Re: A STORY , ONLY A STORY . But True .
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:14 pm
Diesel42 wrote:I've enjoyed reading these stories and I want to compliment Mr. Cotten's wise observations.
Allow me to add this point, our memories of these old time stories is a reflection of what we learned. Some folks require stronger lessons than others. Yet, all of us had to learn the accepted behavior of our community or we would be forced out or ostracized.
When I was 10, my parents played penny poker with their friends in our home. One of their friends became mean when he drank and promised his wife and their two kids a beating when they got home. I watched my Mom get up and go to the kitchen where she made him a bourbon & Coke with the addition of two Valiums. She then acted the Vamp, sat in his lap, and made him drink her special drink made just for a manly man like him. Ten minutes later, he was unconscious on the couch. The adults loaded him in the car and Mom told his wife to let him sleep it off in the driveway after she got herself and the kids locked up in the house. The next day I asked Mom how she knew how many pills it would take to knock him out (I was the young scientist). Mom calmly replied that she didn't care if he lived or died. My learned lesson had two parts: you don't beat women or kids and my folks are prepared to commit murder if you do.
Thanks everyone!
Nick
I'm liking your parents there.