why are 'sticky' threads called 'sticky'?

[Frog march]

Then there is the picture of a pin?!!!!





this is highly illogical.........................................

[Moose]

We roll the pin in super glue before it goes into the thread.

[Argos]

And a "piny" thread would sound awkward...

[Frog march]

I think that on the old BABB, the graphic was of a lump of glue.

[Argos]

It looked like an amoeba, indeed

[01101001]

Then there is the picture of a pin?

Belt and suspenders (braces). Can't be too careful. Don't want to let them slip away.

[Fraser]

Stick pins? They're stuck, with pins?

[Doodler]

However they're attached, they stick to the top of the page.

[01101001]

Stick pins? They're stuck, with pins?

This is so.

Hey, what we need is an icon for tacky articles.

[Nicolas]

Why are 'sticky' threads called 'sticky'?

Then there is the picture of a pin?!!!!





this is highly illogical.........................................

Wiseguy! You know where you can stick that pin

[PhantomWolf]

You know where you can stick that pin

On Phil's chair?

[Nicolas]

That would be a stingy rather than a sticky.

You are a violent wolf.

[mickal555]

I think that on the old BABB, the graphic was of a lump of glue.

ooooooooooh

Thats supposed to be glue... I just thought it was a blob, and not meant to signify anything other then blobbiness. I never made the connection...

[PhantomWolf]

What's brown and sticky?


















































Answer:
A stick.

[mickal555]

*groan*

[evanoconnor]

However they're attached, they stick to the top of the page.

I hear that

[Maksutov]

Then there is the picture of a pin?!!!!





this is highly illogical.........................................

Here's why.

The push pin is perhaps a backup, like wearing suspenders and a belt.

[Eroica]

In Ireland Stickies and Pinheads are political terms! :surprised