I’m going to credit my Okie upbringing, and particularly the time spent at my great-granny Orr’s cattle farm (the living template for the musical Oklahoma!’s “Aunt Eller” though I’m positive she never met Rogers or Hammerstein*), for already knowing what a loafing shed is. We also have wild turkeys that wander across our property, but I have thus far never been chased.
*The first time I watched the movie version of Oklahoma!, I seriously thought it was my Granny Orr appearing on screen Mind you, I was about 4, and it was back when you had to go to the public library to see movies that were no longer in theaters, but still...
Is “dudebros” one I missed, because I LOVE it!? I call everybody dude, but now I can differentiate between just dude for female and dudebros for male.🤣 And I want to thank you for teaching my husband, who works for a company based in Karlsruhe, Germany by the way, that graupel is not sleet!
Ellen, I tend to use dudebro as a pejorative term - abundant in privilege and lacking in empathy. Re: Graupel - I wonder if in Germany it DOES mean sleet? I mean, aside from weather nerds, I don't know if most of us would even know the difference.
I’m going to credit my Okie upbringing, and particularly the time spent at my great-granny Orr’s cattle farm (the living template for the musical Oklahoma!’s “Aunt Eller” though I’m positive she never met Rogers or Hammerstein*), for already knowing what a loafing shed is. We also have wild turkeys that wander across our property, but I have thus far never been chased.
*The first time I watched the movie version of Oklahoma!, I seriously thought it was my Granny Orr appearing on screen Mind you, I was about 4, and it was back when you had to go to the public library to see movies that were no longer in theaters, but still...
Your story of thinking your Granny Orr was in Oklahoma is the BEST. Also, may your turkeys forever fail to notice you.
Is “dudebros” one I missed, because I LOVE it!? I call everybody dude, but now I can differentiate between just dude for female and dudebros for male.🤣 And I want to thank you for teaching my husband, who works for a company based in Karlsruhe, Germany by the way, that graupel is not sleet!
Ellen, I tend to use dudebro as a pejorative term - abundant in privilege and lacking in empathy. Re: Graupel - I wonder if in Germany it DOES mean sleet? I mean, aside from weather nerds, I don't know if most of us would even know the difference.