[Lesley Silvester]

My only response is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4

"with basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes..."

I love that song - used to have the single but lend a pile of records to a friend and that one never came home. 


On the subject of basket weaving, if you want to do it, why not?

[Womble]

Well precisely!  I didn't get where I am today by following fashion trends or worrying what other people think of me. Come to think of it, maybe that's as much curse as blessing.

Anyway, I'm going to give it a go and enjoy it.  I'll post a photo of the results, which should give you all a laugh at least!

Oh, and I HATE that song!  It absolutely freaks me out, and I'm not even kidding!

[doganjo]

Well you're not going to be the only man there!  It's a man who'se teaching us for a start, and Marcus (Tradenots) is also coming, so perhaps Mrs W is rather old fashioned 

[Penninehillbilly]

So who voted Mrs Womble was right?   Mrs Womble?   

[Womble]

No, it was me. It's just more than my life's worth to disagree sometimes! 

[doganjo]

Rubbish, I know Mrs W and she wouldn't deprive you of a learning opportunity 

[bazzais]

I dont really want to get into the basket weaving- but its seems its perfectly acceptable for a lady to say 'thats a mans job, so you do it'

but never acceptable the other way.

which is kinda good but it means half the boys jobs get done and none of the lady jobs.

[Fleecewife]

In our house cleaning the cludgie is most definitely a man's job     

[Womble]

Rubbish, I know Mrs W and she wouldn't deprive you of a learning opportunity 

Precisely! Which is why after fifteen years of marriage I'm still in the process of 'learning' to clean the toilet.

OK, I'll be honest then - I haven't voted at all, so the question is, who did? 

[Womble]

Well, that was a whole heap of fun! 

And doesn't this look like a masculine kind of basket?  A strong, practical and dependable receptacle, ideal for holding manly things like springs, fishing weights or mustache oil perhaps? 

[waterbuffalofarmer]

"So what have we got on this week?" asked Mrs Womble.

"Oh, just the usual juggling three jobs and a smallholding" I replied. "Oh, and I'm going to a basket weaving class on Saturday".

"YOU'RE WHAT???" replied Mrs Womble incredulously, in the tone of voice she usually saves for my most incompetent actions. "You're seriously doing basket weaving?  Basket casing more like!".

Some deeper probing revealed that it wasn't just that she feared I would be awful at it (of course I will - that's half the fun!  ). It was more that in her eyes, signing up for a basket weaving class requiring surrendering all of my remaining Man Points at the door (I think I lost most of them when I learned to spin). I might as well have asked her to slap me on the bottom and call me Shirley.

So, Mrs Womble was distinctly unimpressed, and I was mightily surprised at her attitude.

Are you?

Hmmm tough choice to vote. If my hubby wanted to basket weave or do somit creative who would I be to stand in his way? I would expect the same encouragement and support from him too tho. I wonder what her reaction would have been if you had said pole dancing...
Love the results tho, those baskets are beautiful, well done!!!

[Penninehillbilly]

Is that your work then Womble? in one afternoon?
I'm very impressed !

[SallyintNorth]

That's a fabulous first basket, Womble!  And very manly, if I may say so

[Lesley Silvester]

Very impressed, Womble and I do hope Mrs Womble is too.

[Bionic]

Very nice basket Womble. I made something similar and keep fruit in it. I would love to have another go