When a common quip reveals something far more than what’s often thought

Oh, gosh, don’t you have any silly pet peeves? Anybody? Well, I certainly do. One of them is hearing someone say, “We’re all adults here.”

Now saying that within range of my hearing aids is sure to gets my bile a runnin’. “We’re all adults here.” Rubbish! What the Hell is that supposed to mean? Does such give any so-called adults in the room or wherever such humans congregate carte blanche permission to do whatever they want to do? Does just because one is 18 or 21 or even 43, 81, or 113 one therefore has the right and the privilege to act like an immature boffletwit? Continue reading →