Reply #13: I saw one of those "Lady's Tool Kit" in a magazine on a plane

[Heddi]

and my husband was looking at the same magazine (it's one of the ones in the back seat pocket), and he started laughing and pointed out and said "Look at this funny prank" and I said "Uh, those are real, honey" and he's like NO WAY...how in the hell is a hammer that's 5 inches long and made of PINK (or lavender, or blue--your choice) plastic IN ANY WAY FUNCTIONAL?

I just shook my head and said "welcome to my world, honey..."

He got such a trip out of that. Had NO idea that these things had been around forever. ANd of course, it had the by-line "Created BY a woman, FOR a woman"---bullshit. The hammer we have (and that is well used) weighs more than I do and is solid fucking metal. Not some dainty peice of shit used most likley for 'afternoon crafts' than repair.......

You know what other trend really is annoying the shit out of me, and has for the last 5 years or so (ever since it became "in"):

SCRAPBOOKING

I fucking HATE those scrapbook drones that clog up the aisles of the Craft Store, debating for 45 minutes WHICH paper would look best with which OTHER paper, and do those letters come any bigger and where can I get tacky glue (you mean rubber cement?) No. Tacky glue. It's clear and you can rub it off (you mean rubber cement?) No, the brand name is Tacky Glue (It's the same as rubber cement) Hmmm....they didn't talk about that on KraftyKitchyKitchenKorner, so I don't know.....hey...do you have this paper in PINK tiger print......

(Sorry--I love craft stores, but I hate going there on Saturdays and Sundays because that's when the Scrapbook Robots come out in full force and hog up all the aisles and monopolize the help. All I want is some paint thinner...but I've got to wait behind a line of 25 Stay-At-Home'ers who have such pressing questions like 'Will this glue hold this sash?" and "which paper looks better with this background...the pink or the purple...or should I do yellow...do you have this in yellow....with a fuzz around the edge....?"

/rant