tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post1221880263111598563..comments2024-03-15T07:09:05.731-07:00Comments on Unintentional Irony: Sweet MelissaJames Killushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08265296146264452333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-45141056890155381752008-03-01T23:47:00.000-08:002008-03-01T23:47:00.000-08:00I remember both "foxy" and "tough," with the feeli...I remember both "foxy" and "tough," with the feeling that there were other tags available, but memory is a liar and a thief.<BR/><BR/>Applying the word "fox" to Melissa set up a little cognitive dissonance that I resolved with a realization that I omitted something from her description (actually, I have omitted many things from her description, for reasons that would require much more self-analysis than I care to exert).<BR/><BR/>One of the things that anyone who saw her immediately sensed, I think, was that she was kind. There was another virtue that was a weakness in the circumstances. If she'd given the impression of haughtiness, or even a hint of the cruel, she would have had fewer impositions made upon her. But she tried not to hurt the feelings of even the total losers who hit on her. So kindness became another sort of vulnerability.<BR/><BR/>Hmm. That's straying close to dangerous thoughts, isn't it? Time to get my cynicism upgraded, I guess.James Killushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265296146264452333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071936218849577375.post-92122138511090215122008-02-29T19:53:00.000-08:002008-02-29T19:53:00.000-08:00If memory serves, babes were called "foxes" by all...If memory serves, babes were called "foxes" by all the young campus dandies and men about town. A few years earlier in my part of the world a "fox" would have been described as "tough" which sounds so stupid now I hope it was just a regional quirk of language.<BR/><BR/>Melissa sounds a lot like <A HREF="http://warrenandjulieforever.bravehost.com/myPictures/jc17c.jpg" REL="nofollow">the prototype of all "fox"</A>, circa 1971.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com