Tuesday, January 09, 2007
More thoughts on the medieval door
Two posts ago I was talking about how cool it would be to have a medieval-looking door with all the rivets and iron on the wood. Another thing it would have to have is one of those little tiny doors in lieu of a peephole. You know what I’m talking about, right? You see ‘em in movies where the frumpy innkeeper shuffles over, opens the little door, peers at you and grunts, “We’re closed!” with their ear-grating voice before slamming it shut.
What do you call that anyway? It’s no longer a peephole, what is it, a face-hole? A peep-door? Face-hole doesn’t sound right, it’s kinda like pie-hole. So we’ll call it a peep-door.
So it would have to have a little peep-door, with fancy iron bars on it of course. Can’t have anyone reaching in and choking me y’know. I think speaking to someone through a peep-door sends a different message to those uninvited visitors. Opening a door when someone knocks implies, “May I help you?” But opening the peep-hole to talk is more like, “Whaddaya want??” I’m all about passively telling people to buzz off.
Does that mean I’m anti-social?
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