FOFC Malarky II: 1st question
 

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Question #1:

What is the difference between a "kit" and a "caboodle"?


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The terms are based in mountain climbing. Early North American mountain climbers, many of whom immigrated from western Europe, built their own equipment. Because a climber's outfit resembled a construction kit, the items were collectively called a "kit." One of the most important pieces of equipment for the mountain climber is the carabiner, which requires the greatest precision to construct safely. As many of the mountain climbers did not wish to risk their lives by making their own carabiners, they tended to buy them from master smiths. As mountain climbing became more popular, the climbers and smiths worked together pretty often, and they started calling the carabiners "caboodles" for fun. Whenever veteran climbers introduced a new one into the fold, they'd make sure that he was always prepared with his own "kit" and his own "caboodle."

To answer the question more directly: Over time, the term "kit" became used to describe the collection of equipment used to perform a task, while a "caboodle" described the most important element of the kit.

Interestingly enough, it comes from trains. A complete trains and refered to a train that had a dinner car ([b]Kit[\b]chen) and a caboose (caboodle).

Kit n' caboodle originally meant a family conisisting of many children. These families would be somewhat snidely called "kitten and poodle", indicating the large number of small creatures running around. Over time, the phrase has been turned into the slang "kit n' caboodle", and has come to mean totality in any aspect.

Kit and Caboodle actually started in Europe. The true origins aren't known, but it is legend that it came about when a wealthy prince in England was caught with a maid by his wife, that in such a rage she began throwing things out the windows, breaking things and such.

Now Pumpy had things right in the fact that in the word Kit meant essentially all your stuff and caboodle was the most important or expensive thing. The townspeople were alleged to have started saying that all people that went broke or were kicked out had lost the whole kit and caboodle in reference to what the prince was screaming as he tried to calm his wife.

The term kit like others have mentioned refers to all your stuff. You see the term "kits" refered to a kit that held tools. However, the term "caboodle" refers to the owner's property or household things.

With all this said, the phrase "kit and caboodle" means all your stuff and the container you carry it in.

The Afoci is playing again. Doesn't everyone know by now that all his answers are wrong? Look at is his answer this time - he couldn't even find Europe on the map.

stkelly is obviously wrong because he couldn't get his BOLD setting to work.

Tredwel's answer doesn't make any sense. Poodles => caboodles!?!?!

kingfc's answer is more boring than all of mine were (and I never got a vote when I was bluffing).

So, I think Pumpy has this one right.


Or not.

I couldn't find Europe on the map because it was a map of Canada. And you had a damn pretty donkey teasing me. One with librarian glasses on.

You got nothing.

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