“Pre” engagement…. Not gonna live together… gonna keep their options open…So…. basically… they’re…. um…maybe gonna get engaged some day, maybe not… but they want some presents now anyway?
Meanwhile… when I saw “31st Engagement Anniversary” I thought maybe this was Verla’s kitchen.But no…. I’m sure she and Jerry are only pre-pre-pre-engaged.
Burl and Joy have simply figured out how to have TWO anniversaries a year…making an extra gift-receiving occasion annually…They’re registered at Fanny Farmer and Walgreen’s… If you can’t afford Corningware, chocolate will do.
Meanwhile… this is TRUE…not one of those “a friend of my sister’s cousin heard” stories, even though it’s usually presented as the stuff of jokes and urban legends:
At the small state university where I started college, just before the so-called sexual revolution, I had to go talk to the ancient Dean of Women.
At the end of our appointment, she said she had some advice for me that she liked to give all the freshmen girls. Quite fervently, she advised me that when I went on a date with a “boy” I should always carry a large magazine…in case we crowded into the car, the way college students do, and I had to sit in his lap.I guess I looked puzzled, cos she explained that I was to place it in his lap, before sitting down.She also said…. really! … that I should never wear patent leather shoes, or pearls, because they would both reflect my underwear!I saw Pee Wee Herman do a bit on that last part in the 80’s…. and it cracked me up, remembering the Dean.
“Pre” engagement…. Not gonna live together… gonna keep their options open…So…. basically… they’re…. um…maybe gonna get engaged some day, maybe not… but they want some presents now anyway?
Meanwhile… when I saw “31st Engagement Anniversary” I thought maybe this was Verla’s kitchen.But no…. I’m sure she and Jerry are only pre-pre-pre-engaged.
Burl and Joy have simply figured out how to have TWO anniversaries a year…making an extra gift-receiving occasion annually…They’re registered at Fanny Farmer and Walgreen’s… If you can’t afford Corningware, chocolate will do.
Meanwhile… this is TRUE…not one of those “a friend of my sister’s cousin heard” stories, even though it’s usually presented as the stuff of jokes and urban legends:
At the small state university where I started college, just before the so-called sexual revolution, I had to go talk to the ancient Dean of Women.
At the end of our appointment, she said she had some advice for me that she liked to give all the freshmen girls. Quite fervently, she advised me that when I went on a date with a “boy” I should always carry a large magazine…in case we crowded into the car, the way college students do, and I had to sit in his lap.I guess I looked puzzled, cos she explained that I was to place it in his lap, before sitting down.She also said…. really! … that I should never wear patent leather shoes, or pearls, because they would both reflect my underwear!I saw Pee Wee Herman do a bit on that last part in the 80’s…. and it cracked me up, remembering the Dean.