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A Crossword Puzzle for Grandpa
February 4, 2010 | Permalink
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OK, too obscure for me, Tom.
_ a _ Hepatica?
I might be able to figure it out just by putting in letters, but I'm feeling lazy. I did do a search on "hepatica" which didn't help much, though density may be at fault...
Posted by: O Bloody Hell | Feb 5, 2010 1:35:32 PM
Can anybody help OBH??
Posted by: Tom McMahon | Feb 5, 2010 2:36:06 PM
Thanks again for sending me to scour the intarwebs to learn more about something I previously knew nothing/little about.
I'm just guessing here, but a lot of what I've read up on hepatica says it blooms in the spring, from February to May...
so "May Hepatica" ?
Posted by: tpulley | Feb 6, 2010 1:36:17 PM
Remember, this is 4-Block world...so the two clues have to be related somehow. Here's the answer:
http://www.adclassix.com/a3/37shlaxative.htm
Good one, Tom!
Posted by: Peter | Feb 7, 2010 2:27:52 AM
Ty Peter! Those vintage ads crack me up sometimes: "And Jim proposed at Lunch!" Reminds me of the 50's folgers instant coffee tv commercial where all this guy wants for his birthday is a "decent cup of coffee" like "the girls at work" make. Thanks to sal hepatica and folgers instant coffee, you too can fulfill your dream of being a submissive housewife :)
Posted by: tpulley | Feb 9, 2010 3:08:08 PM
Of course, tpulley has to crawl out of the woodwork and claim that women in the 50s were "oppressed." What an idiot.
Women's lib and feminism have been complete and utter failures. Most women in the 50s were pretty happy being housewives. In contrast, modern women are so overtaxed from working and taking care of the house that something gives--something breaks. Maybe she has to go to therapy; maybe her marriage falls apart; maybe she needs medication (prescription or otherwise); maybe her children suffer from a lack of maternal attention (like Bristol Palin did). Maybe she can't take care of her family and feeds them an endless series of takeout and frozen dinners. Maybe she can't even take the time to do the one thing mothers do best: nurture her own children. Hence the boom in nannies, many of whom speak little English and don't really care about their charges (just go to a park with lots of black and Hispanic nannies and see for yourself).
Contrary to popular belief, you *can't* have it all, and modern women are, on the whole, less happy than those of previous generations. Modern women are paying the price for one of the most misogynistic ideologies ever visited upon humanity: feminism.
If you've got the courage, go read The Thinking Housewife's essay (and the ensuing discussion) on the topic:
http://www.thinkinghousewife.com/wp/2009/07/why-we-must-discriminate/
Posted by: Sparticus | Feb 10, 2010 10:27:11 PM
Spartacus, the real thing to grasp is that the fifties were merely a time of backsliding after decades of progress anyway.
Contrast the role of women in Cimarron (1931) vs that of film in the fifties.
For an even more precise understanding of when it occurred, contrast the female lead of That Way With Women (3/29/47) with that of the female lead of Mother Is A Freshman (3/12/49)
In the TWWW, the "Joan Crawfordesque" female protagonist is spunky, sassy, and fully self-capable, even taking responsibility for her aging father. Her hair style is practical and functional, her clothes are loose and flowing, her heels reasonable.
In MIAF, Loretta Young, the "Kim Novakesque" female lead is a widow living on the income from assets left by her husband who is too flighty and irresponsible to handle the money and runs through the year's income by August. Her hair style is impractical and would require 3 to 4 visits a week to the hair stylist to keep it looking good. She wears barrel skirts and impractical heels.
> Modern women are paying the price for one of the most misogynistic ideologies ever visited upon humanity: feminism.
Which is ironic, since it's also one of the most misandrist ideologies ever visited upon humanity, too.
Posted by: OBloodyhell | Feb 13, 2010 8:33:57 PM
BTW, Tom: Not necessarily THE most obscure one you've ever put up, but certainly in the running.
:o9
Posted by: OBloodyhell | Feb 13, 2010 8:35:56 PM
