Document Type
Blog
Publication Date
4-9-2018
Abstract
As I embark into my sixth decade, I am realizing that there are certain things I really need. I prided myself for many years in being able to thread a sewing machine needle without my Dollar Tree cheaters. Evidently from the text I sent my daughter last night - "I unlicked doir" - I need my glasses all the time for reading, writing and arithmetic (especially since I'm in accounting). Last week, a friend of the family sent up a distress Facebook post needing prayer for the final weeks of her MA program. It was late, but I wanted to chip in my support, which I did with this message: "Im peaying, habg in ghere. So olose." I checked the comment in the morning - oh snap - she's gonna think I'm drunk, that's not what I wanted to communicate. I added a comment which translated the above sentiment and assured her I was not intoxicated in any way, just forgot my glasses. She responded with a hearty laugh emoji. Without my glasses, miscommunication events will likely happen again, especially when I'm depositing money into offspring accounts, so I better keep them close.
Keywords
Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton
eCommons Citation
Fentanes, Donna, "Put a little vaseline on it" (2018). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1352.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1352
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