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rolling rock
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 Posted: 11/12/04 - 13:21 Post subject:
my my. where'd that come from 
now, i'll be singing a janet jackson song for the rest of the day. 
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prohemp
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 13:31 Post subject:
My wife calls it runs
I call it a point of entry.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 13:44 Post subject:
It's called a runner or a run. When a rip happens, it has a tendency to continue to rip. The rip is "running." Hence it's a runner.
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mickeyvw98
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 14:02 Post subject:
We always called it a "run". But I hate stockings, only wear them if I really have to.
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 14:21 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | My wife calls it runs
I call it a point of entry. |
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brie k
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 14:27 Post subject:
| mickeyvw98 wrote: | | We always called it a "run". But I hate stockings, only wear them if I really have to. |
I loathe hose, and will be sad when the day comes that I have to wear them again. And that day will come...
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 15:34 Post subject:
I call it a run in my hose. If there is a hole (circular in nature), I call it a hole.
I wear stockings rather than pantyhose.
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akern
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 16:21 Post subject:
I used to wear pantyhose and I called them runs. They also made my feet stink hella-bad.
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Pebbles
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 16:31 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: |
no, but it looks like a ladder, LE, it looks like a ladder. yes indeed.
runs anyone? |
| rolling rock wrote: |
i love visiting the elementary school and seeing 4th and 5th graders in tights or stockings or whatever they are -- some of them are run and laddered so badly, they're only wearing one leg! it's hysterical. |
When my girls were little it was a miracle if they could make it through a day of school with out a run...
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 21:25 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | My wife calls it runs
I call it a point of entry. |
Outstanding!
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Library Chick
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 21:35 Post subject:
Where I come from we called them "runs". I never heard "ladders" until I started reading British novels.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 22:33 Post subject:
| Library Chick wrote: | | Where I come from we called them "runs". I never heard "ladders" until I started reading British novels. |
Whew! Finally! At least you HAVE heard of them!  Do you enjoy British novels? I LOVE THEM, Agatha Christie on down (or up!).
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Library Chick
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Posted: 11/12/04 - 22:51 Post subject:
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Whew! Finally! At least you HAVE heard of them! Do you enjoy British novels? I LOVE THEM, Agatha Christie on down (or up!). |
I love British novels. Mysteries, Chick Lit, Classics, all of them.
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andydp
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Posted: 11/15/04 - 08:58 Post subject: Re: Stockings
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | What do you call it when they rip?
Someone who shall remain nameless just laughed her fool head off at me because I said "ladder". Doesn't everyone call them ladders?? |
I've always heard them referred to as "runs".
When I lived in Italy in the 50's I vividly remember going into the local dry cleaner. In there, at a very specialized machine, was a lady who actually repaired women's stockings (hose). Don't ask me how it worked but she I did watch as she repaired a stocking. Very interesting. Remember, this was less that 10 years after WW2 and items such as silk or nylon stockinbgs were still expensive.
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genie
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Posted: 11/15/04 - 09:02 Post subject:
Nope, runners here too. I think the ladder is definitely a British term.
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