Wise Women Friday: Dorothy Parker

Words of Wisdom from American writer Dorothy Parker (1893-1967):

Prince, a precept I'd leave for

     you,

Coined in Eden, existing yet:

Skirt the parlor, and shun the 

     zoo --

Women and elephants never 

     forget.

Five things I have not forgotten:

1. In third grade, I slugged a boy for making first graders push him on the merry-go-round.  He slugged me back and made me cry.

2. In fifth grade, I slugged a boy because he wouldn't let anyone else on the climbing structure.  He slugged me back and made me cry.  He never returned to school.

3. In high school, this mean girl named Kris got to be a cheerleader even though she didn't have the grades.  She was really mean, venomously mean, but I later learned that she spent a lot of time trying to rescue injured wildlife.  

4. In high school, I was the lead in a play and this boy Brad Abernathy was quoted in our school newspaper as saying "it was a pleasure working with such talented performers as Margaret."  Those were his exact words.  EXACT WORDS.  

5. In college, this guy named Steve called me a "trussle head," thus insulting my hair.  I later married him.  But I haven't forgotten.