Slog - Comments on "Need a GOOD Sewer!" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer So reads the subject line on this Craigslist post. Just when you reconcile yourself to reading about someone's non-good sewage experience, you realize the truth is much more special: Looking for someone who can design and sew products for our company. We need someone ASAP and will pay on a per garment basis. Before you respond, please know you will be designing and sewing Adult Baby Clothes. If interested please contact me ASAP. Thank you, Slog tipper Jake.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:34:50 -0800 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:31:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by It's Mark Mitchell I've got the skills, but not the time or the stomach for this little experiment in terror...

Naughty, naughty adult baby.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c959997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c959997 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:45:32 -0800 Comment by Queen_of_Sleaze Thank GOD!!! I've been looking for some way to make some extra cash off of my excellent sewering skills and eye for innovative adult baby fashion design! I'll be the Vera Wang of the fetish world... Sweeeeeet.

]]> Queen_of_Sleaze http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960000 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:46:13 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Thanks! That's the second good laugh I've had this morning. (The first one was, when reading the paper here, I learned that there actually is a metal band here named "Festering Puke.")

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960017 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:59:00 -0800 Comment by DanFan Um...what exactly do adult babies WEAR that would require a "sewer" that could specialize in exactly that type of garment? A gigantic onesie?

]]> DanFan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960034 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:12:22 -0800 Comment by pox I've seen that usage many times. How else would you spell "one who sews"? I think that's a pretty standard term for production sewing personnel.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960037 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:15:47 -0800 Comment by Diana @5: Seamstress, and, unfortunately, seamster.

I'm not a big fan of gendered job titles.

]]> Diana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960040 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:20:38 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie A woman who sews is a "seamstress." A man is a "seamster" or more commonly a "tailor." The word "sewer" doesn't really exist. Or at best, it's a recent neologism.

On the other hand, adult baby clothes have a long and illustrious history.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960041 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960041 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:21:03 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I think you were right the first time.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960042 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:21:19 -0800 Comment by Aislinn Hahaha, awesome. Perhaps they need adult-sized frilly dresses and bonnets? Diapers are easy, and adult footy pajamas are easy to come by and not that expensive.

A friend forwarded me this ad, which seems tempting, but...
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/m4w/597871109.html

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960043 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:21:30 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Um, you've got "seamstress" right, but I think the male equivalent is a tailor.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960049 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:24:10 -0800 Comment by DanFan @9 - THAT is my dream man. I wonder if he would pay moving expenses too...?

]]> DanFan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960057 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:28:17 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn See what happens when society takes gender out of the equation and makes everyone a gender-bender. We don't know if we should be playing in the sewer or playing in a dress!

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960064 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:34:30 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell A tailor is not a male seamstress. It's a different set of skills.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960065 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:34:43 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @9

Gurl what are you waiting for?!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960066 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:36:19 -0800 Comment by Diana @10: Hmm. I'm not sure, but I think that the word tailor implies custom fitting ability, and the female equivalent job title would be dressmaker. A seamstress/seamster would maybe more be sewing from patterns.

@12: This does seem to be a botched attempt to gender neutralize a job title. I can't come up with anything that doesn't sound clunky. Uh, how about Seamer? Seamus?

]]> Diana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960082 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:46:51 -0800 Comment by Curtains I would have recommended a septic system.

]]> Curtains http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960098 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:54:00 -0800 Comment by DanFan Sewist?

]]> DanFan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960102 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:56:52 -0800 Comment by NotCrumb They can have mine, but they should know it is infested with sewer snoids.

(those fuckers make me paranoid!)

]]> NotCrumb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960175 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960175 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:50:34 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell A tailor makes clothes differently from a dressmaker. A tailor can be female, a dressmaker male.

It's about techniques used to make patterns and assemble clothing.

The seamster-seamstress thing just hasn't got a nice tidy gender-neutral word. But it refers only to someone who sews, not a specific type of sewer.

There.

More than anyone ever wanted to know about that!

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960183 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:58:07 -0800 Comment by Hot Tipper Jake Most folks who sew professionally these days prefer to be called stitchers. Unless they make adult baby clothes. Then they are called desperate.

Love, Jake

]]> Hot Tipper Jake http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960244 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:45:08 -0800 Comment by hillpagan Hooray! I've wanted footy jammies for years! Craig's List here I come!

]]> hillpagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960260 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960260 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:56:01 -0800 Comment by Greg @16: What, no sand filter? No membrane bioreactor? How about a rotating compost tank?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/need_a_good_sewer#c960411 Life Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:31:13 -0800