The 12 Days of Christmas
I believe the first year I read this list was in 1966. (For you young wise-asses, yes, this was shortly after the meteor destroyed the dinosaurs.)
Some Army purchasing agent had free time and got curious.
The penultimate paragraph of this link explains the symbolism of each article in the list: http://lcdiocese.org/bishop/writings/view.asp?ArticleID=13(For younger readers who attended public schools—penultimate means “next to last")
Posted by Guy
12/02/2004 at 08:55 AM
Thanks, Guy. Interesting stuff.
Where was I in 1966? Oh yeah, I wasn’t born yet.heeheehee.
Btw-When I mention to someone-oh-25 or under- that I was thirteen before we got cable or that I was a few weeks shy of nineteen when the Berlin wall came down, I sometimes get the “yeah oldster” look-and I’m only a very young looking 34
Yeah, I know, payback’s a bitch
Posted by Annoying Little Twerp
12/02/2004 at 11:20 PM
Just think of the eye-rolling you get when you are in your 50s and tell stories!
Did you know I was around when TVs had test patterns and there were only 3 channels?
(go ahead, roll your eyes!)
I was born in the middle of WW2. I remember the first TV in the neighborhood—programming started around 4 PM
I was lucky to have lived in Kentucky during my very early years—Appalachia they call it now. We had no electricity, no running water, a wood stove, and a new-fangled telephone on the wall that you cranked to call (two shorts, one long). One winter, I counted a total of 13 covers on my cornshuck-stuffed bed. Not many people under age 100 can remember this.
My son joined the Army after attending a family reunion; he realized all the men were veterans & felt a responsibility. (I AM SPEAKING IRONICALLY HERE—BUT IT’S TRUE)
I told him that if it weren’t for spics, darkies & us hillbillies there wouldn’t be an army.Posted by Guy
12/03/2004 at 08:33 AM