Flannel is a cotton material of a peculiarly absorbent character, used with abandon by diligent lawyers the world over, cut into small toweling squares.

Who, why, which or what —
Does flannelette flag?
Is it a towel? A kerchief? A hanky? Or rag?
Does it sit in your pocketbook, briefcase, satchel
Or bag?

Not to be confused with “verbiage”, flannel is calculated to make simple propositions seem complicated. For organisms of the genus causidicus mediocris, flannel has clear adaptive benefits in as much as it makes one think, “ho, look out, I’d better check this with legal

Flannel suggesting profound ontological uncertainty, fear etc.

General flannel


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  1. This is suggestive of pan-dimensional uncertainty.