[Jewelry making - Article 00896] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Keiserens nye Kleder

[Benjamin Mark]

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    ...by Hans Christian Anderson. Translated into English from Danish
    it reads: The Emperor's New Clothes. Dear old Hans ... he told the
    story of an emperor who was duped by his clothiers into thinking he
    was buying new clothes and ended up walking the streets of his
    kingdom in his skivvies.

    Original story... eh wot? Or was it? One can never beat a tantalizing
    "or was it?"... can one? 

    Let us hark back why don't we. Shall we say the 14th century B.C.?
    Let us walk the streets of Ancient Egypt. Down the back alleys where
    the local tailors worked in mini-pyramid homes... toiling away with
    gold threads. Yes... that's right... they made clothes of gold back
    then. For the elite of course. And you want to talk about sheer.
    Why... some of those golden threads were see-throughs. Very fine
    gold linen dear souls... as sheer as modern day nylon stockings.
    Quite fashionable in those days. Worn by both men and women. So sheer
    one could clearly see their Fruit-of-the-Looms... or... if they were
    not wearing any that particular day... well... one could see what
    they were not wearing too. 

    Look! The emperor isn't wearing any clothes. Not so dear lad. He is
    wearing clothes... made of gold no less... so thin one can barely see
    the material. I digress. You think Hans Christian Anderson had it
    wrong in his tale? 

    And then there's Selket... a scorpion goddess... destined to wear one
    of these dresses... as a statue of her was made of gilded wood
    representing her in her revealing finery as she graced the tomb of
    Tutankhamen... leaving our teen-aged pharaoh to enjoy the view of
    this hot semi-nudie for all eternity... even to this day I imagine. 

    And you thought gold was only for jewelry... right? Nay nay sweet
    boids of yute. Gold is also for clothes. See through clothes. The
    best kind. I tend to think there are certain traditions that should
    have been upheld. Stand up you jewelers of the world. Stand up, I
    say. And make some golden see-through dresses. The women of the world
    are waiting. Maybe the men too. 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Current Tidbits... and then click on it in order to view image of a
    statue of Selket in all her see-through golden glory. 

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com
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