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-How to Tie a Victorian Cravat quote: "Step 8 - Pull the loose ends tighter, but leave them a bit loose to leave some form to the knot. If you pull the ends too tight, the knot will be unattractively small. If you like this look, adjust the tie against your collar and leave it untucked from your vest."-

Let's see, what I remember of my dream last night involved a doctor, and that's about all I can recall.

I think toymakers could make a lot of cash if they took the sharp metal end off of measuring tapes (and possibly the measurements too?) and sold the result. Hearken back to your childhood days... did you not at least once seize an extendable measuring tape, pull it out all the way to the end (with the locking button engaged), then release the lock? CHHHHHIIIISNICKKKKK!!! Depending on the model, the tape would be sucked back in at a rapid rate, perhaps spinning the case around at the end, if it was the bigger, stiffer sort, or vibrating ever more rapidly -- buzzing like some robo-insect's berserker antennae -- as it disappeared into the bowels of the case, if it was the smaller, whippier kind.

And invariably, your parents would have a near heart failure whenever you did it, citing fears mostly that the sharp metal end would hit you at high speeds.

Well, just last night I got to playing around with one of those (it was of the smaller breed), sans the parent commentary, of course. It was still disproportionately fun, even though the pulling out process at the beginning can be tedious (but, on reflection, a lack of it would make the resulting fun less enjoyable).

Reality check. And don't get hit by the metal thing.