A prison inmate would not be wearing polka dots, regardless of how identifiable they are. They bring lightness and play to the situation, and prisons are not for play. Black and white stripes convey the opposite of polka dots.
One article says that the origin of the black-and-white-striped prison uniform goes back to the Auburn prison system that started in New York in the 1820s. The uniforms made prisoners immediately recognizable as criminals, so if a prisoner escaped, the public could easily distinguish them from the non-criminal population.
However, Wikipedia says that stripes were used in clothing for negative symbolism starting in Medieval times. Prisoners, criminals, clowns, prostitutes, hangmen wore black and white striped clothes. The change came when Queen Victoria dressed her son in a sailor suit and started a positive trend with stripes.
When it comes to clothing, horizontal stripes have their own reputation of making a person look fatter. Discover magazine tells us that the Helmholtz illusion results in the opposite - adding horizontal stripes to shapes like rectangles makes them look thinner.
I found one striped shirt joke and a perfect prison joke:
Why does Waldo wear stripes on his shirt? Because he doesn’t want to be spotted.
Just like dots, there aren't many images in my database tagged with stripes. This one was created from interesting grunge on King Street West. It looks more like prison bars than stripes.
This is our Thanksgiving Weekend and the turkey is waiting in the fridge downstairs. Maybe that's what made me notice the Lakeshore Living ad in my emails. This store is a luxury patio furniture store nearby with a special sale this weekend on The Big Green Egg.
Do you have a Big Green Egg? Aren't they somehow magic with the pictures of that huge green egg shape sitting on the patio next to the traditional BBQ? That seems to be what they think. The website page says:
Welcome You've landed where The Big Green Egg is hatched.
What is the special moment about The Big Green Egg? It originates 3,000 years ago from a long tradition of wood-fired clay ovens in East Asia. The round clay ovens are called 'kamado' - meaning oven or hearth. American soldiers serving in Japan took home their flip flops and their kamado ovens as souvenirs.
In 1974, Ed Fisher started Big Green Egg - importing kamado ovens. But then he went on to develop them further with contemporary knowledge and techniques, such as ceramics specially developed by NASA. The Big Green Egg (BGE) today is a charcoal barbecue specially shaped with doors that contain the heat and control the air flow and updraft. This means temperatures can be up to 650 degrees celsius. It is green, of course.
Everything cooked in a big green egg is extra juicy and and delicious. So there are articles on chefs who love The Big Green Egg. There is a culinary partner program that highlights restaurants who feature 'a wide range of EGG menu items'. It is HERE. Near us is Mildren's Temple Kitchen in Toronto. I think their Roast Chicken Biryani picture shows us a big green egg cooked chicken.
I don't find any negative reviews at all: Here's the typical quote: "I think a more fitting name would be ‘the big golden egg’. There are dedicated users who support each other with BGE information like: "Tighten the bolts on the stands after the Egg has been used five times" and "If you have a problem with grease sticking the felt shut when it's cold, slip a Weber paraffin charcoal lighter cube in the bottom and wait for the warmth to release the opening. Then change the gaskets."
Today's image is one of my digital designs titled The Shape of Colours, and the products one can purchase with the design - Redbubble has added bath mats, shower curtains and coasters. The print is also on Spoonflower, a fabric, wallpaper and house accessories site, so we can have table cloths, placemats and napkins.
