But CAN there Be Too Many Really?
Trying to get to New Orleans for the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists this morning, I find out at the airport that the flight's been canceled but am kept occupied by some lively talk from the woman behind me in the LONG lone line to get to the What Now counter. She is trying to get down to New Orleans too, for a family reunion she says: “I’ve been to Louisiana, Mississippi all over the South and back seeing family but I have NEVER been out of the country! Next thing I get back I’m gonna get a PASSPORT, see some of those Caribbean islands before I reach my big never-mind-which birthday….
Because I am FREE now, my boy’s grown!!”
"Ah nice," I say and ask how old he is and she says 22.
"Be sure he votes!"
"OH yeah!" she says and after a bit adds that she loves that Hillary Clinton. “I mean what a classy lady! I hope she's lyin' around in her pajamas now, sending people to bring her coffee, bring her tea. She said some things that last speech just gave me some food for thought!”
"I know, I love her too.” I said. “ The National Enquirer says he’s still cheating on her though - and they’re pretty careful what they print, having been sued so many time in the past so you know it’s maybe true.. “
“WHO'S cheating?!” she says with a sudden fierceness.
“That loser husband of hers who ruined everything.”
"HE won’t change!” she snorts. “Some men just do that.”
“I guess.”
“My man, for example, a photographer, birthday parties, weddings, reunions . Out all the time I'm thinkin' ‘Oh he works so hard!’ Come to find out he’s photographing strippers for those websites they have!”
“And he didn’t tell you huh and that’s why you’re mad?”
“It wasn’t that! This stuff? I said 'Uh UH, no WAY with that nonsense? All kinda front-to-back and such? ‘Oh no you don't and live in this house!’ I said to him. I mean too many vaginas, come on!"
And so children, there it is: Your thought for the day that might even lead back to poor Hillary and her lost cause. A thought for you, and for me, and for every other person in line at the Jet Blue ticket counter.
