The version I read, either from Ann Landers or Miss Manners, was – No one can insult you without your permission. But there’s still room to quibble with that. So I googled it and found: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. That one seems more air tight. A good saying to remember.
Shopping … arrgh! Is that representative of the old hunting and gathering instincts? Every man I know decides what he wants before going in a store, goes in and gets it, pays, and then gets the heck out..Except in hardware stores, of course.
Thanks for all your comments in the past year. I will make a comment in return and it’s not meant at all as a criticism. .I read an article in TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, by William Safire that discussed Ronald Reagan’s use of the word “keister,” as in “I’ve had it up to my keister.” In Safire’s opinion the word has acquired the wrong meaning among many people, that of “buttocks.”.A reader commented, “…It is from Yiddish and referred to the display box the street merchants set up on ghetto streets. It became tripe-and-keister (tripod and display case) which confidence men used as all could be quickly folded when a policeman appeared….“It received its present slang meaning from one and only scene in a Hollywood (appropriate for Reagan) film in which a conman fell and crushed his case. He said, “I fell on my kiester.” The audiences, never having been on the griff, took it to mean something less recondite.”.No doubt with repetition over the years the rear-end reference will eventually become acceptable.
Linux0s almost 11 years ago
Touché.
Llewellenbruce almost 11 years ago
Now Earl is having a bad day.
Shawn Black Premium Member almost 11 years ago
they never do. just go with the flow.
Arianne almost 11 years ago
The version I read, either from Ann Landers or Miss Manners, was – No one can insult you without your permission. But there’s still room to quibble with that. So I googled it and found: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. That one seems more air tight. A good saying to remember.
edclectic almost 11 years ago
Permission [taken for] granted…
GROG Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Opal has a habit of doing that.
emptc12 almost 11 years ago
Shopping … arrgh! Is that representative of the old hunting and gathering instincts? Every man I know decides what he wants before going in a store, goes in and gets it, pays, and then gets the heck out..Except in hardware stores, of course.
Deezlebird almost 11 years ago
Why on earth does she need him to go shopping with her?
KEA almost 11 years ago
wow, i didn’t think there was yet another way to misuse ‘your’
cdward almost 11 years ago
The way I learned it is: “No one can make you feel bad about about yourself without your permission.”
Linguist almost 11 years ago
Greater love hath no man, than he, who accompanies his wife Christmas shopping at the mall !
ossiningaling almost 11 years ago
Whoa, thought I was reading “Pluggers” for a minute.
jtviper7 almost 11 years ago
Opal could mess up a rock fight.
Radical-Knight almost 11 years ago
Why should this ruin his day? It’s a perfect opportunity to embarrass Opal by walking around making little old-man farty noises…pfert! ffrittt! poot!
Saturday's Child almost 11 years ago
If those two go shopping, who’s going to watch Nelson? Does this mean he has to go home to his actual house? He does have a house, doesn’t he??
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 11 years ago
“I DO” apparently conveys aquiencesent for life or at least the life of the Marriage.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
And Earl’s day has just took a turn for the very worst…xxx
pcolli almost 11 years ago
If you think that Earl’s fat, you really ought to get out more.
sf-nic almost 11 years ago
You all miss the punchline:
“I DO” = permanent permission
emptc12 almost 11 years ago
Thanks for all your comments in the past year. I will make a comment in return and it’s not meant at all as a criticism. .I read an article in TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, by William Safire that discussed Ronald Reagan’s use of the word “keister,” as in “I’ve had it up to my keister.” In Safire’s opinion the word has acquired the wrong meaning among many people, that of “buttocks.”.A reader commented, “…It is from Yiddish and referred to the display box the street merchants set up on ghetto streets. It became tripe-and-keister (tripod and display case) which confidence men used as all could be quickly folded when a policeman appeared….“It received its present slang meaning from one and only scene in a Hollywood (appropriate for Reagan) film in which a conman fell and crushed his case. He said, “I fell on my kiester.” The audiences, never having been on the griff, took it to mean something less recondite.”.No doubt with repetition over the years the rear-end reference will eventually become acceptable.