Grandmarley
“In my day young lady, we passed the Dutchie on the left hand side. Not on the right, not down the middle, but on the left. And we didn’t have the medical marijuana store, where you could just walk in like you were buying Tic Tacs at Rite Aid. So you remember that the next time you’ve got your $200 vaporizing bong out, and you’re paging a guy in a BMW to bring you some tree. God damned kids.”
November 2, 2010 at 1:35 pm
What’s for sale?
OH! the hat.
November 2, 2010 at 1:35 pm
“God damned kids.”
and get off my lawn, you’re trampling the petunias!
November 2, 2010 at 1:38 pm
That picture made me pee my Depends.
November 2, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I bet rasta Meemaw can still roll a nice, tight joint with those arthritic fingers of hers.
November 2, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Granny be hitten the ganja and playin dem steel drums!
November 2, 2010 at 1:42 pm
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November 2, 2010 at 1:49 pm
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November 2, 2010 at 1:50 pm
You guys are so insensitive! She probably just has glaucoma.
November 2, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Actually, I think she is conducting an undercover sting to find all those damn hippies. When an order is placed she calls and give the address to The Man.
November 2, 2010 at 1:51 pm
She got the stunna shades, the bling, cap all tipped Acey Duecey…
November 2, 2010 at 1:54 pm
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November 2, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Laugh all you want, bitches, but this is me in 40 years!
November 2, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Nothing screams rasta like a linty turtleneck and a gold locket. Toke it easy, Grandma!
November 2, 2010 at 2:11 pm
“You know God smokes Cannabis
He rolls a joint of His cannabis
Uses a bong to smoke cannabis.
All the world is God’s home
and all the Weed he smokes – HOMEGROWN
VOTE YES ON PROP 19 19=420
November 2, 2010 at 2:11 pm
My mom’s on dialysis and she’s always trying to turn the dialysis machine into a bong.
But she’s a diabetic so she always comes to my house for the good junk food when she’s got the munchies. And she gets to spend time with the grandkids, so its a win-win…
*part of this story is true*
November 2, 2010 at 2:23 pm
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November 2, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Oh I loved the Mod Squad. But Peggy Lipton isn’t holding up that well is she?
November 2, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Forgot to credit Peter Tosh for all lyrics # 16- except the last 2 lines…
November 2, 2010 at 2:32 pm
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November 2, 2010 at 2:35 pm
that is one cool granny!!
November 2, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I definitely watched my share of courtesy Star Trek, along with Andy Griffith and Leave It To Beaver.
November 2, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I could go for some of Granny’s tea she uses for her arthritis
November 2, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Because a) she doesn’t know any actual rastafarians to model this hat, b) she knows some, but they wouldn’t be caught dead in this thing.
November 2, 2010 at 2:55 pm
We now know where John Lennon’s been hiding since he faked his death.
November 2, 2010 at 3:03 pm
i’m just glad to know it isn’t Alzheimer’s
i know at least five women in my town who look just like this. Upstate New York may never recover from the Woodstock Effect.
November 2, 2010 at 3:29 pm
I think it’s cool and she looks great. I think she’s in my quilt guild. She probably crocheted that while she was waiting at the social security office for something or other.
Plus it’s reasonably priced.
And it’s SOLD! – HK
November 2, 2010 at 3:43 pm
I never pegged Maxine as a crafter. I’d expect her to be a regular on Regretsy, not Etsy…
http://www.maxine.com
November 2, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Aww, Grandma is awesome!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/53875869/purple-and-black-crochet-newsboy-hat
Is grandma the knitter or just the model?
November 2, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I dread seeing what’s under that hat.
November 2, 2010 at 5:00 pm
I assume ‘goldenrod’ refers to the colour.
November 2, 2010 at 5:25 pm
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July 28, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Flounce! Flounce like the wind! Be free!!!!
November 2, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Rrobin – maybe that nice rasta lady can hook you up with something to help you relax….
November 2, 2010 at 5:55 pm
That seller is awesome…
November 2, 2010 at 6:05 pm
No, no, amazon, it’s crocheted, not knitted! Please don’t confuse that boring craft made with one hook with the one requiring the use of two pointy sticks and both hands!
Grandma looks very happy. It’s nice to see an Etsy model actually just smiling like a normal person and not posing all goofy. Although, of course, the goofy poses make April’s photos so much more entertaining when she copies them!
November 2, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Five bucks she’s got a couple of hits of acid in that locket.
November 2, 2010 at 6:22 pm
rrobin, you’re being rridiculous.
helen sometimes features things here she actually likes.
but keep on exposing your newby hymen- it’s very entertaining…
November 2, 2010 at 6:24 pm
#34, the hook beats the pointy sticks any day! We are now at war.
November 2, 2010 at 6:27 pm
#31 rrobin – are you discriminating against people who are under 40? Or am I not reading comprehending that right?
Not that it matters to me, because I’m over 40 (phewf!) so obviously not young and beautiful and not even very clever.
November 2, 2010 at 6:34 pm
@rrobin-
I’ll bet joints to donuts you lack(ed) softness in your face, at any age.
As a rasta I know would say ‘you don’t overstand’
November 2, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I will bet that Grandma has bongos at her cool pad.
November 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm
rrobin: Touch a nerve there, did we? Way to miss the point, cupcake… perhaps you should lay off Regretsy and continue your crusade to defend those that aren’t being persecuted.
November 2, 2010 at 6:40 pm
We pointy stick people have you outnumbered, #37 angel drawers! Not to mention we are armed!
November 2, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I hope rasta Meemaw gets lots of sales from all of the new visitors to her Etsy shop. She has many beautiful items.
Then she’ll have more reefer money and maybe bake up a batch of hash brownies for us mean spirited losers to enjoy. Ranting rastavists can have our crumbs…
November 2, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Aww! Gramps is just as cute as Grandma!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/60426831/brown-flecked-earwarmer-and-cowl-unisex
November 2, 2010 at 7:04 pm
dude, i would totally spark one up with granny. this makes my day.
November 2, 2010 at 7:19 pm
It’s not even a little funny that Grandma is way cooler than me. I’m thoroughly depressed. Plus, I think I just got pre-emptively lectured for even thinking about making a smart-assed comment. How dare I?
November 2, 2010 at 7:45 pm
she also crocheted a moebius scarf!
I also don’t understand the animosity between the hookers and the needlers. Really, you can do both without any of the implements getting jealous.
Are we now going to have a flame war between people who spin their own wool vs people who buy Red Lion acrylic?
This can only end with teabags and Sarah Palin.
November 2, 2010 at 7:48 pm
#31, “Wow, way to miss the point. But I did get a laugh out of you lecturing people on reading comprehension. – HK”
If I missed the point, then perhaps you would be so kind as to explain it to me.
Rrobin,
The point is that she has a sweet, lovely grandmotherly face, and is selling a hat with the word “Rasta” in the title. “Rasta” is a surprising word to use in this context, and brings up very specific images and associations. Unexpected juxtapositions present an opportunity for humor. Taking that one step further, you might ask yourself, “If my grandmother was a die-hard pot smoker, what would her monologue be like?”
You could connect the dots if you took a moment to think about it. But jumping to conclusions and throwing a tantrum is a real time saver. – HK
November 2, 2010 at 7:57 pm
#47 Buzzkill “Really, you can do both without any of the implements getting jealous.”
Pfft, you clearly haven’t met my crochet hooks. They are such divas.
#42 Whawhawhatsis, you may be armed, but I can crochet a shield to keep you at bay! HA!
November 2, 2010 at 7:57 pm
“If?”
November 2, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Ya know, my mom owned a hat like that. I doubt she ever realized it was Rasta-she just liked it because it kept her head warm. Gets cold here in the midwest during the winter.
And rrobin, get the bug out of your butt. I suspect I’m probably the oldest person on this board (on the far side of 50, though only by a couple of years), and I find nothing offensive about any of the comments anyone made. It probably helps that I have a sense of humor (which I inherited from my mom). Thankfully, she didn’t leave me the hat. I don’t look good in hats.
We ‘old people’ are perfectly capable of standing up for ourselves, thank you; we don’t need self-righteous little punks like you to do it for us.
November 2, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I know we aren’t supposed to contact the sellers, but I’d really like to tell this lady that she is adorable. I mean really:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/59729031/soft-purple-crochet-cowl-scarf-hood
You can always contact a seller if you’re buying something from them! – HK
November 2, 2010 at 8:26 pm
There always has to be one toke-n hater.
November 2, 2010 at 8:28 pm
several of us need to take a few deep breaths and have a glass of water…
November 2, 2010 at 8:38 pm
I aspire to be that cool in my golden years. Which, looking at my watch, are not that far off. Uh oh, better get crafting…
November 2, 2010 at 8:41 pm
When I’m their age I want to be as cute as Grandma is and be with someone as adorable as Grandpa! They look so happy!
As a Knittinkitten I have to chime in! I use both the hook and the sharp pointy sticks.
November 2, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Or wine. And a brownie…the “special” kind.
(serious, deep voice) I cannot take sides in the knit/crochet war. I do both. (normal voice) I can, however, launch the first water balloon for the tatting contingent
November 2, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Actually, I use the hooks, too, sometimes, but the needles are just so much more fun.
And Buzzkill, the war between the natural-fiber-or-die folks and the acrylic-is-better folks has been fought for many years. It’s one of those battles that can only end in a draw, after a couple hundred years or so. The acrylic manufacturers have come a long way, fortunately, so that even diehard natural fiberers like me will even allow the occasional skein of acrylic to sully our stash.
November 2, 2010 at 9:01 pm
“Far side of 50″ is “old people”??? LOL! Wait’ll I tell my mom that I’m old; it’ll sooo piss her off!
P.S., the only way Rasta-granny’s hat could be cooler is if it were RED.
November 2, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Awww…I want these people as grandparents!
November 3, 2010 at 12:22 am
This lady reminds my of my great-aunt Thelma who could both crochet and knit. The last thing she made me was a brown cap, much like the newsboy cap this seller has made. My great-aunt passed away about, shoot, it’s been about 12 or 13 years now, and I’ve given myself a sad. . . My mom is a blanket crocheter, but she once knitted me a “Dr. Who” scarf, 11 feet long it was… Ahhh, feeling better now.
November 3, 2010 at 1:27 am
TREE!!!!!!!
my favorite word for weed.
kudos.
November 3, 2010 at 1:35 am
Gabbygirl is adorable! And if she’s like my Mom, which I suspect, she knows exactly what Rastas wear and think and toke.
November 3, 2010 at 5:23 am
whawhawhatsis – yeah I know that the fiber/acrylic war will never be over – just like the machine/hand quilting contingents. (I’m on the machine side, because I like finishing projects within my lifetime – and if I’m selling something, I would like to get more than 1/2cent per hour for my labor)
November 3, 2010 at 5:25 am
Go Granny! This is totally me in the not too distant future (closer than I’d like to admit…)
November 3, 2010 at 5:42 am
“You can always contact a seller if you’re buying something from them! – HK”
As much as I love her items, I can’t justify buying something I could make myself. Although damn, $15 is extremely reasonable!
November 3, 2010 at 6:25 am
I remain convinced that, despite what the Seventies told us, mustard/goldenrod/dark yellow is a color that never looked good on anyone, at any time, in any context.
November 3, 2010 at 6:54 am
The models in this shop should rent themselves out as grandparents. They probably would do fun crafts with your kids and have tea parties with them with dress up.
Would sure beat going to MomMom Ethel’s house where she yells at you for making too much racket while she’s trying to watch Wheel of Fortune and suck down her Marlboros.
November 3, 2010 at 7:20 am
This absolutely made my day. I want to go over to the seller’s house and craft with her. And I love the way she and her hubby poses…did anyone notice the Mona Lisa smile in this one? I bet it’s because she knows where the weed is hid…;-)
(lobs yarn bombs for the crocheters and the folks who’ll craft with anything they can wrap around a hook).
November 3, 2010 at 7:58 am
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November 3, 2010 at 8:13 am
I’ve decided the crafter is the granddaughter of these cool, crazy grandparents who volunteered to pose. Check out grandpa’s cowl thingy.
November 3, 2010 at 8:36 am
Rastas are sweet, lovely people, so I think the model is perfect, even if she doesn’t conform to stereotype!
November 3, 2010 at 8:54 am
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November 3, 2010 at 8:57 am
#61 Dr Who scarf FTW!!!
November 3, 2010 at 9:23 am
Sorry, crochet hooks win because they are much cooler than knitting needles. See why here:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002776/
March 14, 2011 at 7:54 pm
@nylasor: BRAAAAAAAAAINS!
November 3, 2010 at 10:06 am
I would LOVE to see/get her version of the Regretsy balaclava. I wonder if she takes requests?
November 3, 2010 at 10:31 am
Granny always did bake the best brownies …
I crocheted a friend a hat similar to this, same color and all, back in 1972. Always knew I was a trendsetter. (PS: I’m 54, in case anybody cares.)
November 3, 2010 at 11:09 am
I remain stubbornly neutral on the hook versus sharp sticks debate but I will takes sides on the natural fibers versus acrylic. Natural fibers will always win for me.
November 3, 2010 at 11:28 am
Their shop makes me miss my nana & papa <3
November 3, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I’d buy her stuff and have a laugh at the marley reference and I’m sure grandma would too.
November 4, 2010 at 3:05 am
Dix – not anyone who is fair-skinned, that is. Colors look great on brown skin. Just sayin’.
November 4, 2010 at 6:44 am
If someone tells her about the Marley reference, will she change the name on her Mary Jane slippers?
They’d be perfect for a pothead who likes Sherlock Holmes. Ooh – reggae steampunk!
November 30, 2010 at 10:21 pm
@ 45 & 56: They’re just so cute, and absolutely adorable together!
July 28, 2011 at 7:50 pm
the hat goes nice with the pants.
July 28, 2011 at 7:51 pm
In my day we walked 4 miles for our weed. Up hill. Both ways. And we LIKED it.
July 28, 2011 at 7:57 pm
AGE DON’T MATTER FOO
July 28, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Gram Gram’s bogartin’ all the hooch and all the sticky icky! Moooooooooom!
July 28, 2011 at 7:58 pm
The hat seems as though it would do double duty as a dust ruffle for the ottoman.
July 28, 2011 at 7:58 pm
OK, I just LOVE this. http://www.etsy.com/listing/73705493/summer-apron-halter-saves-your-favorite
Reminds me of my acrylic crocheted sweater vests from junior high – without the angst.
July 28, 2011 at 10:53 pm
That’s not an apron, that’s a doily.