tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post110974573521523430..comments2024-02-20T08:24:41.908+00:00Comments on PEAS ON TOAST: random conversationPeas on Toasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109822307763472312005-03-03T03:58:00.000+00:002005-03-03T03:58:00.000+00:00Figures it was one of we Americansw to invent some...Figures it was one of we Americansw to invent something as weird as that...Nettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538731676596907998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109796416932608262005-03-02T20:46:00.000+00:002005-03-02T20:46:00.000+00:00Oops. It was an American in Africa. I should hav...Oops. It was an American in Africa. I should have read the entire thing first. It was us stupid Yanks after all.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109793341834216882005-03-02T19:55:00.000+00:002005-03-02T19:55:00.000+00:00Let me try again.
http://invention.smithsonian.or...Let me try again.<br /><br />http://invention.smithsonian.org/<br />centerpieces/ilives/annmoore/<br />annmoore.htmlEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109793296260716942005-03-02T19:54:00.000+00:002005-03-02T19:54:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109792872277050062005-03-02T19:47:00.000+00:002005-03-02T19:47:00.000+00:00Ironically enough, the fanny pack turns out to be ...Ironically enough, the fanny pack turns out to be invented by an African. The article is pretty long so I posted the link as well as an excerpt. Read on:<br /><br />When Ann Moore was a Peace Corps nurse in Togo, West Africa, in the 1960s, she was intrigued by the way African mothers carried their babies in fabric slings tied to their backs. "The babies were so calm because they felt secure and close to their mothers," says Moore. "So when I came home and had my first baby, I wanted so much to carry my daughter the way I had seen the African babies being carried."<br /><br />Moore's experience in Africa was the first step in a journey that led her to invent the original soft baby carrier--the SnugliĀ®--as well as other kinds of specialized carrying cases......<br /><br />In 1986, at the request of a respiratory therapist, Ann began designing backpacks and fanny packs for carrying liquid oxygen cylinders. The packs feature mesh and air holes to safely carry the cylinders, which contain highly-flammable liquid. The packs make it possible for oxygen-dependent people to carry their oxygen more easily--and thus allow them to walk, hike, garden, and live much more active lives. <br /><br />http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/annmoore/annmoore.htmlEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109784193084745992005-03-02T17:23:00.000+00:002005-03-02T17:23:00.000+00:00Well that's interesting news. You just never know...Well that's interesting news. You just never know what you are saying!Robin Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606232248535733243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109774927268448122005-03-02T14:48:00.000+00:002005-03-02T14:48:00.000+00:00I was always quite disturbed at the mention of a f...I was always quite disturbed at the mention of a fanny pack when I was in the US. So I got myself a 'Triple 5 Soul' butt bag and made sure everyone knew that that is what it was called. he he.lolabytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240506360964196601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109772508470402202005-03-02T14:08:00.000+00:002005-03-02T14:08:00.000+00:00Yip, our fanny is the equivalent of the American f...Yip, our fanny is the equivalent of the American female genitalia. We find this quite halarious. "Butt pack" or "Ass Pack" is what we call an, erm, [giggle] fanny pack. And why, why do you not find a cup of Earl Grey as delicious as we do???? Honestly, you're completely missing out mate!Peas on Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349482085062035903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10009339.post-1109771865240174162005-03-02T13:57:00.000+00:002005-03-02T13:57:00.000+00:00I did not understand what was so nasty about calli...I did not understand what was so nasty about calling it a 'fanny' pack until I tried to google and see who really invented it. Didn't find the answer but I did discover what those Brits refer to when they say 'fanny'. Maybe the American use of 'fanny' is an unconscious way of slamming our former rulers before we roughed them up for trying to tax our tea, which we subsequently don't drink anymore.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com