Comments on: Tull, Cloth, Eel

By: ella.blou

ella.blou — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:35:37 +0000

A bunch of Afrikaners in South Africa calls it “Vleisbroek” (with your Flemish background you might figure it out). It literally means “Meat pants”, but somehow it became general to call FB that due to the fact that the sounds are similar.

By: Outa_Spaceman

Outa_Spaceman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:49:17 +0000

Facecloth..?
Corner of a hankie covered in mumspit helped give me the cherubic complexion I still retain to this day…

O.S.M.

By: Mike Jennings (Exiled to a pompous land)

Mike Jennings (Exiled to a pompous land) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:59:47 +0000

It was always a facecloth with my family, Yorkshire born and bred. A flannel was something for soft southerners.

By: Gaw

Gaw — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:29:17 +0000

I wonder whether eels are very reciprocal? Can one build a relationship of mutual trust and affection? I fear not.

By: Pansy Cradledew

Pansy Cradledew — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:42:02 +0000

I believe ‘face cloth’ is in common use in the UK. I suspect ‘Peaches’ is not…