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Real straw? Do they sell straw whisks too?

Horsey girls – know the type…sigh.

Oh, never mind that MrsD!, you’re my one true love!

Over here we have to label them . .

https://me.me/i/ew-e-deluxe-broom-100-natug-fib-not-suitable-for-21461125

Once, at a Home Depot, my wife mentioned that she needed a new broom. Apparently “Forgot where you parked the old one?” was not the correct response.

Seems like you are well on your way to being a native using the word “chuffed”. This is only the second time I have heard that word in use.

I miss corn brooms. The newfangled plastic fiber brooms aren’t worth a plug nickle. For whatever reason, some genius thought frizzing the ends of the plastic fibers would be great at catching dust bunnies – and they are, but I spend as much time physically pulling the damned things off as I do sweeping.

Brooms….
Our foyer tends to constantly collect oak leaves because: oak tree. Out shopping last fall, I came across a classic “bundle of twigs” small broom; the selling point being the the twigs were from cinnamon trees (or bushes)? In any case the brooms had a nice cinnamon scent, were small and interesting and seemed just the thing to keep at our entrance to give the leaves a quick whisk out of sight. So, I bought one.

I put it in the foyer and forgot about it until I noticed some leaves to be swept and couldn’t find it. Eventually it turned up in the garage. Okay. I put it back. When this happened a third time, I asked Mrs Vegetable (who is Japanese) about what the heck was happening. I was told I was being very rude.

It seems that, in Japanese folklore and custom, having a broom at the entrance to your home somehow says that you want your visitors to leave quickly. Why? Apparently it just does. By the way the broom somehow accidentally got mixed in with the trash and is gone.

For years I thought “besom” was just an old-fashioned version of the word that describes a woman’s chestal area.

Some Veg, I like the Japanese people I’ve met, and so I’ll avoid putting a broom next to my door. If Americans subscribed to the same item of folklore, though, I’d rush right out and get one to install there. There aren’t many strangers I’d welcome into my home nowadays, and even friends, well, it’s nice when they come over but even nicer when they leave.

I always rely on my sister to buy me “real” corn brooms (she lives in PA, I live in VA). She said they’re made by blind folks and sold through the local Lions’ Club.

I did a search and found tons of results, like this one: http://bit.ly/2ULY0fm

And now – off to scour the internet because corn brooms ain’t made from what non-farming Americans think of as ‘corn’.

(did you miss me while I was gone?)

It’s Sorghum!
Sorghum vulgare, or S. bicolor variety technicum.

And as a bonus, why it’s believed broomcorn brooms are better at doing their jobs then those aforementioned newfangled plastic fiber brooms (You kids! Get the hell off my lawn!)

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Broom.html

Gotta love this place, it often causes me ask questions that I wouldn’t otherwise ask because it’s stuff I take for granted that I know

….when it turns out I really DON’T.

I think the real important point of this story has not yet been highlighted. Stoaty moved from Rhoad Island USA to darkest England UK and brought a broom with her. AND it tried to kill her beloved.

Good point Pupster.

And you know, Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams because he couldn’t get along with the Pilgrims and the way they ran Plymouth Colony.

And the Pilgrims wanted to burn witches.

So Williams probably didn’t want to burn witches.

So witch brooms could still be coming from Rhode Island!

And Stoaty brought a broom, from Rhode Island, which tried to harm Uncle B!

PROOF TRUMP COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA!

oh, wait,
heh, sorry, wrong witch hunt.