Put Lipstick on a Pig

Hello Y'all

If you've been following American politics lately, putting lipstick on a pig is a phrase that's been thrown about by opposing sides of the presidential contest. This tickles me pink (note reference to, again, pig); because it touches on my blog name in a contemporary way.

The idea behind the idiom is that putting lipstick on a bad idea/concept/entity to make it hip/cool/ popular does not make it so. Essentially, it's an insult especially when it's applied to policy or personality. It's a thinly masked affront on ones sense of judgement and reflects an inability to adapt to cultured society.

Which brings me to comment on this nascent idea recently hatched in the yahoo group. This thing about sharing off-colored jokes/anecdotes, IMHO has no place in this venue. Is this what we mean when we touch on nostalgia? Is reminiscing really equivalent to devolving to immaturity? I'm no prude and I can dish it out like a good sailor; it's one thing to make offhand comments among friends during conversation, but I would be concerned if people in the group would actively participate in discussion in anticipation of juvenile titillation. Reserve that for the reunion. I'd like to imagine that in the near future, we wouldn't scramble to put lipstick on our indiscreet exchanges on-line when we over share our bovine acts/thoughts.

Just a word to the wise guys....

Mon