The story line in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter is very familiar: Hester Prynne is exposed as an adulterer and is forced to wear a scarlet letter for adultery; not a volleyball, basketball, or track letter from a school that begins with an A! Nowadays, we don't do that; instead, famous adulterous scamps get written about in People or the tabloids. Or the New York Times, sometimes.
But society doth change; morals evolve, and people change in different selections from the Sin of the Month Club. As a matter of fact, there's a whole passel of scarlet letters out there for people who feel the slightest amount of guilt or tall poppies needing leveling. Here's a few for your edification:
B - Isn't wearing a bra.
C - Eats cupcakes.
D - Dances (for Baptists).
DD - Well endowed.
G - Does not eat gluten-free foods.
H - Drives a Hummer.
M - Puts mayonnaise on barbecue.
PC - Did not use politically correct terminology.
R - Put recyclables in the garbage can.
S - Three Stooges fan.
V - Did not vote.
W - Cited Wikipedia in a reference.
Can you add some others? We need some serious grass roots reformation to get people on the Straight and Narrow again.
Hearts Brave For Open Water
11 hours ago


10 comments:
T: Doesn't watch television.
H: Home schools.
K -- Puts ketchup on everything.
M -- Noisy muffler
I agree with Meredith.
C - Only posts about crafts
S - Sings offkey in the shower
M - Talks about medical appointments and maladies.
F - farts in church.
P - rabid about politics
Y - overdoes yard sales
'still uses hotmail' made me laugh. :)
R - Incessantly talks about his/her religion, but isn't the least bit interested in hearing about yours.
P - Deena nailed that one.
C++ - So conservative that he/she believes Faux News is part of the liberal media conspiracy.
K - Can't keep fingers off the keyboard.
N - Takes unnecessary naps and doesn't ....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Q -asks nosy questions.
D- -doesn't use deodorant
Thanks for the update
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
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I like this.
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