Ok- so I was going through my mom's old school newspapers for this really corny famil heritage week at school, and not surprisingly (I knew my mom was weird from the start- this is just evidence) I found some pretty wacky stuff! I went through her old boyfriend's love letters, too, but that'll come later. You'd never believe some of the stuff they said in those days!! Below is a sampling of what really went on....
The "Maude and Claude" Advice Column
Dear Claude,
My girlfriend is real pretty. She is popular and nice, but when I'm around her, she belches real loud. It sort of bothers me, so what should I do?
Mud
Dear Mud,
Eat onions. If she asks you about your bad breath, ask her about her gas problem.
Dear Maude,
My boyfriend is very good-looking and cool, but he has terrible breath. I am not a Green Phantom, so what should I do?
Knocked Out
Dear Knocked Out,
Wear a gas mask.
So- first of all, I'd like to point out the fact that "mud" used the word "belch." This bothers me, I just don't like this word! Of course, this was the early 70's, any thing is possible.....
Secondly, notice the correlation between the two letters. I think that perhaps Mud thought that Claude was being serious and really DID decide to eat those onions. (Then again, maybe he was serious, that I dun know.) Knocked Out must have been "going steady" with this Mud guy- for the onions worked, and now she can't stand his breath. Does anyone here see this connection......... Hey, I wonder if she ever wore the gas mask.... |