Friday, December 2, 2016

Tinsel and Error

Girl prepares a catapult: Tinsel  Brother: Tinsel  Girl: Ready, aim, Fire  The tinsel lands in a lump on the Christmas Tree  Dad: I could have told you it wouldn't work  Girl: It just needs to be evened out  Do we have another box of tinsel
 
It turns out that the word "tinsel" specifically means the shiny strands attached to a string as a garland (you know, the kind that looks like a feather boa).  The individual strands are called "lametta."  And there's probably almost two people in the country that actually care. 

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