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 8 months ago
Just wait until that driver rubs your face in it, Nancy!!
Billavi Premium Member 8 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 8 months ago
Laughing at a castor disaster?
Just-me 8 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 8 months ago
I’m with dat Nancy! Yukky
PoodleGroomer 8 months ago
Unnecessary and dangerous.
Calvinist1966 8 months ago
The castor oil threatens, “Oil be back, Nancy.”
gzitver 8 months ago
Ah, yes. The golden era of castor oil delivery trucks.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member 8 months ago
Ah, Bushy — Wholesale Distributor of classic comic strip humor!
gcarlson 8 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 8 months ago
Joseph Hazelwood Sr.?
brklnbern 8 months ago
Apparently once upon a time Castor Oil was an all purpose and hated by kids remedy for what ails you.
anncorr339 8 months ago
Bet Nancy was delighted all the bottles of castor oil got broken
billyk75 8 months ago
Would she have laughed if the driver was killed in the accident?