I don’t know who or when or how someone decided that lanyard should be called “gimp,” but that is what I grew up calling it at summer camp. Thirty years later, Five attends the same day camp and calls it “Gimp” too.
Overheard at my house in the past week:
“Can someone untie my gimp”
“TwoPointFive, get my gimp off of your peenuss!”
“My gimp is all twisted I HATE MY GIMP!”
“Don’t touch my gimp.”
“I’m going to get a new gimp each day!”
“Mommy knows how to do gimps”
“Wait! I forgot my gimp! It’s in my room”
“I have a gimp friend on the bus’
You get the picture. And if Pulp Fiction images aren’t already going through your mind, imagine my shock when Five and Twopointfive walked past me, completely nude, and tied together with Mardi gras beads. It was all an innocent part of their donut-hole search and recovery mission.
I shudder to think of the key word searches this post will generate.
My gimp is boggling! Hilarious post, although I do worry a bit about where all those donut holes go to.. .perhaps they join missing socks in space!
Whistlin’?
but Googling as well to see if I land back here. I’m so gonna let you know…
xando!
And for your viewing pleasure, here it is:
MBR: MBR Bookwatch, June 2005
It includes the very basics of using GIMP, the powerful image editing …… The victim not only had his penis removed, but possessed an interesting Visa that …… Vince if he falls through the donut hole back to the “easy” life. …… by assassinating the President when he comes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. …
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/jun_05.htm – Cached – Similar –
Love the image of your kids tied together with mardi gras beads, in their birthday suits, searching for donut holes. LOL!!!
Ah, GIMP. I had a gimp keychain that my daughter made me with square beads that read MOM (or WOW). It finally broke off not long ago and I lost it. I wonder if she’ll make me another one?
No one can bring the gimp like you, Rant’s, no one…
Peace – Rene
Toddlers are perfectly capable of turning ANY conversation into something x-rated. We give them too little credit.
The image of naked children is pretty commonplace – but adding some mardi gras beads really kicks it up a notch!
Gimp has been quite prevalent in our home as well. Some kind of virus…or so it seems when I get stuck trying to figure it out. My talent stops at lazy daisy. Thanks for the very sweet comments the other day!
My poor internal retinas are now irreparably damaged.
I called the lacing stuff…lacing…with which we produced lanyards, although the first time I ran across it was in my early teens…deprived childhood, me.
The Mardi Gras Bead Donut Hole search party is priceless…
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
“completely nude” and “donut hole search” should not be combined into one paragraph.
I’ve never heard it called a gimp before, but my how much funnier it makes the conversations sound!
I clicked on the link expecting something so different, I feel like I may have clicked on the wrong one?
I’ve never heard them called gimps. In Florida, we call them “time suck so the counselors can stand outside and smoke”. Never brought one home either. We used the same materials over and over. Looking back, that is a pretty sad representation of my childhood.
i am equal parts disturbed and intrigued. oh girl, this is what keeps me coming back for more!
Gimp is way cool.
Oh, gross. Now I AM going to have that Pulp Fiction scene in my head.
What’s all this about donuts?
After my dad died I found a piece of gimp I made at summer camp. So I kept it. Is SO a craft.
Ah, the delights of “family language,” that outsiders are free (and generally quite ready) to misinterpret.
So cute and funny.
Where are the pictures!? LOL!
I’m from Upstate NY. We always called it Boondoggle. Just thinking about it again makes me want to make a keychain and drink some orangeade!
Could you please start my gimp creation? I forget how to do that.
A gimp? Never heard that term before. And I never mastered the art of lanyard making either. I was a camp slacker.
xo
I am laughing out loud. Thank you for that.
That’s hilarious!
i thought a gimp was a person with a limp.
Little did i know!
I’m with Janie…I thought it was a person with a gammy leg??
See how whistlin’ comes in handy?
Australia is cold. I wanna go home….
What the hell is GIMP anyway????
I now know what it’s like to snort coffee through your nose when you laugh. Thanks for that!
I’ve never heard the term Gimp for lanyard. I think you made this whole thing up. Especially the part about the mardi gras beads and donut holes.
Jeez, Ann, I expect more from you than this. Exploiting innocent lanyards for laughs on a blog. Seriously?
😉
gimp must die. that’s all i’m saying.
I once compared the Gimp to Mr. Noodle from Sesame Street. I honestly can’t even remember why now, I just remember searching for pictures of them both to post in comparison.
I think it had something to do with how much I loathe and despise and wish terrible things on Elmo.
GOD I have issues.
Almost makes my p*ssy post seem tame;)
Gimps alive! Naked with mardi gras beads? Why wasn’t I invited?
Only you could combine gimps and toddlers for a hilarious blog post. I’m clapping and laughing.