Classics like this make the rounds among us brethren. I will print a few to quietly leave in safe places at the graves of a few close friends who have passed on. Listen closely! That isn’t thunder you hear from the skies, it’ laughter.
I will print this, laminate it, and take it to the flower holder at my friend’s grave. We agreed that whoever lived longer would do it for the one who left first.
It’s called “war paint.” In the words of the immortal George Stevens, (a.k,a, “Kingfish”) “The only time Sapphire ain’t on the war path is when it’s closed for re-paving.”
The bigger issue is why Opal and other wives (otherwise pretty nice people) feel entitled to begin a conversstion with “Your trouble is…” The acid test of whether that is an acceptable and tactful wah to speak is to reverse the situation: “Opal, your trouble is…”
Beach Boys are coming to town this week. Mike Love and Alan Jardine are in their 80s. I saw them plus the Wilson brothers in 1964. Still, “it works for me.”
“Acceptable imperfection”8