They're not gossiping, they're ribbing each other.
These gossiping “Eves” were made, not from Adam's rib but from a cow's rib[, and aren't you grateful we cleared up that confusion, because you might have thought a couple filthy, stinking cow's ribs were actually the mythic rib from which the first woman was taken by YHWH] -- three ribs to be exact. Anchored in modeling clay and surrounded by brush, they make an intriguing centerpiece for a children's party, [because kids always are asking for bones], or a permanent display in a boy's room[-- our nephew Jeffy D loves playing with his bones and pretending they're talking].
