BOOGER, OF THE WOODFORD COUNTY BOOGERS
Last night was Book Club night, and I've got to say, the conversations we have are both riveting and scandalously entertaining! It's an absolute given that I'm going to have a fantastic time at Book Club due, in part, to the dynamic group of women that assemble for our discussions.
Last night's discussion did not disappoint. We were discussing the book FOREVER by Judy Blume, which centers around teenage sexual awareness and angst, with some corn ball for effect. Because all of us are teachers, and because most of us have some interaction with pre-teens or teens, it was inevitable that we would compare this book to our families as well as to those students that we teach.
In the course of the book chat, it was announced that a relatively infamous female that almost all of us have had some sort of contact with, was pregnant. I remember her four years ago, and I remember the worried conversations over the fact that it seemed impossible that she wouldn't NOT get pregnant at some point between then, and well, now. So, the announcement did not a surprise to any of us.
Of course, the conversation took a very spirited turn, and well, there was much laughing involved, and a pregnant teacher and book club member in our midst had to cross her legs so she didn't wet her pants.
It went something like this ...
Elly: Want to know what the boyfriend's name is? You're going to love this!
Me, Gala, Erin, and Joe (he was allowed to come back upstairs as the official discussion had broken up by that point): What?
Elly: Booger!!!
Insert a chorus of ... WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? And lots of laughter here!
Me: I want a Booger for a boyfriend, but I don't want just any Booger.
Elly: You want a high-class Booger.
Me: That's right. Yes, like, Booger of the Woodford County Boogers.
Elly: Just a one named Booger?
Joe: No Booger Bob?
Me: No Booger Bobby, no Booger Joe?
Elly: No Booger Jr.?
Me: No! More like, Booger Wentworth, of the Woodford County Boogers.
Gala: She wants an Equestrian Booger.
Of course, from there, we began to surmise who would get Booger's off-spring first, because, the family will live in our district. It's going to happen.
Gala, we think, has the short end of that stick. She's a Title I teacher in reading, and well, when your dad's name is Booger ...
Last night's discussion did not disappoint. We were discussing the book FOREVER by Judy Blume, which centers around teenage sexual awareness and angst, with some corn ball for effect. Because all of us are teachers, and because most of us have some interaction with pre-teens or teens, it was inevitable that we would compare this book to our families as well as to those students that we teach.
In the course of the book chat, it was announced that a relatively infamous female that almost all of us have had some sort of contact with, was pregnant. I remember her four years ago, and I remember the worried conversations over the fact that it seemed impossible that she wouldn't NOT get pregnant at some point between then, and well, now. So, the announcement did not a surprise to any of us.
Of course, the conversation took a very spirited turn, and well, there was much laughing involved, and a pregnant teacher and book club member in our midst had to cross her legs so she didn't wet her pants.
It went something like this ...
Elly: Want to know what the boyfriend's name is? You're going to love this!
Me, Gala, Erin, and Joe (he was allowed to come back upstairs as the official discussion had broken up by that point): What?
Elly: Booger!!!
Insert a chorus of ... WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? And lots of laughter here!
Me: I want a Booger for a boyfriend, but I don't want just any Booger.
Elly: You want a high-class Booger.
Me: That's right. Yes, like, Booger of the Woodford County Boogers.
Elly: Just a one named Booger?
Joe: No Booger Bob?
Me: No Booger Bobby, no Booger Joe?
Elly: No Booger Jr.?
Me: No! More like, Booger Wentworth, of the Woodford County Boogers.
Gala: She wants an Equestrian Booger.
Of course, from there, we began to surmise who would get Booger's off-spring first, because, the family will live in our district. It's going to happen.
Gala, we think, has the short end of that stick. She's a Title I teacher in reading, and well, when your dad's name is Booger ...
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