Inspired by a bowl of oatmeal I found on my desk one midwinter morning

[cjsmith]

My apologies for the clumsiness of the dual questions here. I don't know how to make LJ polls correlate stuff any better than this.

[Poll #1100464]

My coworker, who is about six months younger than I am, has seen and touched wallpaper paste. So have I. I remember, though, that it wasn't long before the paste was manufactured as part of the paper, and with that step done, wallpaper hanging involved a big tray of water. So I'm curious in a completely unscientific way. Plus polls are fun. :)

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It's got an amazingly distinctive smell to it, doesn't it? Or maybe I just remember smells a lot. I have yet to find anything else in the world that smells like wallpaper paste. But oatmeal can sure come close to the texture. ;-)

[ashiegrrrl.livejournal.com]

Agreed, on both accounts! :)