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The scripted question of all fabric store clerks has been a topic of discussion on one of my costume lists this week. Best answer was along the lines of "I'm going to take it home and roll on it so the cats know it's MINE" :P

A recent study indicated that fabric gives off certain Pheromones that actually hypnotize women and cause them to purchase unreasonable amounts. When stored in large quantities in enclosed spaces, the Pheromones (in the fabric) cause memory loss and induce the nesting syndrome (similar to the one squirrels have before the onset of winter I.e. storing food), therefore perpetuating their species, and not having a population loss due to their kind being cut into pieces and mixed with others.

Sound tests have also revealed that these fabrics emit a very high-pitched sound, heard only by a select few, a breed of women known as "quilters". When played backwards on an LP, the sounds are heard as chants, "buy me, cut me, and sew me". In order to overcome the so called "feeding frenzy effect" that these fabrics cause, one must wear a face mask when entering a storage facility and use ear plugs to avoid being pulled into their grip. (One must laugh, however, at the sight of customers in a fabric store, with WW2 army gas masks and headphones!).

Studies have also in dictated that aliens have inhabited the earth, helping to spread the effects that these fabrics have on the human population. They
are called FABRIC STORE CLERKS. It's also been experienced that these same Pheromones cause a pathological need to hide these fabric purchases when
taken home (or at least blend them into the existing stash), and when asked by significant other if the fabric is new, the reply is "I've had it for awhile."

Written by Kathy Smith

Luckily (or not), for me, I tend to hoard patterns.

Date: 2006-06-10 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com
I usually tell them I'm in a re-enactment group and do 16th century quilts, then launch into the 30 second elevator speech on pre-1700 quilting. They learn something, I get to be my usual hammy self, and the clerk gets something beyond "a Halloween costume for my cat." Besides, the biggest local fabric store already knows all about me and *expects* the weirdness.....

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