September Posting Day 3: Random thoughts about the Marvel Cinematic Universe
I don’t have a lot of posting time tonight, so here’s just a couple of random thoughts on the Marvel Cinematic Universe:
- Why do so many people think Steve Rogers would be squeamish around swear words (as long as women weren’t present, that is?) He was in the military, after all. Tommy Lee Jones certainly had a supply of PG13 swear words in “Captain America: The First Avenger” – just imagine what TLJ’s character would have said in real life. (Under the cut is a WWII era, yes, sexist, dirty limerick I learned in the 1970s from a 60something woman I worked with at the time)
- Why are there so many Avengers stories set in Stark Tower where they’re discussing who is going to do the dishes? Stark is a bazillionaire, he’s got people, or at least robots, to take care of daily stuff like that.
WWII era Limerick, posted here as a historical footnote:
Don’t back the attack by stabbing a WAC
Or riding the breasts of a WAVE
But lie in the sand
And cum in your hand
And buy bonds with the money you save.
- Why do so many people think Steve Rogers would be squeamish around swear words (as long as women weren’t present, that is?) He was in the military, after all. Tommy Lee Jones certainly had a supply of PG13 swear words in “Captain America: The First Avenger” – just imagine what TLJ’s character would have said in real life. (Under the cut is a WWII era, yes, sexist, dirty limerick I learned in the 1970s from a 60something woman I worked with at the time)
- Why are there so many Avengers stories set in Stark Tower where they’re discussing who is going to do the dishes? Stark is a bazillionaire, he’s got people, or at least robots, to take care of daily stuff like that.
WWII era Limerick, posted here as a historical footnote:
Don’t back the attack by stabbing a WAC
Or riding the breasts of a WAVE
But lie in the sand
And cum in your hand
And buy bonds with the money you save.
Charleston, being a major seaport during WWII, was constantly overrun by sailors.
Mom said she was walking down King Street one evening trying to get to night school. And a group of sailors blocked her way.
She just stared them down until one of the guys said, "Sorry, we didn't know you were a lady."
Then they backed away.
As she walked by she said there was a separate sailor who was standing to one side watching the whole incident...hopefully to help if it got out of hand?
Anyway as she passed him, the guy said, "That is what the service does for you." She said she had a hard time keeping a straight face.
As for the limerick, I had a co-worker named Violet at my first full time job in the mid-1970s, while I was still living in Arizona. She was in her 60s at the time; I was 18 when I started there as a file clerk. Violet loved to tell dirty jokes, and she had quite a store of WWII- and depression-era-specific risque jokes. That limerick is the only one I remember after all this time, alas. She kept us all in stitches.
(This is the same place where we (i.e. the five member female staff), when the boss put up the Playboy centerfold in the storage room, after some discussion we responded by putting up a Playgirl centerfold right next to the Playboy one. At that point, the boss decided we should take them both down.)
I need to finish my Cap_Iron Big Bang! *runs away*
And, yeah. Every time I read an Avengers story where ANYONE is doing dishes it throws me right out.
Did you finish your Cap_Iron Big Bang? Link please? :-D