[Sca-cooks] Puritans, was: Canadian Friends

[Laura C. Minnick]

Gwynydd Of Culloden wrote:

> *laugh* This puts me in mind of a Quaker funny (if that doesn't seem too
> contradictory) from a book called "Laughter in Quaker Grey".  To put this
> into context, the origin of dark colours for Quakers had to do with not
> wanting to follow fashion which dictated brightly coloured fabrics.
>
> At a time when dark colours were in fashion, a Quaker woman went to a fabric
> store to buy some material for a new dress.  Seeing that she was a Quaker,
> the assistant brought out all the usual drab colours for her approval.
> Looking at them, the Quaker cried out "take away those gaudy colours!  Bring
> me plain scarlet!"

Uh, except for *scarlet* is a _kind_ of cloth, not necessarily a color.
It could well have been a misunderstanding on the part of the listener.

'Lainie