Things that are pink

Especially as the latter is more racially aware than the former*. Tut tut.

*Or so my anecdotal, but definitely statistically significant, uh, research tells me.

Kitty noses and toes.

Sweet n Low packets.

Yeah, I thought white men’s penises went from beige to red/purple? Is there pink in between?
“While You Were Out” slips

Hot Dogs

newborn puppy noses
truckstop waitress uniforms
lemonade
petits fours
Jayne Mansfield’s house (and her marble-topped barbecue)
Pinkie Pie, the My Pretty Pony
some emeralds, sapphires and pearls
the preppiest of Oxford shirts
the toilet, sink, and tile in my Grandma’s guest powder room
fuzzy slippers
foam curlers
sunrise
carnations
Dumbo’s drunken hallucinations
satin panties
a whole lot of Funny Face
the Pink Ladies in Grease
highlighters
tampon packaging

Code

Bakery boxes. I read a factoid some time ago that people subconsciously think confections in pink boxes taste better. So, when you buy cupcakes, you often get a pink box.

  • The inside of my youngest son’s girlfriend’s dog’s mouth.

Seriously. Dragon, the dog, has a big mouth and grins a lot, and the inside of his mouth is this bright, Pepto-Bismol pink. It’s eye-catching.

  • The zits erupting wherever my new CPAP mask touches. I’m going to be wearing bandaids at night to keep them away. I guess it’s an easy enough fix. I’m just shaking my head over it. Zits. A rash I could understand, but zits?

If a nipple is pink, probably the other one is too.

Snagglepuss

A Pink Pearl eraser.

me*

*that’s not a sunburn or anything. that’s me-coloring.

My cat’s paw pads.

Yes. Yes there is dayglo pink in between.