Spot the Frippet: ladder.

Ladders can be spotted in libraries:


Library of the Catholic Seminar in Budapest. Photo by JezW

 in (mainly British) knitwear and hosiery:


photo by Molly from Bronx

(in America they're called runs, but ladder is rather good, I think)

 They're used in building:


photo by Adrian Pingstone of 1960s Bristol. (Look at that safety harness...no, there isn't, is there. Eek!)

and on tower blocks:


photo of New York fire escapes by Jorge Royan

There are also virtual ladders. If you want to get higher up a, well, a hierarchy, then you may find yourself on a social or professional ladder - and it may well feel even more precarious than a job as a steeplejack.

Mind you, you can climb some ladders without taking any risks at all...

...but watch out for snakes, do.


photo by Mykl Roventine

Spot the Frippet: ladder. This word comes from the Old English hlǣdder. I wish we still had common English words that begin hl.