Recently my wife picked up one of my older rod building books. After reading the table of contents, she came to me with a serious question: "What does passing gas have to do with building a fishing rod?"
Well, she stumped me with that one. I had no idea. In fact, I thought she had been sniffing my denatured alcohol, lacquer thinner and acetone.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
Well, she showed me the table of contents, and I understood. And when I cleaned up the coffee that I blew out of my nose, I realized just how much I love the English language.
Some words are pronounced the same but are spelled differently (through and threw, hot and hut, pray and prey, feet and feat, son and sun). Others are spelled the same, but the context in which they are used determines pronunciation (bow...bending at the waist or the front of a boat; or bow:something that fires an arrow; or a fancy ribbon put on a package. . This was what she had encountered.
The title of the chapter was" Butt Wind."
We rod builders immediately recognize this as a section on winding thread on the butt section of a rod. For my more dense colleagues, in this instance, pronounce "wind" as in "Gone With the Wind." You will then understand her confusion, and my expelling my coffee through my nose.

Wow, an entire chapter! This must include the complete biography of Joseph Pujol, better known by his professional name; Le Petomane, revived as the Mel Brooks character in "Blazing Saddles."

That is funny Gary. I remember some time ago a poster (sorry don't remember the name) pointed out that a thread was about buying butt plugs from Mudhole. I thought that was also quite funny.

The results of individual interpretations of the english language are most definately entertaining. I was working on a home project one time and wanted a Sharpie (the Black Felt tip pen type of Sharpie) to mark where something was to be cut. I politely asked my Girfriend to hand me the Sharpie. I am only guesing that since she knew I was going to cut something, I meant the Utility knife type of Sharpie, so she handed me the Utility knife, which I took from her then explained I wanted the Writing type of Sharpie. She has been "My Little Sharpie girl since then.