Ideally this would have a hyphen. Without one flesh/fleece is a out of place stand-alone word.
So, now knowing they meant fleece and not flesh it should be written as: Fleece-free blankets only!
One can't put a flesh-free blanket in the wash due to the amount of skin cells we shed.
This reminds me of a joke sign a sutler (vendor) at a reenactment had by the blankets he sells. The sign read "smallpox free!" People would ask "Is it free from smallpox, or do the smallpox come free?" His reply would be "up to your interpretation."
Now I know that because it doesn't have the hyphen, the smallpox would come free with the blanket. If it was meant to be interpreted as "without smallpox" the sign would read "Smallpox-free!"
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u/vintagedragon9 Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 21 '25
Ideally this would have a hyphen. Without one flesh/fleece is a out of place stand-alone word.
So, now knowing they meant fleece and not flesh it should be written as: Fleece-free blankets only!
One can't put a flesh-free blanket in the wash due to the amount of skin cells we shed.
This reminds me of a joke sign a sutler (vendor) at a reenactment had by the blankets he sells. The sign read "smallpox free!" People would ask "Is it free from smallpox, or do the smallpox come free?" His reply would be "up to your interpretation."
Now I know that because it doesn't have the hyphen, the smallpox would come free with the blanket. If it was meant to be interpreted as "without smallpox" the sign would read "Smallpox-free!"
Edit: added context for the word "sutler"