Am I Confused?
While frequenting a local pub the other day, I noticed the bartender on duty that day was behaving in a somewhat playful energetic manner, and we’ll refer to her as “Fofanna”.
Fofanna is a bouncy person anyways, but for OTHER reasons, heh-heh! On this day she was bouncing around all over the place behind the bar, as I said, in a somewhat playful energetic manner!
So I finally said; “Fofanna you sure are full of piss and vinegar today!” Immediately, as you can imagine, thoughts of what I just said started bouncing around in my head like 222 little super balls in a dryer!
What the hell do piss and vinegar have to do with being energetic? Or why if you’re full of piss and vinegar are you considered energetic? Who in their right mind would drink either one?
Very complexing… yes complexing indeed!
Nobody in the pub could tell me how this strange adage came to be! When I was a wee lad I remember my grandmother saying that to me, but it was usually preceded by her saying “You little imp…”
What could possibly have been going on in someone’s mind to come up with such a creepy statement as that?
As it turns out it comes from the 1920’s, an abstract of other sayings, but still no one can tell me how those two liquids came to be associated with each other yet alone the meaning to be energetic!
It’s still a mystery!
There are other things that perplex me as well like; I would eat a lot more natural foods but I’ve learned that most people die of natural causes! The natural foods advocates say things like “You are what you eat”… I AM NOT! I would never put me in my mouth; I know where I’ve been!
I remember being totally shocked when learning that “Life is Sexually Transmitted”, and there’s not one shred of evidence that supports the notion that life is serious!
I also know if you’re too open-minded, your brains will fall out, but if the government claims to have no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations; implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extra-terrestrials or their vehicles?
I may not be the most brilliant intellectual organism on the planet, but just because I wonder how much deeper the oceans would be without sponges, doesn’t mean I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe!
Other things that I’ve heard over the years perplex me still such as “No matter where you go, there you are!” umm… not always!
“Gotta make ends meet.” By the time you can make ends meet, the ends move again!
How about “High on the hog” uh… pretty sure I never tried to smoke one, and if I did I did not inhale!
Right now I may be having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time, because I think I’ve forgotten all this before, but then again life is full of uncertainties … or could I be wrong about that too?
Ah yes, my mind IS like a steel trap, deadly, rusty and probably illegal in most states.
~Snarp
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