primalmommy@IVILLAGE.COM on thu 1 feb 01
Here's a question: anybody sell whistles at street fairs? Is everyone who walks by going to want to blow them? (I would...)
And, well, how disgusting is that?
I don't want to be known as the typhoid mary of the small town craft fair...
Yours... Kelly in Ohio (where the whole family is sharing some nasty cold cooties this week.)
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Earl Brunner on fri 2 feb 01
The music teacher at our school sterilizes mouth instruments in a
solution of chlorine bleach and water.
You could have alcohol wipes for them to use....
Dai Scott wrote:
> Dear Typhoid Mary - there has to be an answer to this dilemna. I, too, have
> made whistles, and have the odd person at a fair blow into one (I cringed,
> and wanted to sterilize it!). No one wants to buy one without actually
> hearing it, right?
--
Earl Brunner
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mailto:bruec@anv.net
Vicki Katz on fri 2 feb 01
Frankly, I share your concern. We have an epidemic of meningitis now in the
Houston area. So many things are shared in the tiny droplets of saliva. MY
SUGGESTION: Demo the whistles by blowing one for your customer & you can
even blow the one they are interested in buying. Then encourage them to take
it home & wash it.
Cindy Strnad on fri 2 feb 01
Hi, Kelly.
I've sold whistles to retailers. And yes, it's my observation that everyone
who walks by wants to blow them, especially children. What to do about this?
Well, it's the store owner's problem, I guess. Of course people want to try
them out, and if they do, they will, of course, pass on any infectious
respiratory conditions they my be suffering from. But probably not typhoid.
At least, not via mouth germs . . .
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com
Penni Stoddart on fri 2 feb 01
Kelly wrote:
> Here's a question: anybody sell whistles at street fairs? Is everyone who
walks by going to want to blow them? (I would...)
>
> And, well, how disgusting is that?
Good point Kelly. I have sold whistles at craft shows and have watched as
people tried to get a noise out of them. I first try explaining how to do it
(ie: blow softly, or blow across the hole) In the end I show them.
I have worked in the early childhood education field (read day care) for a
number of years where we are continually washing hands, ours and the
children's in the hopes of NOT passing on germs. Then there I am at a craft
show full of strangers blowing on whistles they or someone else has just
slobbered on! Suddenly I feel like Charlie Brown's Lucy..."Get the
disinfectant, get the alcohol, boil water!!! I've been kissed by a germ
filled whistle!"
~~~~
Penni Stoddart of Penelope's Pots
President, Artisans London (Ontario, Canada)
LPG web site Manager
www.members.home.net/londonpotters
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.
Dai Scott on fri 2 feb 01
Dear Typhoid Mary - there has to be an answer to this dilemna. I, too, have
made whistles, and have the odd person at a fair blow into one (I cringed,
and wanted to sterilize it!). No one wants to buy one without actually
hearing it, right? My first thought was a short straw (disposable) but the
holes are usually slits, not round, so a straw wouldn't fit well. How about
a miniature condom-thing with a hole in the end? I don't know....anybody
got an idea? I'd make lots more whistles, and ocarinas, if we could get
around this hygenic problem.
Dai in Kelowna, BC---blue skies today, but still no crocusses (crocii?)
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From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: selling whistles and community spit
> Here's a question: anybody sell whistles at street fairs? Is everyone who
walks by going to want to blow them? (I would...)
>
> And, well, how disgusting is that?
>
> I don't want to be known as the typhoid mary of the small town craft
fair...
>
> Yours... Kelly in Ohio (where the whole family is sharing some nasty cold
cooties this week.)
>
>
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Sheron Roberts on fri 2 feb 01
That's a good question, Kelly. I have debated (with myself) that same =
question.
At the last street fair I participated in I had several whistles for =
sale. All of=20
them were animals, real and mythical. People would ooohh and ahhh=20
and pick them up and start to put them to their lips and then stop,
look embarrassed, lay them down and walk away. I didn't sell the
first one. I reassured several folks that they indeed did work, but
I didn't want to demostrate after so many had already been handled
(or fondled ). So I would also like to hear (or read) suggestions
from those who have figured this one out.
Sheron in NC
Philip Poburka on sat 3 feb 01
I was wonderin'...if you just 'hung it up', on a little stand...wouldn't the
spit just drain out?
Could have a little bowl under it...just to keep it 'neat'!
Just dump the Bowl out, now 'n then...?
Otherwise...a lidded 'jar' to immerse the 'whistle' in...a jar which
contains some sturdy 100 percent ethyl alcohol...carbolic acid...or other
pleasant 'sanitising' ablution...but shake it out first (the
'whistle')...before immersion...
'Bleach'...then water...then 'Listerine'...(Three 'jars' that way...)that
would satisfy the Health Dep't I'd expect...
Phil
------Original Message------
From: Gayle Bair
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: February 4, 2001 2:03:17 AM GMT
Subject: Re: selling whistles and community spit
A simple solution is to put them in baggies or
plastic wrap. Then have a prominent sign saying
to ask for a demonstration. You of course can
demonstrate using your own whistle. It might just be
a draw depending on your whistling skills!
Gayle Bair-Bainbridge Island WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Dai Scott
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:36 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: selling whistles and community spit
Dear Typhoid Mary - there has to be an answer to this dilemna. I, too, have
made whistles, and have the odd person at a fair blow into one (I cringed,
and wanted to sterilize it!). No one wants to buy one without actually
hearing it, right? My first thought was a short straw (disposable) but the
holes are usually slits, not round, so a straw wouldn't fit well. How about
a miniature condom-thing with a hole in the end? I don't know....anybody
got an idea? I'd make lots more whistles, and ocarinas, if we could get
around this hygenic problem.
Dai in Kelowna, BC---blue skies today, but still no crocusses (crocii?)
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: selling whistles and community spit
> Here's a question: anybody sell whistles at street fairs? Is everyone who
walks by going to want to blow them? (I would...)
>
> And, well, how disgusting is that?
>
> I don't want to be known as the typhoid mary of the small town craft
fair...
>
> Yours... Kelly in Ohio (where the whole family is sharing some nasty cold
cooties this week.)
>
>
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Martin Howard on sat 3 feb 01
So kissing is definitely OUT.
Pity that!
Martin Howard
Webb's Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
England
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
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Download The Friend, the weekly Quaker Newspaper,
3 days before it is published.
That's Quick for Quakers.
John and Dorothy Weber on sat 3 feb 01
Why have on had some handi wipes with bleach. The amount is so small that it
should kill any bacteria and when exposed to the air, dry quickly.
Dorothy Weber
Manakin-Sabot, Va.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vicki Katz
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: selling whistles and community spit
>Frankly, I share your concern. We have an epidemic of meningitis now in
the
>Houston area. So many things are shared in the tiny droplets of saliva.
MY
>SUGGESTION: Demo the whistles by blowing one for your customer & you can
>even blow the one they are interested in buying. Then encourage them to
take
>it home & wash it.
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
___
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Chris Schafale on sat 3 feb 01
Two ideas:
1. Keep a box of those antibacterial wipes handy. When someone
picks up a whistle to try, clean it for them first, then after they try
it, clean it again. I realize this does nothing about the germs that
have gotten inside the whistle, but it might reassure your
customers.
2. If the shape of the whistle allows it you might be able to use the
"mini-condom" that someone suggested. They make things called
"finger cots" that answer that description -- they are little latex
condom shapes meant to fit over cut fingers. Buy them in
drugstores, near the bandaids. Roll it on over the mouthpiece and
then snip enough of the end off to let the air in. Might work.....
> That's a good question, Kelly. I have debated (with myself) that same question.
> At the last street fair I participated in I had several whistles for sale. All of
> them were animals, real and mythical. People would ooohh and ahhh
> and pick them up and start to put them to their lips and then stop,
> look embarrassed, lay them down and walk away. I didn't sell the
> first one. I reassured several folks that they indeed did work, but
> I didn't want to demostrate after so many had already been handled
> (or fondled ). So I would also like to hear (or read) suggestions
> from those who have figured this one out.
> Sheron in NC
>
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Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, USA
(south of Raleigh)
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Sandy Tesar on sat 3 feb 01
Hello Sheron,
I have a 13" tv-vcr I carry to indoor shows with three tapes of me
demonstrating different facets of what I do...at outdoor shows this is
not practical...but if you had a photo of people( you? a child? An
oldster and a youngster and an in betweenster ) and a cassette tape of
what the whistles are capable of.....it might serve as
inspiration....most people are probably afraid of the same thing you
were....other peoples' mouths....a pop up nice n clean might be a good
touch. Just a thought.....
Sandy T.
ASHPOTS@AOL.COM on sat 3 feb 01
Hey all, when i was being trained as a EMT we all had to do CPR on a doll
called ANNIE. Well it seems the company that was SUPPOSEDLY cleaning the
tubes etc had not done it for a long time. A bunch of us actually got sick
and that is when they the school decided to open them up and it seems there
was all kinds of green goo growing.
I know i wouldnt try a whistle at a street show.
Have a nice day
Capt Mark
Snail Scott on sat 3 feb 01
At 12:03 PM 2/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Kelly wrote:
>> Here's a question: anybody sell whistles at street fairs? Is everyone who
>walks by going to want to blow them? (I would...)
>>
Could you make up a few 'demo models'?
Group your 'for sale' whistles next to
the others that they sound most like. Have
a 'demo model' for each group which sounds
similar. You could play the demos yourself,
on request of customers. I think most people
would sympathize about not swapping spit with
strangers.
If they really insist, you could have a jar
of Listerine to dip them in, afterward. Just
the demos, though, so a buyer won't have to
endure the mouthwash flavor on their purchase.
(Just you!)
It's probably not a panacea, but I do remember
my elementary school music teacher keeping a
bucket of Listerine to dip the 'loaner' wind
instrument mouthpieces in.
-Snail
STVC on sat 3 feb 01
The standard for Universal Precautions for Infection Control is one
tablespoon of 5.25% chlorine bleach (standard concentration sodium
hypochlorite) per QUART of water. This is higher than the one tablespoon
per gallon recommended for sanitizing dishes. Be aware that cold slows the
effect. At this concentration, using a spray bottle to mist the object so
the entire surface is wet and allowing it to sit wet for a couple minutes is
sufficient to kill most known pathogens, with the exception of maybe BSE/CJD
(Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis/Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease possibly caused by
Mad Cow or similar prions).
But chances are astronomically slim that some poor soul with residue from a
meal of mad cow burgers on their lips is going to plant a juicy one on one
of your ocarinas.
Steven Van Cleave
Vista, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Earl Brunner
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 8:44 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: selling whistles and community spit
The music teacher at our school sterilizes mouth instruments in a
solution of chlorine bleach and water.
You could have alcohol wipes for them to use....
Dai Scott wrote:
> Dear Typhoid Mary - there has to be an answer to this dilemna. I, too,
have
> made whistles, and have the odd person at a fair blow into one (I cringed,
> and wanted to sterilize it!). No one wants to buy one without actually
> hearing it, right?
--
Earl Brunner
http://coyote.accessnv.com/bruec
mailto:bruec@anv.net
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Gayle Bair on sat 3 feb 01
A simple solution is to put them in baggies or
plastic wrap. Then have a prominent sign saying
to ask for a demonstration. You of course can
demonstrate using your own whistle. It might just be
a draw depending on your whistling skills!
Gayle Bair-Bainbridge Island WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Dai Scott
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:36 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: selling whistles and community spit
Dear Typhoid Mary - there has to be an answer to this dilemna. I, too, have
made whistles, and have the odd person at a fair blow into one (I cringed,
and wanted to sterilize it!). No one wants to buy one without actually
hearing it, right? My first thought was a short straw (disposable) but the
holes are usually slits, not round, so a straw wouldn't fit well. How about
a miniature condom-thing with a hole in the end? I don't know....anybody
got an idea? I'd make lots more whistles, and ocarinas, if we could get
around this hygenic problem.
Dai in Kelowna, BC---blue skies today, but still no crocusses (crocii?)
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: selling whistles and community spit
> Here's a question: anybody sell whistles at street fairs? Is everyone who
walks by going to want to blow them? (I would...)
>
> And, well, how disgusting is that?
>
> I don't want to be known as the typhoid mary of the small town craft
fair...
>
> Yours... Kelly in Ohio (where the whole family is sharing some nasty cold
cooties this week.)
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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Janet Kaiser on tue 6 feb 01
The reason I never learned to play the recorder
at school, was the communal disinfectant bucket!
At the end of the lesson, all the spit filled
instruments were put in that and left until the
next session. You got a soggy, disinfectant
tasting recorder to blow and the thought of all
that spittle... Yuck! That was truly gross and
used to make me heave. Only the rich kids had
their own...
So given a tiny bit of spit on a whistle, I
cannot personally get too upset about it. But,
given the selling situation you are worried
about, I would advise keeping a cup of Milton or
some odourless disinfectant used for sterilising
babies bottles handy behind the counter. You
take the whistle which some one has blown in and
dip it in that. Put it to one side until dry and
then return it to your stock.
Same goes if someone is cautious about blowing a
whistle someone else may have used before... You
can say you have disinfectant at hand. Shows how
responsible and caring you are... A good selling
strategy.
Janet Kaiser
The Chapel of Art . Capel Celfyddyd
HOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH
Criccieth LL52 0EA, GB-Wales Tel: (01766) 523570
E-mail: postbox@the-coa.org.uk
WEBSITE: http://www.the-coa.org.uk
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