Tonight I was talking about the Pfaff embellisher machine I was playing with at the weekend, the purpose of which he is struggling to comprehend and the name of which was unfamiliar to him until Sunday. Later we were talking about what I would like for my birthday and how the fact I will be on holiday and the fact that his funds do not stretch to all the quilting equipment in the world will (quite rightly!) limit what I receive on the day. He asked, "How much would that faffing machine cost?"
(I should confirm that he wasn't at all meaning to be derogatory but I do suspect a Freudian slip!)
(For confused foreigners: From allwords.com
Definitions
faff
verb
- (British slang) To waste time on unproductive activity
10 comments:
LOL! How dare he call it unproductive!
well at least he didn't call it an "effing" machine! (which is okay to write because it was in Harry Potter, right?)
'tis rather a faffing machine -- but isn't all leisure activity? :-)
Loved this!
dennis should know by now that faffing and any activity that is linked to patchwork, quilting , textile design etc are tow entirely different concepts
A day without faffing is a day wasted in my book!
Too cute - yes, a Blogging MOment - LOL. Sounds like a good name for a quilt!
Great pun--probably Pfaff wouldn't appreciate it though.
good one Dennis,I wonder how you would interpret 'the babylock'? :)
I am so glad you stopped by my blog 'cause I'm having a blast on (both of) yours!
I have one of those faffing machines too... haven't used it much yet though. You realize, of course, it will now and forever be known as the faffer, not the embellisher.
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