Thursday, May 28, 2009

"The house smelled of dusty carpets"



"The house smelled of dusty carpets" - In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin

8 comments:

PJ said...

all mothers
undergo
the binky test
some pass
and some fail

AB said...

A child lost his dummy on a walk in the woods -- a habit was broken, another step in life was taken.

Shaun said...

Growing up... pretty much AB's comment...

Sean said...

Looking again I think it looks pretty sad...

Julie said...

If the truth be known it was lost mid-need ... and the child had to go cold turkey.

Or is could simply be a dummy spit ...

That is the chicken said...

Oh...it's a soother! It took me a long time to see it because I thought it was some kind iof butterfly chrysalis!

Paula said...

Interesting, all the different names for the same thing.

Martina said...

PJ, the German word is "Schnuller" - no etymology for that.

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