So here at the fly shop we get to see all kinds of interesting and pretty things beyond rods and reels and the kids really love it when the boxes of new stuff come in. They can see the inventory before it goes on the shelves. The fly tying stuff is the best, with its brightly-colored spools of thread, yarn and feathers.
The fly tying area is, in effect, the craft area for the guys (but don't call it that). Instead of scrap booking materials we have vices, thread, tools, feathers and um, a very small amount of animal fur - rabbit to be specific.
While all the fishing we do is catch and release and the flies we use are artificial, we do use real materials - like feathers - in the construction of the flies. Most of these materials are foraged, or are by-products of other commercial activities. Rarely is something ever killed in the name of fly fishing.
Yesterday Juju was in the store, "helping" the staff unpack a box of fly-tying materials when one of the staff members, Ange, decided to play a joke on her. She picked up a rabbit skin and put it in front of her face "Look, Juju! I'm two faced!"
Juju was very confused and her face showed it. She held out her hands to receive the rabbit skin, which, since it was a face, came complete with ears and whiskers. The fact that it didn't have eyes made it even more freaky, if you can imagine that. With eyes it almost could have been some kind of weird, pre-stuffed animal (we've been to Build-a-Bear, we know that some animals need stuffing). But there were no eyes.
Juju looked at the face, then looked at Ange, then back to the face. Finally, she spoke, and with all the disgusted, outraged bewilderment her six-year old voice could muster, she said "Who ARE you people?"
Indeed.
P.s., Thanks for the title Austin! ;-)
[this is good] How insightful that daughter of yours is! Great post.
Posted by: The K Spot | 05/21/2009 at 03:07 PM
[this is good] Oh, this cracked me up so bad my husband looked at me and made strange noises so I had to read the entire post to him and show him the unbunny fuz! Priceless!
Posted by: Artzy Lady | 05/21/2009 at 05:34 PM
[this is good] Elmer Fudd rules
Posted by: Dan Culhane | 05/22/2009 at 08:14 AM
She is so precious!
My sentiments exactly, Juju.
Posted by: Mei'er | 05/22/2009 at 03:02 PM
lol... she cute... so smart...
candy
Posted by: Candy Sparks | 05/24/2009 at 09:31 AM
[this is good] That girl is hilarious. I think "Who ARE you people?" would be a killer t-shirt, sell millions. Why not have some made on zazzle and sell 'em in the shop?
Posted by: Austin1234 | 05/25/2009 at 09:33 AM