Boring Croche?
I went to the second crochet class. Part of the fun is in Talking While you Knit (crochet). These are ladies who collectively appear to be creatively demure and concentrated upon making a beginner’s “market bag.”
However they may not be exactly what they seem. We were discussing what goes on at knitting retreats (do you really want to know this?), but we finally got to talking about nicknames like “Beetle.” Innocent topic right?
I am blessed with various nicknames, depending upon what folks are around. There’s Dorf, Dorfy,Dot, Dottie, Dor, Dora, Doranne, Dork, and Snort. I told the crochet ladies, “Some very dear friends always call me Dork.
(By the way, Thank you so much for that fun nickname Debbie, Scott, Pam and Janet!)
There was a kind of silence around the crochet table.
I suppose “Dork” is a somewhat derisive nickname but my friends always say it tenderly so I never object. This has been going on through 40 years of friendship and I always thought Dork meant Endearing.
However, one beautiful young lady in my sweet, demure crochet group said, “It means a whale’s penis!”
Huh?
I insisted, “No, it means a kind of funny, silly but very sweet and wonderful person”.
In the group’s relentless search for the truth, wouldn’t you know they looked it up?
Well, to my dismay, it does mean a kind of disjointed foolish person, but a dork is also
A WHALE’S THINGY!
Humpback Whale Photo from
en.wikipedia.org
That’s it! Debbie (the original perpetrator), Scott, Pam and Janet will now be given firm instructions to invent a better nickname! I will no longer respond to that one.
Imagine?
The things you learn in crochet class!
The blue whale’s penis, or dork, is the largest that ever existed.
(Do you really need to know this?)
The average size for an adult male is 5m (15 feet)!
The testicles weight 10kg (22 pounds).
The blue whale can produce between 3-20 gallons of sperm during its mating season.
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