The KonMarie method

mavvymoo

I have had such a laugh this morning at the towel called 'Gary' and I also have an item with a name on :rotfl:

Its my dogs duvet cover which has bright multi stripes on purchased from a charity shop some years ago and has the name 'Eleanor MacKeown, sewn into it :rotfl:Sounds very posh and the cover has been washed and washed so a good quality

So towels called Gary and His and Hers and now a named duvet cover:rotfl:

So if anyone knows Eleanor let me know and I will return the cover :rotfl:

The Ice cream sounds so good I wouldnt know which one to have first yum yum

Have a nice day everyone

Mav x

jinny

Ha ha love the named household items discussion!
When I think about it I had a great uncle who we visited often with my grannie.
He opened a sideboard and had a large collection of hankies paper ones were not in use back then.
He handed me an embroidered one with initials I didn't recognise.
My grannie took it off me and put in her pocket.
Later on the journey home I asked For the hankie.
She said "No I will throw it away"
Turns out great uncle Billy used to pick up lost hankies of the street to take home to boil wash:eek:
They would have been quite sterilised but the thought of it to my Grannie was:eek:

GreyQueen

I know, iQueen, I know, slippery slopes and all that.

In my defense, m'lud, I did start incorporating some of the new-to-me yarn into the blanket project before I'd even left my pal's home, so it's not going to stick around for too long.

The towel called GARY causes me endless idle speculation. Was there once a towel-weaver who specialised in making personalised towels? Were they done to order, or did the manufacturer just do a selection of the most popular names of the era? The towel is royal blue and white, with the name woven in contrast right down the middle. Did they do a pink version with female names on it? How did GARY get chucked out to the jumbly/ bootsale/ chazzer where Mum would've bought it? Was it some irate g/f or divorcing missus chucking a reminder of an irritating RL Gary?

You see, the over-imaginative like me can endlessly entertain ourselves from the most sparse of fodder?

mavvymoo

GreyQueen wrote: »

I know, iQueen, I know, slippery slopes and all that.

In my defense, m'lud, I did start incorporating some of the new-to-me yarn into the blanket project before I'd even left my pal's home, so it's not going to stick around for too long.

The towel called GARY causes me endless idle speculation. Was there once a towel-weaver who specialised in making personalised towels? Were they done to order, or did the manufacturer just do a selection of the most popular names of the era? The towel is royal blue and white, with the name woven in contrast right down the middle. Did they do a pink version with female names on it? How did GARY get chucked out to the jumbly/ bootsale/ chazzer where Mum would've bought it? Was it some irate g/f or divorcing missus chucking a reminder of an irritating RL Gary?

You see, the over-imaginative like me can endlessly entertain ourselves from the most sparse of fodder?

I am like that with my quilt cover GQ was she les (from Baycity rollers ) sister ? I think she was at boarding school and I think of the cover in one of those trunks with E.M on the top Packed nicely with the (tuck) on top :rotfl:Read to many Mallory Towers books when I was a child me thinks

Now the debate on Gary the towel rages on and I think maybe there was a selection of popular names at the time.As I sure I have seen one with'Wayne' on it :rotfl:somewhere ! Only joking but rings true with the names of the day.

If I were 'Garys' wife or GF I would have chucked him out just for having a towel with his name on

It reminds me of the time when my son came home from staying at his dads for the weekend and the first thing he said was 'Mum Dad and Jane have dressing gowns with 'his and hers' on ! and they have Gold taps in the bathroom :rotfl:How cool is that ? :rotfl:

I remember trying not to laugh and thinking there really is no accounting for taste
No wonder I divorced him

Mav x

GreyQueen

Mavvymoo, I googled her name for devilment a few mins ago. 'She' is on FB if you want to get in touch, lol.

And now I really must stop playing silly beggars and go to my job for a few hours. They know me there as a sensible and reliable worker - poor misguided fools, you lot could tell them differently, mwah ha ha!

Laters, GQ xx

mavvymoo

GreyQueen wrote: »

Mavvymoo, I googled her name for devilment a few mins ago. 'She' is on FB if you want to get in touch, lol.

And now I really must stop playing silly beggars and go to my job for a few hours. They know me there as a sensible and reliable worker - poor misguided fools, you lot could tell them differently, mwah ha ha!

Laters, GQ xx

SO HAVE I !! Will send her a PM and ask if she remembers it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


Mav x

jinny

We have an ex catalog shop near here with 'named items' things like mugs, dressing gowns ect
They usually go for coppers. There are sometimes wedding stuff with names on not just bride and groom champagne glasses ect
You do wonder if they were ordered and with a change of heart returned.:o
My son is a passionate lifelong Newcastle United fan
I once found a Sunderland football shirt in a charity shop with a name on the back who he hated
I wrapped it up as a joke birthday gift for him...didn't go down well
I really bought it for the bonfire guy i used to make every year for the street we lived in. So that's where it went the following week!

DawnW

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

When I got married in 1986 we were given several presents of towels. My mum advised me to use some and keep some back, as she said otherwise they'd all wear out at the same time. I think I may have taken the unused ones with me in 1992 when I became single again. Guess what, they're still going strong! I have just Kondoed my school swimming towel, still with name tag ... I last did compulsory PE in 1977!

I still have some towels from the 1970s when my two older children were small. DD1 recognised one instantly the other day when she visited, though it is only used for the dog now :rotfl: Some wedding present ones (circa 1972), along with some more recent ones which were not nearly such good quality, though still dating from the 1990s, were kondoed to the recycling a few weeks ago. No named ones though!

jinny

I've just cut some newer towels up for 'cloths' the new ones always seem to get a big hole in the middle
Will be doing my monthly kitchen big blitz (it's zone1 - the kitchen week)today
So will have plenty and with thanks to kondoing there's less to blitz.

iQueen

Igamogam wrote: »

Still have not found The Important Piece of Paper:( Have applied for replacement but will keep looking as it is really bugging me:mad:

You could try this: if you were putting that document away today (with your pre-kondo head on!) where would you think might be a 'safe' place? Or, if like me, you used just shove things in a pile, can you remember the year you might have stashed it, and find the pile/s from that date? :think:

GreyQueen wrote: »

The towel called GARY causes me endless idle speculation. Was there once a towel-weaver who specialised in making personalised towels? Were they done to order, or did the manufacturer just do a selection of the most popular names of the era? The towel is royal blue and white, with the name woven in contrast right down the middle. Did they do a pink version with female names on it? How did GARY get chucked out to the jumbly/ bootsale/ chazzer where Mum would've bought it? Was it some irate g/f or divorcing missus chucking a reminder of an irritating RL Gary?

It might have been Gary Lineker's! He could have had it made, or received it (and other crud gifts) along with the rest of the team! Then, you could send it to Sotheby's! :rotfl: