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(Grrrrr! This is the third time I writing this entry - my computer has already eaten it twice! It amuses me less each time I write it.) Last night, we were discussing this poll, What Do You Think About Males Wearing Pink? (see www.homeschoolblogger.com/carpebanana). Madeline tried to explain her answer with a real life example. "I saw a really ripped waiter wearing a pink shirt and he pulled it off!" Much hilarity erupted, as Madeline brightened to a lovely shade of pink!  ****** Another one of those, 'Did-I-really-just-say-that?'-moments -- Me: So then she looked at me like I had just grown a third head! Eliza: Uh, Mama, does that mean you had already grown a second one?! Huh. I say that all the time, but had never thought about it before. It most definitely begs that very question! [I then had to research it - to prove to myself that this was indeed an English idiom used by others and not another symptom of the senility that continues to annex more and more of my poor, old brain. The best explanation I found linked it to the ancient Greek mythological monster, the hydra, a many-headed beast. If a head was cut off, a new one promptly took its place. In addition, one of the heads was immortal. All of which made it a tricky enemy. Hercules managed to vanquish it, though, by cauterizing the stumps after the head-ectomies and burying the immortal head. I am guessing that the idiom references the shocked bewilderment of the early hero-wannabes as they watched that third head (said by some to be the immortal one) regrow.] ****** Emma: Hey!! Who was that? (getting blank stares, she continued) A man just walked through our yard and went toward the garage! Looking out the window, we see no one. Emma: I know I saw him! He was wearing a hat with safety pins all over it! Now we all look at Emma *like she just grew a 3rd head!*.  Emma: (with a simple grin) Oh please don't take my delusions from me! They're quite delightful! Jay: Now, Emma, your mind's a dangerous neighborhood that you should never go into alone! (Just Like Heaven) ****** |
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