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49 As a 1930s wife, I am |
I make a barely adequate 1930s wife, and I’ll tell you why:
- fails to wash the top of the milk bottle before opening it? Yes.
- gives [The Fella] shampoos and manicures? No.
- slows up card game with chatter and gossip? Yes.
- tells risque or vulgar stories? Oh, hell yes — this one time, I told a risque or vulgar story in a burlesque club, when we were between acts, and I … Oh.
I fare much better as a husband.
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126 As a 1930s husband, I am |
Elli
Elsa
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17 June, 2008 at 10:58 AM
gaoo
I too make a much better husband than wife, interestingly. May have to do with the delight in marital congress! While chewing radishes! No wonder the lines in my stockings are often awry!
I think it turns out we ALL need a wife. Someone to keep the fridge stocked with snacks. But tell me, is it a + or – to wear red nail polish?
18 June, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Elli
The red polish must be a minus–it leaves red flecks on pretty white walls. At least this is what I noticed after my mother-in-law had been allowed to clean while I was in the States helping out my mother several years ago.
20 June, 2008 at 4:30 AM
Elsa
I, too, think the red polish is likely to register as a minus, but for a different reason: red polish is for hussies!
Uh, in the 1930s, of course, and with all respect to Elli’s mother-in-law.
Related: Ladies pinch. Whores use rouge.
20 June, 2008 at 8:28 PM
Elli
Geez, that reminds me of the book we read one summer when the word “whore” suddenly made a marked appearance in our vocabulary. That and “little chippy”. What was that? The only thing coming to me is “red” and “summer of…”