Great Lines and Not For a Springsteen Concert
Great Lines – And Not for a Springsteen Concert Here’s another comment from my older son (the same one who let us know “cops is fuzz”). Back when giving the little guys shampoos, I’d lay them on their backs on the kitchen counter with their heads (supported, of course) dropping down into the sink. No stinging shampoo in their eyes! My mother-in-law was visiting us from Milwaukee and needed a shampoo. Polly was of the generation of women who had their hair done once a week in a salon. Not knowing where to send her, I offered to shampoo and style her hair. John, hearing this conversation commented, “It’s going to be hard getting her on the counter!” “ Try a Little Tenderness” is rather maudlin song from 1932, the height of the Great Depression. “She may be weary, wearing the same shabby dress, so when she’s weary, try a little tenderness”. My ex-husband’s version was, “go and buy another dress”. He was funny yes, emotionally supportive – not so much. Years later ...