Inappropriate Verbiage
Sep. 17th, 2007 07:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snarpOriginally published at SarahPin.com. You can comment here or there.
My Supervisor: That call a minute ago, was that a life or death thing?
Me: Death, actually. Mr. M - he’s, like, on the board? - he died last night.
Me: - That thing I just said was completely not funny…
My Supervisor: Oh, you mean he was on the board!
My Supervisor: Oh, dear, that wasn’t funny either, was it.
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Me: So I thought Achewood made up a word - because it does a lot, it made up some pretty convincing words about witches the other day - but then I googled it, and it turned out they did not make up a word. Want to know what the word is?
Mom: Okay.
Me: “Merkin.” It’s a pubic hair wig prostitutes wore when they had to shave to get rid of lice. It’s, like, a real actual thing that existed!
Mom: Yeah, I’ve heard of those…
Me: So there was a time period when guys were not afraid of pubic hair! They actually found it attractive enough that prostitutes bought little wigs, and I - Mom! This is an important discovery!
