Adventures in Europe, Chapter 30: Things to Do in France Besides Sex

[tacit]

There are things to do in a Medieval castle located in rural southern France other than orgies, kinky group sex, and strap-on gang-bangs, as hard as that might be to believe

Comments

Knitting explained

[jenx]

It doesn't take that long to make a sock or a hat. A couple weeks at most. And if you or someone you love lives somewhere cold, handknit mittens/socks/hats are nice.

Or you could knit a dildo cozy. :D

Re: Knitting explained

[stitchwitch_d]

Yes, I'm sure I can find a dildo cozy pattern on Ravelry. Also, the knitting process is very Zen, and knitting gives you a good reason to be on Ravelry and an excuse to buy yarn, and you get to make stuff for people you care about.

[nasu_dengaku]

(American accents, by way of contrast, are known to have a much different effect on Brits, usually including but not limited to feelings of mirth, often of the "laughing at" rather than the "laughing with" variety.) A good way to solve that is to get the Brits to do their impression of an American accent. They end up sounding like drunken cowboys. :-)

[emanix]

They end up sounding like drunken cowboys. :-)

...and that somehow makes the American accent less> funny?

I seem to have a soft spot for folks from the US though. Currently I find myself romantically entangled with two and a half members of the American species. Of course, it could just be that I enjoy laughing at them up close! :P

[nasu_dengaku]

No, it makes it more funny in a way that most Americans can laugh at. Americans like to make fun of each others' accents, so it makes it seem like we're all making fun of drunken cowboys together. Plus, despite their best efforts, a bit of British accent creeps in, and that just makes everything extra cute.

Is the half a half-American full size person, or an *ALL*AMERICAN*MIDGET*? The all-american-midget thing sounds like the title of a Jerry Springer episode, which is very, very American.

[emanix]

Heh, I wondered if that would inspire curiosity! The two and a half is two 'proper' americans and a third lovely who is half swedish. Though one of the first two just became an Irish citizen, so I wonder if that makes her less than a complete American too...

My webcomic briefly features the hypothetical infinite sushi eating midget. I just felt like telling you that. :)

[etesla]

I'll jump in on the knitting thing, too, since I do it (and stesladoes too). We're math-y nerdy people, and knitting is methodical and mathematical in all sorts of neat ways. But it's also got this really cool emergent behavior thing going on; a particular sequence of stitches, none of them complicated, can yield something results that are surprising in delicacy or texture.

And then there's also that we're both oddly-shaped; I started learning to knit because I wanted some gloves that fit my extra-long fingers without being huge and floppy and completely uninteresting. stesla knit himself a scarf he can wrap around his neck a good four times, and a pair of socks in a merino-silk blend that you'd be hard-pressed to find a pair of men's socks in.

So we get to be math-nerdy and cozy all at once. :) And together! It's a trifecta of awesome.

[emanix]

Ah, Emily :) She's such a sweetheart, as well as being so pretty. I don't think I saw her wearing clothes the entire week!

Being pedantic as ever, I must point out that our fuzzy little pal in the cave definitely wasn't a fruit bat (you'd know - they're *massive* and live in much warmer climes), most probably he was a pipistrelle, who munch on insects - check out http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/bats/britishbats/batpages/commonpipi.htm

And I love the way my skirt falls in that picture - I will totally have to get myself a polka dotted loincloth!

[emanix]

Additionally, I just looked back at that snapshot and wondered where my scarf had gone, since I usually wear a polka dot scarf with that sweater... then I remembered that I'd lent it to a certain young lady to use for bondage purposes while we were out and about. Ah, happy days! :)

[emanix]

P.P.S. IT FIZZES! :D

[skorpionuk]

Haha! Yes!
I'd forgotten about the scarf, not sure how ;-)

Emily is lovely, it's true. We should all demand more Emily when she returns.

[tacit]

Hm. I'm skeptical. know some people for whom a knitting needle can be a pretty formidable weapon...

[binks]

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