FERTILITY RITE FACT OF THE DAY
Annual 'watering of the girls' goes back centuries
(Thanks to bonmot and Bob Brogan, who says, "The dawn of the wet T-shirt contest.")
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April 22, 2011
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Excellent point, Bob. I think you nailed it.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 22, 2011 at 09:59 AM
"Watering of the Girls" would be a good name for a rock band. Quite fitting I would say. They could open for Twisted Sister.
Posted by: jeffsters | April 22, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Wouldn't this be more of an anti-fertility rite?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | April 22, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Hate to throw cold water on your parade, but there's one girl in that picture that is several years away from being old enough to participate in any fertility rituals.
Just the dad in me talking.
Posted by: Wingnut | April 22, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Now I've got that "running of the bulls" bit from Northern Exposure going through my head.
I probably shouldn't have watched the piano-playing clip first.
Posted by: Wahooligan | April 22, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Wouldn't some kind of plastic pauncho be more practical for the girls ? (I still have mine from Niagra Falls)
Posted by: LeDud | April 22, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Next week is the whoopying of the cushions.
Posted by: Loudmouth | April 22, 2011 at 05:44 PM