It’s easy to forget, as we roll our way back to the 1950s here in the US, that birth control pills weren’t widely available to single women until 1972. The fight and fortitude it took to make that happen is mind-blowing, especially when you realize that a quicker, surer, simpler road to guaranteed birth control would have been to allow all women to tour
This was a fabulous two-part series. I laughed a lot and appreciated your precise and hilarious language choices and images. Who would imagine that someone would assign such responsibilities to a young woman and that she could carry them out with such aplomb? This also show me that you have always been smart, clever, amazing, and able to stand up and conquer anything.
Part 2 was even better than Part 1!! I laughed out loud, and long, to your “Someone’s got to put clothes on these people” quip, the Jack of all Trades one and chortled through the rest of it, which is all very well and good but I’m sitting in a mostly empty staffroom at the very conservative school where I do emergency teaching and I really really can’t begin to explain why I’m laughing so hard to the couple of teachers who just walked in…
For “conservative” read religious…they employ me even though I didn’t fill out a religion on the form HR gave me when I started here but everyone else filled that form in.
Still laughing… best one yet! So strange people don’t remember the flaming cow story….
Yes! These little known bits of historical importance need to be brought to the light! It's your duty.....I"m so glad the policeman let you go though. Otherwise you would have had to add the explaining for all of these years about that one blot on your record.....
I'm rolling on the floor, Marjie! Had I known this when we first met at NEDTC some 18 years ago, I would have realized why one of my Rottweilers (you remember Bradley!) adored you so much. He was very intuitive and probably sensed there was so much more to learn from you other than obtaining his CD!!! Keep on rolling, Marjie!!! This is great stuff!!!
"Someone's got to put clothes on these people." Best response ever. I hope the sergeant appreciated your ingenious pragmatism.
I have been waiting all week for part 2. Loved it!
This was a fabulous two-part series. I laughed a lot and appreciated your precise and hilarious language choices and images. Who would imagine that someone would assign such responsibilities to a young woman and that she could carry them out with such aplomb? This also show me that you have always been smart, clever, amazing, and able to stand up and conquer anything.
Part 2 was even better than Part 1!! I laughed out loud, and long, to your “Someone’s got to put clothes on these people” quip, the Jack of all Trades one and chortled through the rest of it, which is all very well and good but I’m sitting in a mostly empty staffroom at the very conservative school where I do emergency teaching and I really really can’t begin to explain why I’m laughing so hard to the couple of teachers who just walked in…
For “conservative” read religious…they employ me even though I didn’t fill out a religion on the form HR gave me when I started here but everyone else filled that form in.
Still laughing… best one yet! So strange people don’t remember the flaming cow story….
Plato forgot to pay his vig.
Ah the ‘good’ old days ... and NEVER skip the tea!
Oh Marjie. What a story. Who knew what went on backstage!
Yes! These little known bits of historical importance need to be brought to the light! It's your duty.....I"m so glad the policeman let you go though. Otherwise you would have had to add the explaining for all of these years about that one blot on your record.....
I'm rolling on the floor, Marjie! Had I known this when we first met at NEDTC some 18 years ago, I would have realized why one of my Rottweilers (you remember Bradley!) adored you so much. He was very intuitive and probably sensed there was so much more to learn from you other than obtaining his CD!!! Keep on rolling, Marjie!!! This is great stuff!!!