Comments on: Hey Jealousy http://mothersofbrothers.com/hey-jealousy/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://mothersofbrothers.com/hey-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-7552 Ed Fri, 07 May 2010 17:16:25 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2478#comment-7552 Nor, for that matter, a higher name. Nor, for that matter, a higher name.

]]> By: jennifer@mothersofbrothers.com http://mothersofbrothers.com/hey-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-7531 jennifer@mothersofbrothers.com Thu, 06 May 2010 20:13:34 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2478#comment-7531 Thanks, Ed. There is no higher authority than the Doobie Brothers. Thanks, Ed. There is no higher authority than the Doobie Brothers.

]]> By: Ed http://mothersofbrothers.com/hey-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-7530 Ed Thu, 06 May 2010 18:05:52 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2478#comment-7530 A technical response: (And don't knock it; it's been around since the 1500's.) "pure as the driven snow" Morally unsullied, chaste, as in She's just sixteen and pure as the driven snow. This simile dates from the late 1500s, although {AHA!--->driven, which means “carried by the wind into drifts,”} was occasionally omitted. A better response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6N_OR2XDHk A technical response:
(And don’t knock it; it’s been around since the 1500′s.)

“pure as the driven snow”
Morally unsullied, chaste, as in She’s just sixteen and pure as the driven snow. This simile dates from the late 1500s, although {AHA!—>driven, which means “carried by the wind into drifts,”} was occasionally omitted.

A better response:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6N_OR2XDHk

]]> By: Jennifer http://mothersofbrothers.com/hey-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-7529 Jennifer Thu, 06 May 2010 17:46:38 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2478#comment-7529 What is driven snow, anyway? That doesn't sound pure to me, it sounds like muddy tire tracks. What is driven snow, anyway? That doesn’t sound pure to me, it sounds like muddy tire tracks.

]]> By: Ed http://mothersofbrothers.com/hey-jealousy/comment-page-1/#comment-7527 Ed Thu, 06 May 2010 15:29:05 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2478#comment-7527 OK, so it's been at least two hours since you posted this and -- unusual for MOB -- there have been NO comments. Could it be your readers are being Chio-cautious lest their Bungle-buddies might be reading MOB as well . . . might discover "that" thing from back then . . . and might pull a James Retribution? Thank God I'm pure as the driven snow, Kimberly. Kimberly? Kimberly? OK, so it’s been at least two hours since you posted this and — unusual for MOB — there have been NO comments.

Could it be your readers are being Chio-cautious lest their Bungle-buddies might be reading MOB as well . . . might discover “that” thing from back then . . . and might pull a James Retribution?

Thank God I’m pure as the driven snow, Kimberly.

Kimberly? Kimberly?

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