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[thescot]

The poof ball is there for a reason... Along with our flashy garters and skirts, the poof ball is there to help us pick a fight.

"Ye makin fun of me wee pom pom there laddie?"

Dread, you'll never do! I laughed right out loud on that one.

In fact, it was the end of the knitting, wasn't it? They just kind of gathered up the end of the stuff and tied it into t ball or something like that.

[Woodsheal]

In fact, it was the end of the knitting, wasn't it? They just kind of gathered up the end of the stuff and tied it into t ball or something like that.

Right! On the earliest bonnets the ends of the knitting were gathered into a little tuft on top:
http://www.qualitycaps.co.uk/pages/p...ails.asp?ID=38

The full-blown pompom was later development....

[Frog]

Dreadbelly, you naughty boy! Didn't you give up brawling with those whose opinion does not matter? Sorry, I shouldn't chide you, but I near lost my patience recently... and it is fun when you make them squeal, the way I remember it...

Frog

[Dreadbelly]

I have become a pacifist, correct.

I was merely making a joke.

[AllenJ]

Thanks for all the input!