Comments on: She Had a Question, 1917 (5)

By: lindberg

lindberg — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:01:19 +0000

Also, what’s with leaving the candy box in the theater? Not only should you sneak candy in, but you should litter?

By: lindberg

lindberg — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:33 +0000

My mother once bought a can of beer to kill slugs. She made it through the store without seeing anyone she knew, but as the clerk was ringing her up she was joined in line by an acquaintance, kind of the “class clown” of the ward. He made sure to notice her purchase, with gusto. She was so mortified she went home and hid the beer in her dresser and never got the courage to take it out and use it. It might still be there.

By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:55:00 +0000

I used lemon on my hair when I was a teenager. I’m not sure it really made my hair more blond, but I was hopeful. My mother went through a very short period of rinsing her hair with beer until us children talked her out of it because we were afraid our friends would get in the fridge and find the beer. We also worried about her buying beer in the grocery store and smiling at the clerk saying “Oh, this is only for my hair.” Nobody would have believed her.

By: charlene

charlene — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:58:14 +0000

“Act natural. Be pleasant and friendly” while smuggling contraband candy into the theater.

“Add the juice of half a lemon to the last rinsing water.” I think I used to use cider vinegar to rinse my hair. Perhaps the difference was for red hair compared to blond. Seems like it was to make the hair shiny by ensuring that the shampoo was all rinsed out when using rather hard water. Another creative rinse to add body was when I used my cousin’s beer. Not a happy man when he came in after a long day of work in the sun.

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:32:21 +0000

Yes, I have spent many a happy moment beyond the allotted time detained over a bowl of home-made candy and salted peanuts.

By: David Y.

David Y. — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:53:21 +0000

“The tallow mentioned in the remedy for ingrowing nails was beef tallow.”

Ick.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:40 +0000

“Julie B.” – Children born in America are American citizens, irrespective of the nationality of the parents.

Oh my goodness! Catherine Hurst was such a radical! What would the Russell Pearces of the world say?