contest entry: Swift's Frankfurts

[pimpmytardis.livejournal.com]

I almost forgot to enter!! :O



In case it's too small to read, Mrs. Thurber's menu includes Swift's Premium Frankfurts, whole kernel corn, spiced apricots, breaded tomato slices, mint sherbet, and chocolate angel cake.

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[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'd like to have heard James's comments. The humorist and husband, I mean. How confusing, having the same name*. ;-) More to the point, why didn't married woman have names back then? Grrr.

* Though the old couple next door are Phyl and Phil (Phyllis and Philip) and I also knew a Don and Donna.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

I'm friends with a Kristin and Kristine couple.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

When I was at uni I knew two Heather McDonalds who were room-mates. :-)

[eva]

More to the point, why didn't married woman have names back then?

That's one thing about English-language usage that has always baffled me. Granted, we had the "woman takes man's last name" thing, too, but if never extended to first names.

[baron154.livejournal.com]

In the bad old days before feminism, in a man's world, using your husband's name was meant as a measure of protection. I have a man behind me, so do not harrass, bother or cheat me, or you will hear from my husband. . It sounds horribly possessive to us now, but it was actually a shield then. I think we've lost a lot of the memory of just how bad it was for single women way back then. In the first half of the twentieth century, an unmarried woman was suspect and vulnerable. Like, why isn't she married? What's wrong with her, all alone? It was the mores of the day, and the tradition of title, like "Mrs. Don Draper" came from a way to declare that the lady shall not be bothered, harrassed, or cheated, because her husband shall hear of it and there will be hell to pay if you wrong this lady. That's where it came from originally. Invoking a husband's power at a time when women had very little of their own.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They don't do it any more AFAIK (except for some very old people I'd be very rude to if they did it to me) but the royal family still has people who have lost their own names: Princess Michael and apparently Princess William. WTF? I wouldn't marry anyone on those terms.

[mantriddrone.livejournal.com]

"plugging my family with a variety of exotic sausages keeps them completely satisfied"

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

I adore your icon! It's quite mesmerizing!

[mantriddrone.livejournal.com]

:)

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

Any of those things alone is fine, but together? That's just gross!

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

Yyyyyyeah, her delight is just LEAPING out at us.

[baron154.livejournal.com]

She looks far from delighted. Her picture looks like a hostage confession filmed under duress.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

You know, maybe it's all the ads having a subliminal effect on me, but I had hot dogs for supper last night AND tonight! :D

[bib-specialist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Thurber had these for dinner- after coming home from a day at the New Yorker, which included an assignation with his secretary who he was having an affair with.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Might explain Mrs. Thurber's facial expression and mediocre meal. She just doesn't give a crap anymore. Can't say I blame her.

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

she looks toooootally delighted.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

LOL I saw "Mrs. James Thurber" as I was scrolling and thought "THE Mrs. J T?" and then I got the next line! :D

Yes

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

This ad is so exciting. Yay.

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

She looks like she's delighted that her Valium has kicked in.

Yes

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

You know, there's a reason why magazines don't use two-color printing any more.

YES

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Because Mrs. Thurber's expression says "kill me now, for the love of God."