The man of the house left it outside the house every time he came home so the little woman would know he was home and she would remember to go through the little door and bow to him and then tell him to delete that blog post he just published.
The man of the house would make a notch in the stick every day he went Laser sailing so he could work out how close he was to going sailing 100 days in one year?
I can't remember which way around it is, but it's something like - one stick means that you're at home - two sticks means you're out, but not far away - three sticks is an open invitation to burglars, you're a long way away from home
That is for poking the snakes out of the tunnel when you end up on the wrong side of the barb wire fence. Don't worry as much about the snakes as the mine fields. Then you can launch your boat.
It looks like a pointed stake - so that could mean it is for taking care of invading vampires, or possibly to lock a gate or maybe as a stake for tying up animals.
Is that a Korean outhouse (sans the door with moon in it) and the stick is to make sure there are no nasty critters - such as rats - in lurking in the hay?
The man of the house left it outside the house every time he came home so the little woman would know he was home and she would remember to go through the little door and bow to him and then tell him to delete that blog post he just published.
ReplyDeleteNo. They didn't have blogs back then.
DeleteReally? How did they manage to survive without blogs?
ReplyDeleteThey used sticks.
DeleteThe man of the house would make a notch in the stick every day he went Laser sailing so he could work out how close he was to going sailing 100 days in one year?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so - this village was too far away from the navigable water.
DeleteIn those days, just as now, you never left your tiller on the boat.
ReplyDeleteGood guess, but no.
DeleteI can't remember which way around it is, but it's something like
ReplyDelete- one stick means that you're at home
- two sticks means you're out, but not far away
- three sticks is an open invitation to burglars, you're a long way away from home
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Hmmm, perhaps. But this stick has a very special purpose for protecting the entire family.
DeleteStabbing the dragon that lurks in the rocks.
ReplyDeleteGetting very close. But what would you be doing that attracts something?
DeleteThat is for poking the snakes out of the tunnel when you end up on the wrong side of the barb wire fence. Don't worry as much about the snakes as the mine fields. Then you can launch your boat.
ReplyDeleteThankfully, Jeju is an island and is as far from the DMZ as you can get. Besides, there was no barbed wire or mines back then.
DeleteIt looks like a pointed stake - so that could mean it is for taking care of invading vampires, or possibly to lock a gate or maybe as a stake for tying up animals.
ReplyDeleteGetting close with the animals, but what kind? Hint: they served two purposes - one for eating and the other for after eating.
DeleteIs that a Korean outhouse (sans the door with moon in it) and the stick is to make sure there are no nasty critters - such as rats - in lurking in the hay?
DeleteYes it is... but the critters were there for a purpose.
DeleteHumans eat pigs. Pigs eat poop. Pigs live near the outhouse. Stick is to fend off the pigs from trying to eat your poop right out of your butt.
DeleteCorrect! The pig lived under the house and its sole purpose was being a part of the recycling process. Quite brilliant, don't you think?
DeleteEuuuuuuugghhhhh!
ReplyDeleteI love that stick. That stick is really cool. That stick wants President Obama to call it.
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