While it was not news to me that an individuals rights must be fought for, I was not aware underage smoking was, in fact, a ‘party’.
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt that this “fuck you” was intended as a joke and not give you a warning for it.
Don’t do it again, though.
twickster, Cafe Society moderator
I learned from Jim Stafford that she “don’t like spiders and snakes” and was lead to believe that his girlfriend was named “Bill.”
and Oh yeah, that some fool left a cake out in the rain, which would not be able to be replaced, since the recipe was inexplicably lost.
That I am all about the bass, but not the treble.
I learned what Istanbul used to be called, but it’s not my business why.
Nor did I know that partying was a “right”.
Whenever I’m tempted to remark on another’s foolish behaviour, in my head I hear the Billy Joel lyric, “…I have been a fool for lesser things.”
And whenever I am asked what it’s like to be my age (over 50), I instantly hear, “…Oh, yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.”
I thought he was saying he saw “…a dead head sticking out of a Cadillac” - like that he’d seen the aftermath of a Mob hit.
I learned that there’s no such place as South Detroit. Apparently if you go south in Detroit you end up in Windsor, ON.
Boney M taught me that Ma Barker was a person of note in the 30’s underworld (although further research suggested that she did not, in fact, teach her four sons na na na na to handle their guns na na na na but it was made up after the fact to justify the fact that she was shot).
A doe is a deer. A female deer, in fact.
Which is the baddest part of Canada. You go down there, you better just beware, or they’ll shake their fists at you as you drive by.
Many boxes too late, I learned there ain’t no Coupe de Ville hidin’ at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.
I learned that what was happening at the Village People’s YMCA was very different than the summer camp and swimming lessons they had at the one around here.
Somewhere? Why it’s the city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps!
I learned the town of Stockbridge, Massachusettes got three stop signs, two police officers, and one police car. But that’s not what I’m here to tell you about.
I can only plead mental exhaustion after 8+ hours of fighting the crowds whilst shopping for Christmas gifts. Thus, with only half an eye open, what I thought was a clever line was actually merely a regurgitated memory.
I swear, next year - NEXT YEAR - I’m gonna start my shopping in May.
I’ve learned that if I have to drive around with a car full of girls, that Fred can stay the fuck home…
Also, Bandages are good for more than cuts and scrapes; they also cover regrets and mistakes…
Lupe Fiasco’s Bitch Bad taught me the word acquiescent and taught me about black minstrels.
A female deer, in fact – The matter-of-fact tone has me giggling for several minutes now. Bravo.
I learned that her name is Rio, and she dances on the sand.
We built it. Have you forgotten already?
I learned that you don’t always get what you want.