A clevis ((klévəs). Used on the farm to hitch a wagon to a tractor. An everyday object of my past. An honored relic. I just bought this one on eBay for $8. Was it worth it? Why did I buy it? To have it. To have it near me. After so many years of neglecting clevis. Famous for having two meanings (from to cleave: i.e. to cling and to part.). I love the twist. Not all clevises have the twist. Ours did. Another word that I like is titanic; how it meant “indestructible” until The Titanic sank. Now the word isn’t used for that purpose, or any purpose at all.
Dear small town prairie boy,
You have nothing to be ashamed of. I don’t know why some clevises have a twist and some don’t, and I don’t know what difference it makes either. I just always like the twisted ones.
A.
I am ashamed to say – small town, prairie boy that I am – that I have never encountered a twisted clevis. How does it function differently from a flat clevis?
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Dear small town prairie boy,
You have nothing to be ashamed of. I don’t know why some clevises have a twist and some don’t, and I don’t know what difference it makes either. I just always like the twisted ones.
A.
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I like it, too. It reminds me of a möbius strip. Happy Festivus!
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