Miss Begotten is one of my pet names for myself, for Southern Gothic reasons best kept to myself. Miss Begotten tries to speak plainly, but sometimes she tends to babble -- parenthetically, of course. It's never my intention to offend (and usually that's true - except on those [maybe not so] rare occasions when I mean it very friggin' much) but it sometimes happens, so if you're unusually easily offended...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
In the News
In my city on February 23, 1909, the newspaper reported:
- "On last Tuesday afternoon, Dr. J. P. Killian performed an operation on Mr. G. H. Park, removing a portion of the big toe. Only cocaine was used as an anaesthetic, and the operation was done without any pain whatever to the patient."
- "There are 105 automobiles in this city, but Chief Dyer has issued only 52 permits so far."
- "The police are on the lookout every day in the week for those who persist in swearing and expectorating on the streets."
Well, now. A hundred years ago, one could apparently get patients high and cut off their toes, but driving without a license was dicey and spitting and cussing on the street could get your mug shot hung in the Post Office. I'm glad there were no cops around a while back when I stumbled on a crack in the sidewalk and swore. At least, I didn't spit. I don't think public spitting will earn you a trip to the hoosegow these days, anyway. I know for sure public cussing won't. I hear language out of kids every day that makes my hair curl -- and I thought I knew all the good swear words.
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8 comments:
I wouldn't want to live in a place where they only remove a portion of the big toe. It has to be the entire toe, or nothing.
I'm with you, Pugsley. Leftover toe portions are unsightly. I think it's much better from an aesthetic perspective to chop off the whole thing and leave a nice, clean line to the foot. Plus, fragmented toes could fester and smell bad and God only knows what else. They could even mutate.
Yeah...What ever happened to all the really GREAT swear words like...
Pot-Licker
Ass-Wipe
Dingle-Berry
Queer...Ah those were the days.
:-)
I don't think I ever called anyone a pot-licker, Galen, but I did yell "Asswipe!" just the other day. I'm quite partial to the term "fucktard," too.:)
WOW Sherry.....!!!
Do you kiss people with that mouth?
Why, yes, I do, as a matter of fact. I get no complaints, either.:)
Slow news day locally, eh? LMAO...
Not so much slow as dismal, Skunk. Old news looked like more fun.:)
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