I Hope My Spouse Doesn’t Sell My Stuff for What I Told Them I Paid for It

After our conversation about knitters’ slang, including the term stash, meaning “a supply of yarn not currently in use,” a Texas listener shares the message she saw on a sign at her local crafts shop: I hope my husband doesn’t sell my stash for what I TOLD him I paid for it! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “I Hope My Spouse Doesn’t Sell My Stuff for What I Told Them I Paid for It”

A while back we talked about knitting slang in terms like stash, which is your supply of yarn that’s sitting there waiting to be knitted.

And that prompted an email from Jill Wiggins in Kerrville, Texas. She said that conversation reminded her of a sign in her local craft shop, which read, “I hope my husband doesn’t sell my stash for what I told him I paid for it.”

I love that because there are similar signs in fishing shops and in the shops where they sell tools for mechanics.

Oh, is that right?

Yes, exactly.

I guess I don’t shop there.

I hope my wife doesn’t sell my tools for what I told her I paid for them.

Oh.

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