The circle of life (Ahhh-wheem-a-way-ahh-wheem-ahh-way) came....well, full circle today.
When I was little I'd go over to our elderly neighbors to visit. Mostly because they let me watch TV with them and always made me yummy snacks. It was the first place I ate curried rice and shrimp. They were Ukrainian. I remember this conversation very clearly.
We were watching Law and Order (or Street Legal? Can't remember...) and the cop used the term "prostitute".
Me: Turning to old neighbor lady, "What's a prostitute?"
Old Neighbor Lady: "Uhmmm. Well, you should probably ask your parents."
Me: "Is it bad?"
Old Neighbor Lady: "Well, it's when someone...usually a lady.....sells her body for money."
Me: "Oh. You mean she was a hooker?"
Surprisingly all my visits with her little grandson were monitored after that.
Daughter turned to us today (while watching a movie that used the term) and asked me the very same question.
Me: "It's a person who gets paid money for ESS-EEE-EXX." - son was sitting there so we had to be covert.
I held my breath.....
Daughter: "Oh. EW!"
And I can breathe again.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Tim Rice, eat your heart out.
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Things that make you say "Hmmmm" - Inspired by RUM
- In medieval England jurors weren't fed until they reached a decision.
- The Chinese used to scatter firecrackers around the house - as fire alarms.
- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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- The blood vessels of a blue whale are so wide that an adult trout could swim through them.
- Some beaver dams are more than 1,000 years old.
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- Babies are born without kneecaps.
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- In her entire lifetime, Queen Isabella of Spain (1451-1504) bathed twice. King Louis XIV bathed three times.
- Per capita, the cities of Winnipeg and CALGARY drink the most Slurpees in the world.
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- Belgians once tried to deliver mail using cats. (It didn't work.)
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- Alberta, Canada
- Working full time as a legal assistant, married to a cop, raising two kids who despite our attempts at supression are stubbornly strong willed, and living in a busy city longing for the simple life
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- I am old enough to know what a "Fraggle" is, who Barney Miller was, to have had a crush on "Hawkeye", and to think Les Nessman deserved his walls. My age is a secret (I'd have to kill you if I told you....I may have to do it anyway).
- I know every word to Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer" - same for "Key Largo" though when I play that one I have a rather disturbing tendancy to grin like an idiot and go to my "special land" that exists only in my head
- Christmas Eve Medicine - I have on occasion given my children "Christmas Eve" medicine...now I won't tell you what it is in case anyone from child-services happens to knock on my door....let's just say it starts with 'Bena' and ends in 'Dryl'. Santa is not prepared to wait until 2am to put presents under the tree. Nuh-uh.
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2 comments:
Mooooo-fas-a! Love that damn movie! :)
I do not miss those conversations at all!
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