Curtains

Curtains have been around since the Roman times, they were originally called toga's as the Romans wore them, at night when they fancied intercourse or an orgy they removed the togas and placed them over the windows to gain some privacy.

During the Edwardian and Victorian eras curtains were made from silk and other expensive materials, these days they are made from cheap synthetic material often the byproduct of Spaghetti and envelope factories.

They became fashionable during the Blitz in London and the colour choice was black, this is so they could watch TV without the German bombers seeing them and dropping a few bombs on them, this is where the American term “Cuytons” meaning death originates from.

The International Space Station has curtains made from gold and platinum as they had the money to do so, but the initial design and budget called for cardboard. Why they even need curtains is a mystery.

Most people use curtains at night, this is silly as it's dark outside; curtains should be used during the day when they are more effective.

In Ireland Curtains were used as a food source during the potato famine, The Slainte Museum in Cork City shows wonderful photos of families gathered at the table for a Sunday meal of pure cotton curtains, a practice still carried out the day after St.Patricks day.

The term “Blinds” as a window privacy item is rude and derogatory to blind people as the sign language for blinds is identical to “Asthmatic dog fart”, it’s hoped that someone will invent a braille version of the offending word.

I have no curtains on my windows but have some outside, my windows have integrated blinds because I am posh and they keep the monsters out.
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Integrated blinds! Wow, you are posh! wow

Curtains prevent my neighbours from seeing into my windows scold
All day long I think about curtains.
Molly, A hilarious comment, thank you, You know the rules about kissing Nuns, Kiss them once, kiss them twice but dont get into the habit.

Unla, Yes being posh means we do that sort of thing, even my fridge has integrated blinds, stops the custard getting scared. Could you not ask your neighbors to turn the other way at night?
I hope your window blinds match the fridge one...these are important details.

I thought about asking them but, I reconsidered.....one glimpse and they won't look ever again laugh
Pat, Beef Curtains are probably the curtains you think about all day long, Its natural and nothing wrong with that.
I don't have curtains at my windows as I like the views I have ....my bedroom windows are sky lights so I just see the sun in the morning and the stars at night and no one can see in unless your a bird lol....I've thought about curtains but that would be for cosiness more than anything, but my fire and blanket in the winter suffices....
Each to their own....like the sound of your posh blinds map wink
I don't use curtains.

I believe it reduces local crime not to.
Unla, Yes, My blinds match, Its vital to the feng shui of my fridge to feel that it is part of the overall decor and not left to suffer as an unemotional domestic appliance.

Perhaps one night secretly brick up your neighbours windows, that's what I would do, but draw some windows on so they think they still have them.
Rough, I suppose where you live curtains are not needed, I use my posh blinds during the day when I have my multiple power naps, but at night I dont need them.

Molly, Do you mean burglars can have a look inside and see there is nothing worth stealing?
Map, you could read it like that.

Or you could read it that they have better things to be looking at instead of going out burgling.

Your choice wine
I have white curtains, that I peer out of then shut quickly, just like an old lady on Coronation street..
In The Netherlands most people use curtains at night.. Curtains can keep out alot of light in the winter months.
As for myslef I like light in the house.<Only there are some paintings that cant take too much light,>
Or that there aren't any burglars where you live lol! I leave the door unlocked, the windows open, I've left the keys in the car overnight, just depends on where you are and how exposed to other elements you are...the only bad thing that happened to me was I came home one day and the oil delivery driver had run over my cat on the drive....flat as a pancake...
Fly, my lasting memory of Holland is that people used to leave their rooms open to viewing. Not in a bad way, just in a very open way.

Here, most people would have curtains or blinds closed in the evening, but it always amazed me walking into town in Holland that I could just look straight into the living room and the family inside.
I can quite imagine that pat laugh White is a choice colour though....
If you live on a busy street, you can have heavy black curtains with strategically-placed holes cut in them. Then you can expose yourself to passers by and do it that way.
Molly, being in a crime free town I cannot say, but thank you for clarifying that, what about putting mirrors in the frames, that way Burglars could see for themselves that they are bad and should go home.


Pat, You have curlers in your hair too?


Fly, I know!, My Rembrandts and Picassos dont like direct sun, thats why I use posh blinds and mood lighting in every room, also stops my cheese collection from getting moldy too quickly.
Peep hole...One in the eye......wow
professor
Curtains are handy things to have hanging around...

YouTube Went With The Wind! Chrissy Sumer

Get it? Curtains...handy to have HANGING around?
giggle

cowboy pointing Mic Guyver grin
Somebody told me its good when the rugs match the curtains. However, I have polished floorboards so all I could do was board up my house.
Rough, Im sorry I was insensitive.bouquet
Hey its fine caveman ...I don't hold grudges hug it was her time obviously .....
Map, yes, most menprofessor

They seem to think refurbishing the house is women's work only
I think I need to get out more....all these wonderful places I'm missing out on seeing...,
Rough, you can import a few fleas into your house to feel a sense of belonging laugh
I love curtains , especially around Christmas and Easter time . I love to mix and match , wow , it's a woman thing . curtains matching with bedsheets , match up the curtains with your living room chairs , and you could have roses and shape just add on that extra touch . and most important the you home is your castle , so you get to be very private .
Not if they publicly masturbste wow all those little splashes of mess over my nice shiney floorboards....scold
One day there will be a revolution, and all the curtains will be burnt. I'm getting a second set for my secret bunker.
Rough, flea m**turbation splash should be minuscule and shouldn't damage your home furnishings


I can't believe I am having this conversation in the morning laugh
@molly rolling on the floor laughing only here..... I could be working or out walking the dog, instead I'm now in the midst of discussing material, curtains, peep holes, m**turbation of any living creature, dead cats, and now secret bunkers...who ever said life was dull dancing
You're looking well, Molly! uh oh
The work with the Zurich specialist is coming along well, I presume.

uh oh

cowboy
Mic, he said it was the biggest job he ever had to undertake, but since he will be able to write an article on it for the Plastic Surgery Journal, I am getting a 10% discount, so a win win situation cowboy
popcorn...drinking

daydreamThe blog topic is 'Curtains'. Discussion has digressed to m@sturbation.
The SF strike again! Predictable. Sooo very predictable!
rolling on the floor laughing

cowboy
Great news indeed, Molly! thumbs up

cowboy
Pat, your entry rate is obviously not up to scratch
Apologies for my absence the internet and mobile signal gods had intervened, It's all back now.

Seems the conversation has been well and truly Mollyified!grin
I am a bad influence on any blog....mea culpa blues
Yes Map it is grin
Molly, Its not just the blogs, You are directly responsible for the low fish stocks in the Irish Sea too as well as the demise of Michael Flatley's Riverdance, but for that you should be awarded The Nobel prize.

I must admit to all, here in public I have a terrible phobia of vertical blinds, does anyone else share this terrible affliction?
good morning, Map. I think i'm awake.
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