Monday, August 18, 2008

I Thought the '50s Were a Time of Innocence

C: (reading from Spiderweb For Two, by Elizabeth Enright, published in 1951) "He came down at 9:15, hungry as a wolf, and indulged in a waffle orgy."
W: What's an orgy?
C: Um ... sort of a wild, uncontrollable party.
W: Oh.


Ed's thoughts:
1) How did kids know which words you least want to define?
2) Wouldn't a waffle orgy be an exceptionally sticky experience?
3) I can't wait to get home and blog about this.

5 comments:

Alice Carrier said...

now she's gonna be like "I WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER WATER ORGY! LET'S CALL EVERYONE UP!"

Ed said...

Do NOT visualize!

Alice Carrier said...

i'm too busy visualizing a WAFFLE ORGY. that sounds great.

Christie said...

I don't like waffles.

Alice Carrier said...

that is because there is something WRONG WITH YOU.