To: toddst
"I looked around the table at my satin-cheeked boys - I mean, not one of them shaves yet..."
Satin-cheeked? Satin-cheeked? I read A LOT, and I have never, ever, read this turn of phrase before; let alone heard it said by any person in real life. "Not one of them shaves yet?" That's a stretch too, how many Americans in casual conversation speak like that. None of them shave yet, they don't even shave yet, that I would believe, if it weren't for the satin-cheeked bit before. Who is these kid's mom, Frazier Crane? I do not believe that this woman, or any one, actually said these words. I would absolutely have to hear this remark on tape in order to believe it.
17 posted on
03/30/2004 4:28:02 AM PST by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: jocon307
LoL! That struck me as well. I couldn't take the article seriously after that line.
19 posted on
03/30/2004 4:32:43 AM PST by
EllaMinnow
("Pessimism never won any battle." - Dwight D. Eisenhower)
To: jocon307
Maybe she read it from a script :-). I'd be more likely to mention my sons' grimy cheeks, and observe that after all these years, they still can't get themselves clean without help!
(For the record, my sons are 10, 7-1/2, 2, and 2 months.)
23 posted on
03/30/2004 4:43:03 AM PST by
Tax-chick
(Mother of a teenager for THREE days, and I'm still as sane as I ever was!)
To: jocon307
That is exactly how it struck me!
37 posted on
03/30/2004 5:11:24 AM PST by
cyncooper
("The 'War on Terror ' is not a figure of speech")
To: jocon307; toddst; redlipstick
Me too!
That line stood out like the proverbial pork chop at the Bar Mitzvah.
No way any real-life mother said that, let alone one with four boys. Having four boys will get you in touch with gritty reality VERY quickly.
43 posted on
03/30/2004 5:24:31 AM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: jocon307
LOL, I was struck by "satin-cheeked", too. A Google search turns up exactly
one instance.
69 posted on
03/30/2004 6:22:39 AM PST by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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