Most of you who know me have seen me out on the town wearing my foxfur stole, white pants and leather boots with foxfur cuffs. What nobody knows is that I have a matching foxfur muff to go with the outfit. I never took along the muff because the satin lining is in tatters and there is an unsightly cheese-whiz stain in the fur. Imagine my delight when I found the Muff Doctor! I thought he would be like the Furniture Doctor in Carrboro, NC, and that he would be able to fix my muff good as new. I was looking forward to bringing the muff to a football game to keep my hands warm on some chilly autumn night, perhaps the Mississippi State/Arkansas game on November 18th. That’s gonna be a good one! There will definitely be some head-crackin’ at that one! Imagine my disappointment when the Muff Doctor, a 250 pound greasy gentleman with a very hairy neck and a cigar stub in his mouth, simply looked at my muff, shook his head and walked away. At first I thought that my muff was simply beyond repair. Then I realised, upon looking around the Muff Doctor’s facility, that he didn’t actually repair muffs at all! Or maybe there is some other kind of muff. Maybe the word muff means more than one thing. So when I got home I looked it up in the dictionary. Oh my goodness! I didn’t know it meant that! Oh I am so embarassed…
2 comments:
Try some cider vinegar on the cheese-whiz stain....
As for the tattered lining, I've found that a Folgers coffee can (with both the top and the bottom removed, of course), makes a handy muff insert. Not much in the way of insulation, but it keeps the shape nice and tubular.
Thanks for the tip, K. G., tubularity is a quality I am always working towards in this particular area.
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