Althouse: America's Dad — the fictional character

July 11, 2015

America's Dad — the fictional character — has a very bad week.

1. Bill Cosby.

2. Atticus Finch.

19 comments:

Jaq said...: Not to mention that a compromising picture of Bernie Sanders in 1970 has shown up.; 7/11/15, 7:35 AM
MayBee said...: We still have Obama.; 7/11/15, 7:44 AM
Fandor said...: All liberal icons will be rescued.
Bill Cosby.
Atticus Finch.
Senator Robert Byrd.
Senator Ted Kennedy.
Jesse Jackson.
Al Sharpton.
President Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton.
Bill Clinton.

All are fictional characters.

They are all fictional characters; 7/11/15, 7:44 AM
Etienne said...: Fathers are overrated...They descend the birth canal, and spend the rest of their life trying to get back in.; 7/11/15, 7:50 AM
Michael K said...: Well, this will teach Cosby to keep his mouth shut about black culture pathology. Bill Clinton could have told him how to avoid this trouble.; 7/11/15, 8:13 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Back in my days of attempting to write novels, one of my titles was "My Life as a Fictional Character," based on my personal experience as the wife of a writer.; 7/11/15, 8:25 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I think it's revolting to refer to the vagina as "the birth canal."; 7/11/15, 8:27 AM
Matt Sablan said...: Ever since someone showed me clips of Bob Saget's stand up, the American sitcom dad has been ruined forever.; 7/11/15, 8:31 AM
Michael K said...: "I think it's revolting to refer to the vagina as "the birth canal."

Maybe you should reread "Brave New World." It was revolting to think of anyone being born the old way. They were "decanted."; 7/11/15, 9:04 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I'm not revolted by vaginal birth. I'm revolted by the renaming of the body part for the occasion. What's that about?; 7/11/15, 9:40 AM
Bob Ellison said...: Better than penile birth.; 7/11/15, 9:49 AM
Gusty Winds said...: Doesn't the vagina get renamed for all kinds of different activities and uses?; 7/11/15, 10:00 AM
Jaq said...: It's worse than we thought. A new translation of Grimm's Fairy Tales is out and Prince Charming didn't awaken Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. He raped her. Just heard that on the radio. Not even kidding.; 7/11/15, 10:16 AM
Etienne said...: The vagina has two definitions, the birth canal only one. The medical term for vagina is the part between the hymen (or where the hymen was) to the cervix. The legal (and colloquial) definition is from behind the labia to the cervix.

Woman: "I can't see my vagina!"
Doctor: "That's good."
Woman: "What do you mean good, I should be able to see my vagina."
Doctor: "No, what you should see is your vulva."
Woman: "My what?"
Doctor: "Never mind, try to get more exercise by going to a gym."; 7/11/15, 10:20 AM
Michael K said...: "My what?"

What is the c=difference between the uvula and the vulva?

One is Ahh and the other is Ahhhhhhhhh !

Old ICU nurse joke.; 7/11/15, 11:15 AM
Unknown said...: Clearly Atticus Finch was gay. Leave him alone.; 7/11/15, 11:47 AM
Fernandinande said...: Ann Althouse said...
I think it's revolting to refer to the vagina as "the birth canal."

The Panama Vagina gave birth to easy trans-oceanic shipments.; 7/11/15, 12:36 PM
Sydney said...: The birth canal includes the cervix, vagina, and vulva. It's everything the infant must pass through to leave the uterus and enter the outside world.; 7/11/15, 1:12 PM
Estoy_Listo said...: I took a trip down the birth canal once. Can barely remember it, but do remember thinking, this better be good.; 7/11/15, 10:19 PM