Sometimes when I search images of banner ladies, I get a lot of information.
Other times it’s cryptic. So I found for this one was that it was a lady with “a hoop, a pistol, and tools.”
Kinda took me aback! I hadn’t noticed the pistol; in fact I couldn’t see it… But now I do. It’s hanging from her belt, barrel pointed upwards, which seems weird.
I don’t know what the hoop is for. It’s way thicker than a dress hoop, and is only about ⅔ of a circle.
A comb(?), a rake, a bell, and a load of spoons, besides all the chains, or beads, or whatever she’s draped with.
The first time I saw one of these bears, it was the way the washcloth came, in a bath set for a baby.
A friend had bought the set as a gift for a baby shower, and we wanted to know how they folded it into a bear.. but of course, she didn’t want to unfold it to figure out. (If I were the baby’s mother, I wouldn’t have wanted to unfold it even to use it.)
It took us ages, using washcloths she already had, to replicate it, without unfolding or even detaching it from the package….
so I have to tell you, in case you want to try… (And if you don’t want to try, you don’t need to read this 🙂 )
This gif, or the video it came from, makes it look super easy.
It’s not really hard, but it does gloss over the hardest step.
This is difficult to explain…
After you roll the two sides to the center, you fold it almost in half, with the leg half a little longer, and put a rubber band around it to make the neck… but as you fold it down, you have to twist it on top of the head, so the arms and legs both face the front… Otherwise the arms will be folded inside, where you can’t see them.
It takes practice! But we finally got it.
Oh… And you have to use something thick, or it’ll be the scrawniest poor little bear ever.
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The look.
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Sailing boats? Abstract?
NYC-1938
That doesn’t look all that long ago. Am I getting old?
You’re a bunch older than I thought, if 1938 doesn’t look long ago. 🙂
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Did the local hardware store sell cheap jewellery, or did the local jewellery store sell cheap hardware?
Sometimes when I search images of banner ladies, I get a lot of information.
Other times it’s cryptic. So I found for this one was that it was a lady with “a hoop, a pistol, and tools.”
Kinda took me aback! I hadn’t noticed the pistol; in fact I couldn’t see it… But now I do. It’s hanging from her belt, barrel pointed upwards, which seems weird.
I don’t know what the hoop is for. It’s way thicker than a dress hoop, and is only about ⅔ of a circle.
A comb(?), a rake, a bell, and a load of spoons, besides all the chains, or beads, or whatever she’s draped with.
What kind of merchant is this?
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♫♪”Let’s all go down the Strand (have a banana…)”♫♪
This is an outdoor produce seller, in London, during WWII rationing.
Probably the bananas and beets were all he could get that day.
I do like the sign asking you not to choose certain beetroot… he didn’t have enough time or merchandise to put up with picky customers.
Just grab some, pay for it, and be grateful.
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I didn’t want to see him whirling about….I wanted to see whether he got in!
I’ve always thought that verification system was silly… If I were a robot, I’d certainly say I’m not too.
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Even I can get this one!!
Ouch!
LOL…. If this was originally for kids, it’s pretty mean!
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John Lennon would have just turned 17, meaning Paul McCartney was 15 here.
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The first time I saw one of these bears, it was the way the washcloth came, in a bath set for a baby.
A friend had bought the set as a gift for a baby shower, and we wanted to know how they folded it into a bear.. but of course, she didn’t want to unfold it to figure out. (If I were the baby’s mother, I wouldn’t have wanted to unfold it even to use it.)
It took us ages, using washcloths she already had, to replicate it, without unfolding or even detaching it from the package….
so I have to tell you, in case you want to try… (And if you don’t want to try, you don’t need to read this 🙂 )
This gif, or the video it came from, makes it look super easy.
It’s not really hard, but it does gloss over the hardest step.
This is difficult to explain…
After you roll the two sides to the center, you fold it almost in half, with the leg half a little longer, and put a rubber band around it to make the neck… but as you fold it down, you have to twist it on top of the head, so the arms and legs both face the front… Otherwise the arms will be folded inside, where you can’t see them.
It takes practice! But we finally got it.
Oh… And you have to use something thick, or it’ll be the scrawniest poor little bear ever.