)
25. That quote seems to conflate the vagina and the womb (uterus), as though they
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Response to tblue37 (Reply #25)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:01 PM
DevonRex (19,951 posts)
44. That bothered me, too.
Response to tblue37 (Reply #25)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:20 PM
48. Maybe we should send our offerings in crocheted padlocked cages.
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:56 AM
Union Scribe (4,716 posts)
27. Favorite. Story. Ever.
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 06:20 AM
29. this puts the "crotch" in crochet......come on...it's close enough
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:05 AM
32. ALEC has a law banning the mailing of vaginas ready
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 08:47 AM
intaglio (4,639 posts)
35. My Sigoth has just pointed out "Do not p!$& off knitters ..."
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 08:49 AM
Greybnk48 (5,158 posts)
36. I'v knit uteri, but have thought about doing some vaginas as well.
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The patterns are at the snatchel website. The snatchel itself is hilarious. |
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:04 AM
klook (4,461 posts)
40. Let's all chip in and buy him an Edsel.
It has a vaginal grille, and the car fits perfectly with the Republican 1950s sensibility. |
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 01:29 PM
42. They need a name though....I propose "croginas"
Response to yellowcanine (Reply #42)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 03:48 PM
The Velveteen Ocelot (34,727 posts)
43. They are calling them "snatchels."
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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #43)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:17 PM
46. That's very good but I hate to give up croginas. Snatchels and croginas?
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:15 PM
alterfurz (1,053 posts)
45. this thread has earned the V.E.A. Seal of Approval
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Response to alterfurz (Reply #45)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 05:17 PM
Atypical Liberal (5,412 posts)
51. "screw us & we multiply"
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:33 PM
49. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 05:12 PM
radhika (754 posts)
50. Gyno-centric equivalent of Plaster Casters?
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 05:27 PM
WCGreen (44,936 posts)
54. Didn't Snatchel pitch for the Indians...
Response to redqueen (Reply #57)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 08:32 AM
63. I know. Heavy sigh. It's a vulva.
 I hate it when people (especially women) say "vajayjay" or "vagina" when they are referring to the vulva.
The only way you can see your vagina is with a mirror and a vaginal speculum. |
Response to CottonBear (Reply #63)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 04:32 PM
67. Cute true story....
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When my daughter was little, we learned the proper terms (I am a Nurse). Mom had my then 3 1/2 yo. While sitting in the shopping cart (very happily swinging her feet), she said-in a reedy little voice that carried across the store-Guess what Grama....I got a 'gina.
The elderly lady ahead of them shot my little girl and Mom a whithering glance. Mom was cool as a cucumber. That's right sweetheart. Girls have a vagina and vulva and boys have a penis. Mom said she thought the lady was going to die from disgust as she whipped her head forward. And Mom wonders where I get mine from. 
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Response to AnneD (Reply #67)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 08:38 AM
68. That is awesome! Your mom rocks!
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I'm teaching my three year little boy all of the proper terms too!
My mom and dad (medical professionals) never talked to us about sex or our bodies. 
Needless to say, I am taking your approach to health and sex education for children! |
Response to CottonBear (Reply #68)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:13 PM
kentauros (21,773 posts)
70. I'm very happy y'all are teaching your own about sex.
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I recall a thread on another message-board some years ago (unrelated to politics) and one of my friends from Germany mentioning that they had sex-education by age-12. Seems like she had it even earlier, like age-10. Well, all the republicans on the board were completely aghast and wanted to not only delete her post but lock the thread, because it was a "family" site and young American children might be reading. The few of us Liberals had no problem with her talking about it and backed her up. That just made us "enemies" of the prudes, but I can live with that.
I can remember getting those little cards at the end of the year in high school, asking us what classes we'd like to see the following year. Every time, I wrote in "Sex Education. REALLY!" Of course, as I live in Texas, I suspect they thought I was being funny, and we never got such helpful education. As far as I know, they still don't have it. By the way, thanks, y'all, for the clarification of terminology. I didn't know it, honestly, probably due to not using it (or not being taught it, whether by school or parents.) I barely know my own, though I have had to learn terminology associated with kidney stone problems (urethra, ureter, for example.) |
Response to kentauros (Reply #70)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:54 PM
73. I'm from the South too (TN & GA). Sex ed is still a mostly taboo subject!
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My little boy is going to be taught all about his body and sexuality. I give him more and more detailed information as a grows and as he asks more questions. He uses proper terminology for the body parts he knows. Kids are great! They are sponges for information and they are curious. There is absolutely no reason that the functions of the human body and human sexuality should be a taboo mystery.
Sorry to hear about your kidney stones: ouch! I have friends who've had them. I've seen grown men writhing on the ground in agony. 
Hopefully, you will not have any more! |
Response to CottonBear (Reply #73)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 03:19 PM
kentauros (21,773 posts)
76. Thankfully, kidney stones only "accumulate" in me
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about once every ten years or so. I haven't had to get them removed in over 16 years now, so no hospital stays
And yes, the first time I had them, I was indeed rolling on the floor in pain (and scared because I had no idea what was going on internally.)
I saw your posts in the LBN thread about the Crackerbarrel shooting. I'm glad you made it through your own abusive experience! My wife left me about seven years ago, but we never had any problems beyond a handful of arguments. We're still friends, just not compatible as a couple (reasons I won't go into here.) So, while my imagination can take me into your description, I have no personal experience with anything even approaching physical abuse. It's as alien to me as voting republican! I hope you have a nice, stable relationship and life for the rest of your days!  |
Response to kentauros (Reply #76)
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 08:37 PM
82. Thank you so much for your kind words!
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I am in a wonderful relationship with a wonderful family now! My little one is sleeping soundly right now. He has two loving parents and an extended family who loves him too!
You are so lucky to have good health now and to have a friendly relationship with your ex-wife. Please drink lots of water to keep kidney stones from forming again.
Have a great week! I'm going to be too busy to post much on DU but I will be reading all of the Latest threads! Peace. CB |
Response to AnneD (Reply #74)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 03:10 PM
kentauros (21,773 posts)
75. Cool story!
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It is a nice feeling when you're able to reach someone, even with such odds stacked against
I was in high school in the late 70s and from my perspective, we seemed fairly "progressive" back then, even without sex education. I have no idea what the Texas SBOE was doing back then, but would guess they weren't nearly as bad as they are right now. I do hope we're able to turn the state blue again in the coming decade. Maybe then we might see some 20th century enlightenment in education
If only Karl Rove had never existed, then we might have seen Ann Richards die in office (you know she'd have been re-elected as many times as possible!  ) |
Response to kentauros (Reply #75)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 04:59 PM
77. She was ....
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one of the best, wittest Gov's we ever had. She and Molly Ivins are what real Texas women look and act like. Funny, fiesty and tough. Hell, you have to be that way to put up with Texas men. Texas has always been hell on women and horses.
Lady Bird and Nelly are what 'well heeled' Texas women are like...but the average Texas woman will 'kick yor ass' if you give her too much trouble. Even our little old grannies can kick ass if you get them riled up. |
Response to AnneD (Reply #77)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 06:03 PM
kentauros (21,773 posts)
78. If Ann knew how to knit,
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I suspect she would have joined in this protest, too
Say, isn't DUer Skittles another feisty Texas woman? We all know, she will kick your ass!
And if you haven't seen it, look for the documentary "The Dildo Diaries". It features not only Molly Ivins, but Annie Sprinkle and former Texas House Rep. Debra Danburg |
Response to kentauros (Reply #78)
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 10:14 AM
79. Ann would not use....
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the needles to knit.
Don't know much about Skittles but I like what I have heard. |
Response to AnneD (Reply #67)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:42 PM
72. Talking to kids about sex at an early age helps....
Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 04:12 PM
66. Might as well put this here too :P
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Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:00 PM
MadrasT (5,696 posts)
69. That is not a vagina. And a uterus is not a vagina.
