I've tried to turn from my formerly crude ways, but sometimes they pop back up in diminished form. Forgive this transgression (or don't, whatever), but a thought popped back into my head while I was showering this morning.
As a teen (in my budding crude days) I thought that a "Triple S" would prepare me for just about anything: school, date, job interview, riding a rollercoaster etc. Whatever I was to face, I'd be ready. What is a Triple S?
A sh*t, shave and shower.
Now I realize that sometimes I need further preparation in some instances (getting married also required a proposal some months in advance and a tuxedo rental; becoming a parent was best handled after said marriage, some marital bliss and about nine months of cooking the Cutlet). But basically empty bowels, a fresh face and clean-smelling aura makes one good to go in the majority of occasions.
Just because I had to endure the cringe-inducing factor of knowing this as I was growing up, I'll share another tidbit for you. My grandmother, who grew up in an era when baths were luxuries not always afforded by a) hot water or b) enough time to heat the water and soak, had an acronym for a "turbo wash" of sorts. Get ready for it ... hers was a "PTA." I'm not going to explain it to you; just think a minute. Then cringe.
Hmm. I'm not sure what the T is, but I'm pretty sure I got the other two. Sounds like grandma needed to wash her mouth out with soap too! :)
You're going to have to enlighten me....I can only guess the "P".
Yuck.
I NEED baths and showers, if only to let yesterday slide down the drain.
It's a fresh, clean start.
So crazy...my grandmother used the same exact phrase!
Her acronym stood for Pussy, Tits and Armpits - were our grandmothers on the same page or was yours different?
Thanks for reminding me of a funny saying from someone whom I miss deeply.
Hmmm...Ok I thought the A stood for "ass" but I guess "armpits" makes sense as well...