tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post6276976842082257941..comments2023-11-05T01:44:23.283-06:00Comments on small works in wool: "Don't you know the meaning of propriety?"susan m hinckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073318305866251569noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-21955380834881764372009-09-28T20:42:10.935-05:002009-09-28T20:42:10.935-05:00oops! didn't mean to leave an essay, but your ...oops! didn't mean to leave an essay, but your topic provided ample food for continuing thought. thank you for that!<br /><br />as to present day propriety, i believe as ever it survives in an evolving form. although, when i drive by the teenyboppers at our middle school bus stop and they're wearing lingerie as outwear, i do sometimes have my doubts...luannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988903685484563941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-56173013578979516832009-09-28T18:34:04.068-05:002009-09-28T18:34:04.068-05:00LuAnne -- your little essay was such a lovely resp...LuAnne -- your little essay was such a lovely response! I'm tempted to post it on its own, because you've hit my own particular nail right on the head.<br /><br />And you've gotten me wondering whether this generation has any notion of propriety? Or do we only have "political correctness" (which is not the same thing). I feel that the entire notion of propriety might be considered "fuddy duddy"? Just thinking out loud.susan m hinckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073318305866251569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-46511171034105630152009-09-28T16:07:26.251-05:002009-09-28T16:07:26.251-05:00Several times now I’ve begun and abandoned a comme...Several times now I’ve begun and abandoned a comment, unable to clarify my thoughts on this very chewy topic of propriety. Great flashcard, and lucky you for finding all these paper gems!<br /> <br />The longer I ponder it, the more I begin to feel slightly fuddy-duddyish for assuming (as of course I do) that my notion of propriety is correct. It seems the notion of propriety evolves with each generation, and not always for the worse, corsets and gloves having now become optional attire at least.<br /><br />That link between smoking and politeness is interesting... to me, it seems that so much unexpressed discontent, insecurity, disappointment, and anger was psychically vented through the slow exhalations of our parents’ generation. Propriety back then (the days of my youth) often felt so emotionally repressive. I’m glad our generation championed greater openness.<br /><br />But the pendulum has swung so far that now it seems any fool wanting his/her 15 minutes of attention simply hangs out ever-dirtier laundry for alleged public cleansing. What are these people thinking??? My inner fuddy duddy can’t help but cringe and wonder.luannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988903685484563941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-59768172461240205962009-09-27T10:33:32.493-05:002009-09-27T10:33:32.493-05:00LOL, I look at Jerry Springer as an absurdest melo...LOL, I look at Jerry Springer as an absurdest melodrama. 'cept that I don't look at him at all. <br /><br />The world could do with more clean laundry, so off I go to help that effort.VOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720138340117045444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-622988323529930602009-09-26T19:50:10.074-05:002009-09-26T19:50:10.074-05:00I agree, and yet I could do with a little less Jer...I agree, and yet I could do with a little less Jerry Springer and a little more clean laundry in the world. It's a conundrum to be sure.susan m hinckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073318305866251569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-53519581883749290392009-09-26T17:08:04.391-05:002009-09-26T17:08:04.391-05:00I can't decide if it's better to hide all ...I can't decide if it's better to hide all that stuff or be able to look at it for what it is.<br /><br />Somehow looking at it makes me feel freer, so I don't have to pretend.VOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720138340117045444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459395058311330990.post-37694632751459170662009-09-25T15:57:40.736-05:002009-09-25T15:57:40.736-05:00I've been trying to get back to the 50's f...I've been trying to get back to the 50's for years - can't quite pull it off. Especially since I wasn't born til '59, lol. But oh the nice manners everyone had!Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06877277586697593998noreply@blogger.com