The Mysterious Package

[Squeamous]

Man, I thought someone'd send you some handkerchiefs so you wouldn't have to blow your nose all over the place.

[IdolEyes787]

Maple syrup isn't cheap.There is quite a process involved in making it.
A litre would cost at least as much as a decent California wine.

[Squeamous]

You're not supposed to talk about cost in relation to gifts! Manners Timothy!

[Skiz]

Man, I thought someone'd send you some handkerchiefs so you wouldn't have to blow your nose all over the place.

A hanky. A piece of cloth to which one blows his nose in, and then places back in ones pocket. Yes, yes... that's absolutely sanitary.

[Guillaume]

Man, I thought someone'd send you some handkerchiefs so you wouldn't have to blow your nose all over the place.

A hanky. A piece of cloth to which one blows his nose in, and then places back in ones pocket. Yes, yes... that's absolutely sanitary.

They have their limitations, but the point of them is you keep your germs to yourself. Or use a tissue and bin it as some wise woman said once.

[Squeamous]

Gentlemen. You do realise this is the gayest ongoing debate ever?

[Skiz]

The point of a johnny blow is to keep the germs away from me, which is exactly where I want them. And on the ground off in the grass someplace, they're unlikely to spread.

Keeping your germs to yourself is silly. The point in the hanky is to provide something to blow into in the event you need one forthwith. (sneeze attack, etc.) Etiquette and whatnot.

[Skiz]

Gentlemen. You do realise this is the gayest ongoing debate ever?

He started it.

[Squeamous]

See it's comments like yours Skizo that remind me why I hate seeing people putting their feet all over the seats on public transport, and why it enrages me when people come into my home and don't take their shoes off.

[Guillaume]

Gentlemen. You do realise this is the gayest ongoing debate ever?

Actually, the old "taffetas vs silk" issue hasn't been settled yet.