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>We had no idea they were named, NightMist. That's valuable information.
>We'll be having a 5 year-old guest in October and I was thinking I needed to
>teach her that as well as how to hold a piece of waxed paper over a small
>comb and produce some music. Haven't played combs in a very long time. Do
>you remember how that's done? Polly
>"NightMist" <wrote> This brings some Scientific Terms into question.
>> See I always thought that the Official Technical Term for the
>> cardboard roll inside of a TP or paper towel roll was "Der-Der".
>> Because you take them and rubberband waxed paper over the end and
>> march around the house going der der der into the open end. As a side
>> note this is best done in the company of a five year old who has their
>> own der der.
>> However if you are going ah-ROooooo into the end of your der-der, the
>> possibility of regional variances in technical terms arises. Which
>> would mean it is not an Official Technical Term, but rather an
>> Informal Technical Term. It also means we might put together a
>> positively scary Official RCTQ Der-Der Band.
>> So what do they call der-ders in Mississippi?
>>>Oh my goodness, yes. Empty paper towel tubes (and others) make just
>>>wonderful music for QI amusement. Not unlike a junior high kid learning
>>>the
>>>tuba. You'll sound like an old Viking movie with a few deep
>>>'ah-ROooooos'
>>>and the pups are quite entertained + the tube is okay for tossing and
>>>shredding. Polly
>>>"Kate in MI" <wrote> Mourning moose... never heard that before. But my 2
>>>pooches sure come
>>>> running if they hear me replacing the paper towels! (I have to unscrew a
>>>> knob from the top of my countertop vertical holder.)
>>>> I've never done the call -- will have to try it next time!
>>>> "Polly Esther" <wrote> I've tried the wonderful refrigerator cookie
>>>> recipes you gave me. The
>>>>> rolls were kind of going wonky when chilling because the dough was soft
>>>>> and going sort of flat. Well, not 'sort of'. Really, really flat.
>>>>> I searched my cookbooks and found the solution.
>>>>> You take a tube from the inside of a paper towel roll and place your
>>>>> wrapped/rolled cookie dough in it to chill and the dough will be mostly
>>>>> round instead of flat on one side.
>>>>> Reasonable idea but there was not one single almost empty paper
>>>>> towel
>>>>> roll in the house. Not one.
>>>>> Bright idea! I went to the bin where I keep gift wrap and stole a
>>>>> cardboard tube from a nearly finished bit of Happy Birthday wrap. Cut
>>>>> it
>>>>> in useful lengths and slipped the wrapped rolls of cookie dough inside.
>>>>> Viola Voila
>>>>> This works fine unless you have a pup who thinks that empty
>>>>> cardboard
>>>>> tubes are for Happy Hour. I had to go get one more, do the mourning
>>>>> moose call and toss it for him to destroy. Priceless. Polly
>> --
>> Legolas is my house elf

> This brings some Scientific Terms into question.
> See I always thought that the Official Technical Term for the
> cardboard roll inside of a TP or paper towel roll was "Der-Der".
> Because you take them and rubberband waxed paper over the end and
> march around the house going der der der into the open end. As a side
> note this is best done in the company of a five year old who has their
> own der der.
> However if you are going ah-ROooooo into the end of your der-der, the
> possibility of regional variances in technical terms arises. Which
> would mean it is not an Official Technical Term, but rather an
> Informal Technical Term. It also means we might put together a
> positively scary Official RCTQ Der-Der Band.
>
> So what do they call der-ders in Mississippi?
>
> NightMist
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:57:04 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>
>> Oh my goodness, yes. Empty paper towel tubes (and others) make just
>> wonderful music for QI amusement. Not unlike a junior high kid learning the
>> tuba. You'll sound like an old Viking movie with a few deep 'ah-ROooooos'
>> and the pups are quite entertained + the tube is okay for tossing and
>> shredding. Polly
>> "Kate in MI" <wrote> Mourning moose... never heard that before. But my 2
>> pooches sure come
>>> running if they hear me replacing the paper towels! (I have to unscrew a
>>> knob from the top of my countertop vertical holder.)
>>> I've never done the call -- will have to try it next time!
>>> "Polly Esther" <wrote> I've tried the wonderful refrigerator cookie
>>> recipes you gave me. The
>>>> rolls were kind of going wonky when chilling because the dough was soft
>>>> and going sort of flat. Well, not 'sort of'. Really, really flat.
>>>> I searched my cookbooks and found the solution.
>>>> You take a tube from the inside of a paper towel roll and place your
>>>> wrapped/rolled cookie dough in it to chill and the dough will be mostly
>>>> round instead of flat on one side.
>>>> Reasonable idea but there was not one single almost empty paper towel
>>>> roll in the house. Not one.
>>>> Bright idea! I went to the bin where I keep gift wrap and stole a
>>>> cardboard tube from a nearly finished bit of Happy Birthday wrap. Cut it
>>>> in useful lengths and slipped the wrapped rolls of cookie dough inside.
>>>> Viola Voila
>>>> This works fine unless you have a pup who thinks that empty cardboard
>>>> tubes are for Happy Hour. I had to go get one more, do the mourning
>>>> moose call and toss it for him to destroy. Priceless. Polly
>

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