To Clear The Air
It has been brought to my attention that in my post, "You Gotta Have Friends," that I had inadvertently hurt Amanda's feelings when I called her the "ham" of the group. This was not my intention. And since I do not believe in retractions of opinion. I will now try to rationalize to the world, why I feel Amanda is "the ham" and why it is complimentary instead of derogatory.
First, let us look at the definition of the word, "ham." Straight from http://www.m-w.com/:
Main Entry: 1 ham Pronunciation: 'ham Function: noun Etymology: Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm; akin to Old High German hamma ham, Greek knEmE shinbone, Old Irish cnáim bone1 a : the hollow of the knee b : a buttock with its associated thigh -- usually used in plural 2 : a cut of meat consisting of a thigh; especially : one from a hog 3 [short for hamfatter, from "The Ham-fat Man," minstrel song] a : a showy performer; especially : an actor performing in an exaggerated theatrical style b : a licensed operator of an amateur radio station4 : a cushion used especially by tailors for pressing curved areas of garments- ham adjective
There you have it. A showy performer. Amanda with her blonde hair and all I've ever learned about theater is that one must over exagerate everything in order to portray something to the audience. I feel that instead of referring to Amanda as "a cushion used to especially by tailors for pressing curved areas of garments," that the bolded definition works best. But to make it more personal, I shall go on.
Amanda as a friend is very endearing. She is caring and sweet. She refers to things not by their real name, to get a laugh (ie. Goat Rider). Her cough, according to Jin Hee, is a laugh-ometer. Amanda is great. She's a singer and an actress, and sometimes a ballet dancer. She likes to have alot of fun, which is why she's the center of attention. She'll do anything for a laugh. I even have a picture of her grabbing her boobs. Just for fun ! It's not that she LOVES attention and she needs it all the time, instead, she likes to see her friends laugh. Which is her main goal. And if being a showy performer makes her friends laugh, then I am not in the wrong.
There it is, Amanda, you are a ham. Not a boiled or a candied ham, but a good friend ham. END OF DEBATE !
posted by Allison at 11:03 AM
6 Comments:
LOL... Thank you for the clarification!! I love you!!!
nah she only grabs her boobs to hide the real third one in the middle. she squishes them togther so no one will notice... but i see it!! i see it all! ^.~
The literal roots of the term 'ham' actually come from Shakespeare's Hamlet and was coined to describe, as you mentioned, someone who is acts in a flamboyant manner. As you will remember, much of the plot is centered on Hamlet who acted insane in order to drive a confession from his mother and evil uncle, the king, with tragic results.
God, I love that A-man-duh girl. She's fabulous. And I know about the third boob. But we look past it. She's alright even with a imnormality.
I would like to let all of you know that Brooke's Literary Lesson was brought to you by the letters, B, T, W, and also the number 5, which may or may not be the missing number in Amanda's phone number.
If it weren't for the 3rd boob, you all would have nothing to talk about. C'mon you know you love it!
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