Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for February 09, 2022

A kind word coming out of that acidic mouth? Wow!

That’s right. You never know what sorrows, hurts, and pains someone is going through. Don’t be all “smile! It isn’t that bad!” “Um, yes it is.”

She’s fighting the battle of the bulge. (We learned about WW2 in school)

Very true.

Let’s see you lead by example, Aunty – hah!

i always remind myself that we’re all slaves to the lowest common denominator, so all you can do is grin and bear it…

Very true.

Has Aunty had a stoke or got “salvation”?

I think a lightening bolt of religion has just plumb struck her in the arse. And she has seen the light!

in regards to AUNTY ACID ‘s comment…and in the immortal words of my great aunt.."that’s right, so true"… ♥ (love you great aunt germaine {may you rest in peace})…

‘Cheer up,’ they said, ‘things could be worse.’ So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse…

Actually, this is one of my philosophies of life that has allowed me to get along with folks that others have major problems with. I word it more like “Cut ‘em some slack, you don’t know what their life has been like.”

One incident I’m quite proud of is when a Secretary was complaining to me about her boss “belittling” her about her work. I suggested she try to just not react and ignore his gibes, like water off a duck’s back. Later she told me it had worked so well that he stopped doing it!

OK Ged, what have you done with Auntie?

PMS?

I used to say something along those lines to a friend of mine. You don’t know what you don’t know and unless they tell you they suffer in silence.

This does not, however, include the bleep who bleeping parks across two bleeping spots in the bleeping parking lot.

Aunty’s second positive sentiment in two days — is this Bizarro-Aunty?