Is my wife crazy?

[Limp Arbor]

She wants me to get her a dibble. I thought for sure someone here would sell them on their site but only found a "Ken Dibble".

Maybe nobody uses them anymore.

[SonomaProducts.com]

I happen to know what that is.

1. Any good turner could make you a nice one.
2. There is a wooden citrius juiceer that is similar size and shape (google "wooden juicer")

[SonomaProducts.com]

google "planting dibble"

[Tom Dacon]

She wants me to get her a dibble. I thought for sure someone here would sell them on their site but only found a "Ken Dibble".

Maybe nobody uses them anymore.

It's a garden planting took, used for making planting holes for bulbs or seedlings. Bing or Google for it and you'll find a bunch of gardening tools web sites that sell them.

Tom

[FrozenNorth]

No, no, no, she want you to stop dribbling. :-)

[Drew Lawson]

Some here:

of course, there is: may be easier if you know they are also called dibbers.

[Robert Bonomi]

There is smething to be said for 'exceeding her expectations'.

May I sugggest something 50% better than a dibble?

A _tribble_!

BTWU, there's a Romulan who would dearly love to get rid of a -big- bunch of them -- it seems they're cluttering up his engine room.

[Robatoy]

Once you dibble... it's hard to stop dibbling.

[J. Clarke]

That was a Klingon and they've since dealt with the problem.

[Lee Michaels]

"Drew Lawson" wrote

Weeding Trowel? Looks kind of like a turning gouge. Doesn't seem right to invest $40 for a tool for a WEED!!

I keep thinking about I guy I knew growing up who used some kind of flame thrower to take care of the weeds on his lawn. He ended up with burnt spots on the lawn, but the grew in and he ended up with a nice green lawn. But every spring, he had those burnt spots.

[George Watson]

oH indeed they do! Go get the automatic model.

A duck. george

[Disbelief]

Try looking for that grand old English word "dibber" - that's yet another word American's misspell!

[vonKevin]

That would be a Klingon, not a Romulan. Try and keep up. ;)

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[Markem]

Lee Valley does sell them on the gardening section.

Mark

[Larry Jaques]

Hey, just turn down one of her dil...erm, never mind.

-- Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. -- Pete Seeger

[Larry Jaques]

QUICK! HIDE ALL THE QUADRO TRITICALE!

-- Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. -- Pete Seeger

[Swingman]

According to your grand old OED the Middle English word was "dibble".

[Larry Jaques]

Is your OED a Hernia Edition? I have the Websters version of that. Six inches thick and has a whole helluva lot of words in it, none of which are textable. ;)

-- Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. -- Pete Seeger

[Edward Hennessey]

LA:

I've seen and used them. "Dibble" was the only word known here. You can make one out of a big spike epoxied into wood that gets padded for comfort if you like. A bike handlebar grip would also work for traction if you have one about.

Try eBay. I'm sure if you searched (or saved a search) under (dibble OR dibber) (antique OR vintage) you could find a good one inexpensively. If the handle is tight and solid, you shouldn't have any worries.

The nicest one that hit the eyes was an exemplar bearing a strong, strong resemblance to one of the kind of burnishers used by jewelers. The fabricator used a swift-looking, stout piece of polished sard for the working end. Scratching and abrasion in the right kind of soil might be a problem--and you wouldn't want to be prying with it--but, dang, it was a looker.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

[HeyBub]

Of course she is.

They all are. (i.e., Lucy Ricardo, Gracie Allen, Edith Bunker, Frances

*****, [my first wife]).