My two-year-old daughter loves listening to nursery rhymes
in the car. One of the tracks on her CD is “The Owl and the Pussy Cat.” Allow
me to share an excerpt with you: “Oh, beautiful pussy. Oh, pussy, my love. What
a beautiful pussy you are, you are. What a beautiful pussy you are.”
Yes, I know “pussy” means “cat,” but it doesn’t stop me from
snickering like Beavis and Butthead in my head every time I hear it, and it
didn’t stop me from wanting to open my car door and jump out when it came
on while my father-in-law was in the car.
My point is that even though “pussy” means “cat” clearly I
would never, like, tell someone that I have to get home to feed my pussy.
It’s the same with the word “impotent.” Sure, one of its
definitions is “lacking power or ability,” but when I hear the word “impotent,”
there’s really only one thing I associate it with. Therefore, if I wanted to
convey that something (besides that) was lacking power or ability, I would opt
for a synonym.
But that’s because I’m not Sarah Palin and haven’t mastered
the double entendre.
In 2015, she wrote an article called “Obama’s Impotence: Why
He Can’t ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,'” and it might be one of my favorite things I have
ever read. I desperately wanted to include this article in my book, but I it
didn’t quite satisfy my book’s needs. However, if my book had a chapter on
the double entendre, I would have definitely slid it right in there.
Check out these excerpts:
·
Let the
United States Military do its job and kick ISIS ass… or pull out, like you
promised.
·
surely
they can pinpoint billowing oil facilities in the Islamic flatlands that are
much larger than your tiny golf balls
·
Anyone
in bed with the enemy gets cut off. Got it?
·
you’re
barely limping along as the coalition "leader"
·
the
Washington establishment’s complicity with your dysfunction
·
Vladimir
Putin is small-headed
·
your
waning days in office
·
Wimpy
hacks in your lap
Now, that, my
friends, is what I call committing to a theme.
Photo byy Miika Silfverberg - originally posted to Flickr as Birch, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4123493
Hidden (well-hidden) genius.
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat a double entendre! British humour is, of course, seeped in it (!), especially with all the 'Carry On ...' movies.
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there with the "slid it right in there." Well played.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd be snickering a bit if I heard those lyrics too.
ReplyDelete"Obama’s Impotence: Why He Can’t ‘Drill, Baby, Drill'" OMG. I can't. That is too funny!! And those excerpts. HA!
ReplyDeleteIf I had to look at Sarah for more than a moment I would become impotent.
ReplyDeleteGot a few giggles out of me this morning. Nice post!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmkX15AeN8
ReplyDeleteRegular Show ended this week. who will carry on the mantle of Beavis and Butt-head now?
LOL! That's definitely a commitment to a theme. Doesn't anyone tell these people "hey, that may not be a good idea because it's just going to be laughed at?"
ReplyDeleteI'm all about the double entendre, but was her whole book like that? I think I would have been exhausted at some point! As for that song, it definitely sounds hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThat was a lot of clever insults. What was that song writer thinking?
ReplyDeleteI always giggle at words like that, too. Another favorite is when I'm watching something old-timey and they talk about what a gay time they're having.
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