Re: [MMM] souvenirs from the netherworlds

Dano,

Whint(s) are nails. Ya'sure ya'betcha. I think it has shaker/ old dutch
roots as far as the etymology goes.

Isn't it great how sometimes, dreams hit the whint on the head?

GZ

"D.Stearns" wrote:

> This morning the alarm clock woke me up from a particularly vivid, if
> rather mundane, dream, and for whatever reason I was able to take the
> ensuing dialog right into my freshly jarred awake state. As it turned
> out, it was one of those rare moments when you hit existential
> paydirt; when you get to bring home a souvenir from the netherworld!
>
> Anybody know what a "whint" or a "wint" is?
>
> Sometime before the alarm went off, I had carelessly climbed over a
> fence at my grandmother's farm trampling down some electric fence wire
> and stuff in the process. This in turn promptly segued into me trying
> to fix a light on the porch of the house which I'd also broke climbing
> the fence--ah, who needs the niceties of linear and logical narratives
> anyway!
>
> I asked my grandmother if she happened to have any small nails,
> something like a 6d or so, and she said, "you need a whint", and then
> the alarm told me that it was 5:45 AM. So I groggily trudged in the
> direction of its incessant nag with the dream lagging about, still
> fresh for the taking.
>
> I've had a lot of dreams that have given me oddball knickknacks like
> super bizarre number formulas and specific musics that I've never
> heard before, but I can seldom bring anything back intact. Once awake,
> the dissipation rate is astonishing. Its speed and efficiency never
> fail to surprise me.
>
> So while a whint (or a wint) may seem a rather underwhelming trifle in
> the cocksure sobriety of the ambulatory state, it's been my experience
> that the netherworld is pretty stingy when it comes to sharing
> specifics with the waking world.
>
> So, what's a whint? Well, it seemed to be some name for a nail, and it
> seemed no more odd at the time than just that either. However, it was
> my grandmother, someone I share many profound affinities with, and she
> didn't say a nail--she said a whint, so I'll take my chances and
> assume she didn't mean a nail... Oh what a curious marvel the
> slumbering mind is, and what far-flung corners of nowhere I can find
> myself in!
>
> --Dan Stearns
>
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