Jeudi Journal - Crayons

Well, this week the quote is "I have neither the time or the crayons to explain it to you".  Now I do know that to be grammatically correct this should be "nor the crayons ..." but as it was presented to me by Wendy as "or the" and she had taken it from some polymer stamps I decided I should leave it as "or the".  No time to ring her and ask her what she was going to do I just went ahead with it as was.

Just in case you, dear reader, have never heard of the quote and think it a bit 'strange' it means "you are stupid and I don't have crayons to illustrate/draw what I am saying to you, and even if I did have some crayons I don't have the time to illustrate/draw it".

In my example today I have Great Aunt Mabel with her nephew George.  "Great Aunt Mabel is of the old school, she has never been married, not had many dealings with young people and can be a little intolerant at times.  As her sister Mary always says "our Mabel is a bit cantankerous at the best of times'.  Unfortunately poor George had been sent over to Great Aunt Mabel's to take her some flowers and one or two other bits.  (A little bit like the fairy tale of Red Riding Hood going to see her grandmother but in this case the grandmother, or Great Aunt Mabel, is the wolf.)

Unknown to both George and his mother Great Aunt Mabel is allergic to some flowers.  As soon as Great Aunt Mabel sees the flowers she shouts for poor little George to take them away as she has 'allergic rhinitis'.  Poor George has not a clue what she is on about and thinks she is talking about some animal rather like the rhinoceros he saw in a book of his the other day.  Trembling he asks her what she means and tells her he does not understand.  She goes on to say that 'an allergy is an immune system response to a foreign substance that's not typically harmful and is called an allergen' but when George stammers to her 'I dddon't knnow. wwwhat yyou are ooon abbout' she gets really angry.  That is when she decides he is stupid and she bellows at him 'I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain it to you'

Poor George just stands there and trembles before dashing off, back in the direction of home and his mother's arms, leaving the goodies on the floor.  Great Aunt Mabel has not a clue what has just happened so she picks up the goodies and takes them into her house, closes the door  and pops the kettle on ready to enjoy one of the delicious biscuits she has just had sent.  'Children, why do they not understand these things?' she asks herself."  

In my attempt at tidying/reorganising my craft room  (which, because of my bad back is going to take about six months I think) I found two tins of Distress Ink Stains.  Now how or what I used them for in the past I haven't a clue.  I just tried a couple out on my journal page but don't think I will use them like this again.  Maybe I should watch a "You Tube" video or two to see how to get the best use out of them.  If all else fails I will decant them into spray bottles.

So why, if I am not that 'taken' with these stains am I adding them to Erika's challenge over on Art Journal Journey?  Well, to be honest I do not view them as a bad thing, I view them as part of this reorganising of my craft room that I have decided will take place this year.  Each part I tidy unearths something I did not know I had (like my Pergamano Paints that preceded my love of rubber stamping) and hopefully leads to a much more relaxed and easy use of all the things I have accumulated over the years.  I so enjoy de-cluttering, don't you?