Clothespin Problems

“Help Doctor, I don't know what to do, I'm all tangled.”
“Yes, I fear you will be just a day late, come back yesterday, when it was the day of the knots.”
“But that's not my biggest problem.”
“Tell me, what else is on your liver, and do not turn me on with a knot in your stomach, for then I will refer you back to the seventh of January.”