A hot egg and a black eye (Photo by Kayla S on Pexels.com)
Two seven-year-old kids were running on the playground. One of them fell. There was a bump on his right forehead.
Young aunt ran to get a towel with ice cubes. She placed it over the swelling on his forehead.
Next, his mum came running. She had a hot hard-boiled egg wrapped in a towel. Anxious over her only child, she threw away the ice. She rubbed the ‘warm egg’ compress over his forehead. The boy cried in pain.
His aunt grimaced to think about the dilation and more tearing of the tiny blood vessels. These will cause more bleeding!
“See! It is so effective! The swelling has subsided!” The mother exclaimed proudly. “This is an age-old practice!”
A few days later, both of them went to the aunt’s house. The boy had a black eye!
“The doctor said his right eye was not injured. His skull X-ray was ok. This bluish-black discolouration is blood collected around the eye. It will go off after a week or two!”
One evening, Mary’s son excitedly went to the kitchen after returning from college. “Mum, today is the last day at law school. The girls were asking each other about virginity and hymen!“ He overheard them.
He put down his bag and sat down. “I told them they should ask my mother. She will be able to tell them straight on their faces!” Mary smiled as she cooked. He was so quiet when she cautioned him about his machine guns the last time!
“Sure! Invite them to our house! I will explain to them!” That was a decade ago.
Why don’t they learn about it in school? I know there is a chapter in their Biology book! So much about the birds and the bees!
Mum, the college girls want to know… ( Photo by Askar Abayev on Pexels.com)
Quote:
Virginity is such a personal thing. You can’t judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they want to save themselves for the man who they think they’ll love forever. – Joyce Brothers.
I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven’t been able to find it. – David Duchovny
Young men would probably want to boast about losing their virginity. But they disapprove of their daughters or sisters losing it before going through the church! – Anonymous
In Apathy, unfeelingly , I like what a fellow blogger, K.K. commented. “Short and crisp!” Not that it’s like crunchy potato chips, but it reminds one that it takes skill to K.I.S.S. (keep it short and sweet)!
Crunchy potato chips (Photo by icon0.com on Pexels.com)
I used to summarize CVs ( 1-4 pages long) and lengthy abstracts to fit them into conferences’ program brochures. They were good exercises for me.
And if one can carry forth a point in 50 words instead of 500 words, I would prefer the shorter one.
Practise K.i.s.s.-ing!
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Quote:-
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. – Vladimir Nabokov
“…This is why I sometimes say religion is something we can perhaps do without. What we cannot do without are these basic spiritual qualities (such as love and compassion, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of harmony, which bring happiness to both self and others. )- Dalai Lama