"Look, Ma, no scruples!"

You can't just plant an apple seed and get a tree or one that will produce apples. Apple seeds, which have distinct genders, need to be crossed, or hybrid (hybred?) with each other to produce a seedling that is capable of growing into a tree and to produce edible fruit.

This is an 18th century cloth ruffler, to make uniform pleats or ruffles in clothing. You remove an iron stick from the lower roller, heat it in the fire, replace it, and it makes the whole unit hot. You turn the wooden handle crank to run your cloth or clothing piece through, and the result is beautiful, trendy ruffles for everyone! We bought a historic house when I was a kid and a number of antiquities original to the house came with it; among them, a ruffler like this.

"And THAT'S for taking the last California Roll at lunch today!"

Waaa! This fur coat makes my butt look big!