A brogue is a leather shoe decorated with patterns of punched holes along its seams and across the toe cap.
The holes are now purely decorative, and they go all…
Look at the top of a pair of trainers and there is frequently an extra pair of lace holes, set slightly back and apart from the rest, which the laces…
On the flat pins of a plug there are usually small round holes near the tip.
They are not there for anything you are supposed to do with them, they…
On the back of a tie, a few inches up from the narrow end, there is a small loop of fabric stitched across it.
It is called a keeper, or…
A takeaway coffee lid has a large opening you drink from and, on most designs, a small hole on the opposite side of the dome.
People assume the small one…
On each end of a box of kitchen foil, cling film or greaseproof paper there is a small perforated oval or rectangle, printed with an instruction that nobody reads.
Push…