"Carry-on like a Porkchop in Jerusalem"
27 March 2006, 10:00
When I was a kid this saying was a perennial favourite of my father’s. I grew up on a steady diet of “Mad as a two-bob watch”; “Madder than a cut snake” and “That’s what the Actor said to the Bishop” (don’t ask). So when I’m breastfeeding Scout and she starts to arch her back, stretch, flail her head back and forth (alarmingly sometimes with boob still in mouth) and moan and groan, not unhappily, this saying comes to mind. Her new nickname is consequently “Porkchop”. She also has attained rolls of porkish fat, ala the Michelin Man (sooooo cute, my chubba…), so the name is not entirely undeserved…
I never really thought of this saying as being, to coin AliG, “Racialist” or insulting to those of the jewish faith. It is just an adage that peppered my childhood. Not that I escaped unscathed from imitating my parents, or books I read, when I was young. I have a vivid memory of being sent out of class when I was in the 6th grade for including some less than salubrious language in a creative essay. I’d been reading “The Omen” (I mean, what the hell were my parents doing, letting me read “The Omen” when I was 10???) and had simply though that a “Harlot” was a scary woman. The headmaster thought differently, my parents were called and a scene ensued. If memory serves me correctly, tears were shed. Mine. And my parents.
I accept my failings. I’m not proud to admit that I’ve, on occasion, said “Where did you pork the cor in the corpork?” Or called a person from Adelaide a Kiwi (I mean, honestly, it’s sometimes hard to tell the difference) and that I’m probably going to Hell for this post. But as parents, we really need to watch we say, as little Scout’s first word is destined to be “Ohshit”, athough McG swears she said “Love. You….. Dad.” yesterday. Dream on Husband.
I feel kinda sorry for our little cheesey porkmeister. She is at the mercy of our immature desire to get cheap laughs.
At least she’ll be a happy little Porkchop.
Permanent Link | - Great post, you’re one funny girl. Let’s hope little porkchop takes after her mum.
Nothing wrong with that you’re saying, you’re just carrying on the great aussie tradition of taking the p*ss out of whoever is nearest (or furthest really, in the case of porkchops in Jerusalem).
Also, it’s our god-given duty to insult kiwis at any time.
Anyhow, I’ll buy you a beer in hell :D
— Eve Mar 28, 06:28 AM #
