Comments on: In which I mention unmentionables

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:19:33 +0000

Back in olden times (like when people couldn’t bathe regularly), handkerchiefs weren’t actually used for snot disposal. Well, maybe that was a secondary use, but anyway the main use was actually that they were scented so that the owner could hold it up to their face and breathe in public places without the overwhelming stench of human body odor and excrement. It was a lot less rude than telling the dude you’re talking to that he has a massive case of halitosis and to please stop exhaling in your general direction.

The more you know (cue rainbow).

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:57:32 +0000

My step-dad uses handkerchiefs all the time. He’s got, like, 10. I always thought it was the coolest thing and asked for one as a gift once, until I realised that you couldn’t just dispose of your snot and had to carry it around in your pocket. I didn’t use it very much after that first cold.

Anyway, he’s Dutch (like, born and raised in Amsterdam) so it makes sense that he’d be into all that stuff. Those Europeans and their topless bathing, handkerchiefs and what.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:51:20 +0000

WOW I just found this blog and you look amazing!!!! ANd you lost all this weight from the south beath diet that terrific. I had gastric bypass surgery in 2001 and went from 330 to 170 but have gain about 35lbs since then after my 2nd pregnancy so now Im trying to get back down Im at 215 now! Congrats to you!!!!

By: ...jus me

...jus me — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:48:45 +0000

I think they make fun of overweight people because they believe the falicy that we are all “jolly”, and a jolly person wouldn’t get upset about it, right? It sucks, at the very least, how little people actually think about our feelings.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:49:55 +0000

I think watching a Tom Green movie is worth for your health than being that big…

Of course, this might be true just for me since I would attempt suicide if I were forced to watch that man.

Shallow Hal pissed me off– I saw it with my boyfriend of the time and his brothers— his brothers thought it fine and dandy to make overweight jokes (not directed at me) after watching it— and I was like, wow, you totally missed the point of that movie.

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:50:22 +0000

I *FELT THE* same… sorry, I really do speak and type in english! :)

By: Mary Jo

Mary Jo — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:49:23 +0000

I same exact way when I saw Shallow Hal. I mean in the movie they have her throw her panties at him and they are these HUGE things. I just thought, c’mon now they aren’t that huge in real life! I mean my undies are BIG, but those were GIANT and she was smaller then I am. I hate the misconceptions about heavy women, and people only make it worse doing things like that.

By: DKN

DKN — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:21:39 +0000

Re: Tom Green

The man sucked a cow udder on national tv…several times. what can I say? We are udderly superior. :)

And I got a sick satifaction out of watching Drew Barrymore turn down his marriage proposal on Saturday Night Live. Smart move, Red.

By: DKN

DKN — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:19:52 +0000

Re: Tom Green

The man sucked a cow udder on national tv…several times. what can I say? We are udderly superior. :)

And I got a sick satifaction out of watching Drew Barrymore turn down his marriage proposal on Saturday Night Live. Smart move, Red.

By: Mel Green

Mel Green — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:23:53 +0000

“(By the way, does anyone use handkerchiefs anymore? Is a fondness for monogramming really worth carrying around a rag full of snot, especially when tissues are so readily available?)”

Yes I use handkerchiefs. I don’t monogram them, & I don’t have problems especially with “a rag full of snot” as I have lots of them & launder them regularly. I prefer them because #1 they don’t fall apart in my pockets like tissues do & #2 they don’t require the killing of trees just so I have something to blow my nose on. (I haven’t quite solved that problem re: toilet paper, unfortunately.)