Do you know where the expression "mind your P's and Q's" comes from? (I'll tell you at the end)
I was listening to the news instead of whistling while I worked and I heard about all of the preparations Chicago is taking for the upcoming NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Oranization) conference to be held in our largest MIDDLEwestern city. I am not really sure why they would want to have to summit there; it sounds like more trouble than it's worth. I understand that it will bring millions of dollars to the city but it sounds like it is costing businesses millions of dollars to prepare. Some museums are going to close their doors during the summit - I imagine because they are in fear of terrorism, Hundreds of businesses on Michigan Avenue are either boarding-up their windows or spending thousands and thousands of dollars to have their window glass swapped-out for very expensive bullet-proof and/or shatter-proof glass. It also sounds like they are expecting the Occupy Wall Street people to occupy Chicago again so some places are wrapping their glass awnings in Bubble Wrap. So - welcome to Chicago that now looks like a third-world country all boarded-up and closed. I imagine there will be lots of people protesting all over the city and trying to get their names out there to be seen by world-wide audiences. Maybe Dirty Laundry Podcast should hire a sky-writer though I bet Chicago, home of one of the busiest airports in the world, will also be a no-fly zone during the NATO conference. I think NATO should also update their name - NATO is so 1949.
| Cursed? |
As long as I am being pseudo-political there is a rumor that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s wife (Mary) was found dead. There is a report floating online that the death was suicide but that has not yet been substantiated. What is the curse that this family is paying for? Maybe it's just that they are so public and such a large family that we hear about this stuff that it keeps happening to them. But it is A LOT of stuff. I know Joseph Kennedy was a real big jerk but did he make some kind of deal with some supernatural force that makes his family pay over and over and over? This isn't the kind of pay-it-forward deal I want for my family. If I wasn't so lazy I would investigate all of their tragedies for either the blog or the podcast. It probably wouldn't be that thorough though as I discovered on this most recent podcast that I don't know how to do research. JFK was President when I was born so, I think it is for that reason, I have always been fascinated by the Kennedys. It also could be because they were always said to have been the closest to a Royal Family that we have had in The U.S of America and everybody is mesmerized by The Royals.
Another suicide-related story that former San Diego Charger Junior Seau's house was burglarized. Talk about someone trying to bring a curse on themselves. Tomb Raiding was has always been known to be a big curse-magnet and robbing a guy's house right after he died has to classify for that. It will probably turn-out to be someone who knew Junior and they wanted their sweatpants that they loaned Junior back or something but no matter what the deal - bad juju will come their way.
| The way Words With Friends has been for me lately |
Alright, I have to get back to toting barges and lifting bales. First, I need to answer today's question I posed. The reason for the question is that someone at work brought this up and said it was because in Ireland whenever they would have a bar fight the bartender would yell out "Mind you P's and Q's" because beers were served in pints and quarts and he was warning everyone to guard their beers. I, however, knew this was malarkey but said nothing - I am making progress as a human. Some people think I have just become quieter in my MIDDLE age but it's actually hard to speak when I am biting my tongue most of the time (I am still a jerk inside - but my tongue is delicious). I knew the real reason but I said nothing. It has been gnawing at me and I have to release it somewhere or I will burst so I am doing it here (I can only be expected to be a certain percentage human). The real origin of this expression comes from the early printing presses when they used separate plates for each letter. They would use the same plates for P's and Q's (lower-case only) by reversing the plates making either a p or a q. Now I feel better but I am still going to fight the urge not to blurt it out every time I see the guy who said it. Maybe one day he and I will be head-to-head on Jeopardy and that will be the question that I beat him on.
Okay, now I am done stalling and need to get back to work. Thanks for being here and for coming-by regularly. I aqqreciate you very much (I forgot to switch the plate on that word there - sorry for not minding my p's and q's) Have a great afternoon/night and I am fairly certain I will blog you again tomorrow. TTTT...MITM (out and smiling that you stopped to see me). TA!
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