body talk, part 2

we all know that you can walk hand in hand with someone, and you can also march arm in arm with them. but if things don't go well, you may butt heads. the old timers always tell us that they went at it hand to hand instead of carrying arms.

of hard workers, we often say that they have to shoulder a heavy load, which is no skin off my back, because i'm not gonna stick my neck out and break my back doing hard work. now, why would one shoulder a heavy load, or do back breaking labor? perhaps to get a leg up on their coworkers, or maybe they are trying to get a-head. in sports, if you comeback, you may also eventually get ahead in the score.
also in sports, they often tell us that certain players keep their noses to the grindstone, although i'm not sure how a grindstone gets in the picture, or even what a grindstone is. you can also "keep your nose clean," which may be tough to do if you are keeping it to the grindstone. if you are one who remembers to keep your nose clean, you may also eventually "wash your hands of the whole business." however, this is tough to do if you have "one foot in the gutter."

sometimes if we are late someone tells us to "shake a leg," which would only seem to slow us down. of course, you may be late because you "can't stomach" going out into this cut throat world filled with low brow culture.

a question...is it ok to ask for a girl's digits on palm sunday?

and then of course, there are clothes. sometimes we like to dress up what we are saying. for example, the word slow looks good in a pair of blue slacks. then there are others who wear the pants in the family, which makes it tough on the other family members, who are forced to stay inside. some of us live "in the hood." question...is it ok to have something up your sleeve if you live in the hood? and don't sugar coat your reply. roy haynes grew up in the hood, but i'm not sure about joe boxer. someone who did not grow up in the hood was illinois jacket, who, as far as i know, was never put in a straight jacket. and by the way, if we have straight jackets, don't you think we should have gay jackets? hey, give me some slack, i'm doing the best i can here.

sometimes, late at night, some of us go for a night cap. now, i know a lot of you were hoping i would skirt the issue of alcohol use, but i'm not gonna dress up the issue just to satisfy you, for this blog fits me to a tee, and if you don't like it, you can read something else. how do you like it now, now that the shoe is on the other foot. ah, put a sock in it before i give you the boot. for you see, this blog is for members only, and i am not gonna sweat it if you don't dig it.

will i go with the clothes hat trick with my next blog? to make a long story shorts, i don't really know.