My grandmother, whose I stayed the summers with, was a big believer in castor oil. We would get a weekly dose whether we wanted, which we never did, or needed, which we never did. I refused to take it. Nasty stuff.
There’s a scene in The Fourposter in which the husband finds a whiskey bottle in his teenage son’s room (the son is out at a dance), works himself into such a fury about it that he decides he needs a drink, and discovers that the son was only using the bottle to put his castor oil in instead of taking it for all those years.
snsurone76 12 months ago
Just wait until that driver rubs your face in it, Nancy!!
Billavi Premium Member 12 months ago
I wonder if the old trope of making a misbehaving child take castor oil would be considered child abuse today. It seemed quaint at one time.
jagedlo 12 months ago
Laughing at a castor disaster?
Just-me 12 months ago
My grandmother, whose I stayed the summers with, was a big believer in castor oil. We would get a weekly dose whether we wanted, which we never did, or needed, which we never did. I refused to take it. Nasty stuff.
Zebrastripes 12 months ago
I’m with dat Nancy! Yukky
PoodleGroomer 12 months ago
Unnecessary and dangerous.
Calvinist1966 12 months ago
The castor oil threatens, “Oil be back, Nancy.”
gzitver 12 months ago
Ah, yes. The golden era of castor oil delivery trucks.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member 11 months ago
Ah, Bushy — Wholesale Distributor of classic comic strip humor!
gcarlson 11 months ago
There’s a scene in The Fourposter in which the husband finds a whiskey bottle in his teenage son’s room (the son is out at a dance), works himself into such a fury about it that he decides he needs a drink, and discovers that the son was only using the bottle to put his castor oil in instead of taking it for all those years.
h.v.greenman 11 months ago
Joseph Hazelwood Sr.?
brklnbern 11 months ago
Apparently once upon a time Castor Oil was an all purpose and hated by kids remedy for what ails you.
anncorr339 11 months ago
Bet Nancy was delighted all the bottles of castor oil got broken
billyk75 11 months ago
Would she have laughed if the driver was killed in the accident?