non-prejedicial singing
over the weekend, JC discovered that it's not over until "the fat lady" sings. all this time, she thought that it wasn't over until "the old lady" sings.
her rationale: old ladies live longer and will therefore sing longer.
JC: "i don't know why it should be fat lady...are they trying to say fat people are slow? that's not right and it's totally prejudice. old lady makes so much more sense."
JC: "i didn't believe them when they said it was 'fat lady' so i googled it to double check. and then all i could say was 'oh' because they were right."
JC: "seriously...i don't know why it's 'fat lady' - google doesn't even give a good explanation. neither could the people who said it was 'fat lady' and at least i have an explanation. so it should be 'old lady.'
posted by steph @ 9:33 PM
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The things one finds by accident... ("next blog")
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