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The cute little girl on the left is Ernest Hemingway.

Obviously, the rest of his life was trying to compensate for this photo...

Jabberwonky wrote:Obviously, the rest of his life was trying to compensate for this photo...

There are others. I forget how many years his mother dressed him in girl's clothes...

Fairportfan wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:Obviously, the rest of his life was trying to compensate for this photo...

There are others. I forget how many years his mother dressed him in girl's clothes...

This may be a clue to why he was so unbalanced and in need of high quantities of alcohol in his life.

Not to be a spoilsport, FYI it was common practice in the later 1800s to dress young boys and girls in skirt style clothing for their first few years. Of course, the fashionistas were more elaborate, but it dealt with a common issue of the era. Think "diapers."

This moment of obscure history has been brought to you by the "Bet You Didn't Know That!" society of Antiquity Know-It-Alls. So there. Nyah.

Actually, I did know that. But I'm not going to let facts get in the way of a good joke.

Or even a joke of that caliber...

Jabberwonky wrote:Or even a joke of that caliber...

The pun Jar is gonna come gunning for you Jaber.

Atomic wrote:Not to be a spoilsport, FYI it was common practice in the later 1800s to dress young boys and girls in skirt style clothing for their first few years.

It also helped his mother stay in practice. She was a really serious, tireless seamstress, and so it's only natural that she made his clothes in an ....

(will split responsibility for pun-jar payment with whomever finishes the joke)

Atomic wrote: it dealt with a common issue of the era. Think "diapers."

Actually, I did, a while back...

Mark N wrote:

Jabberwonky wrote:Or even a joke of that caliber...

The pun Jar is gonna come gunning for you Jaber.

This whole thread has a few breeches. Too many loose cannons running around, it seems.

Oh good, more punning bullets. Musket we do this to every thread?

MerchManDan wrote:Oh good, more punning bullets. Musket we do this to every thread?

YES. It is in the grain of all of our firefights after all.