tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890197838754161009.post6765060477612711685..comments2023-06-17T10:40:49.248-07:00Comments on Gildiner's Gospel: FAMILY LIFE: WHEN TO HOLD AND WHEN TO FOLDCathy Gildinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409583094382198566noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890197838754161009.post-29899032892704224042012-05-29T12:39:35.140-07:002012-05-29T12:39:35.140-07:00Of course we Gildiner readers know about your cook...Of course we Gildiner readers know about your cooking lineage... I have a beer in my dubonnet about that memorable lyric from Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler". It's just that ya can "fold em" or you can "check", "call" or "raise". You can "draw" or "stand pat" but nowhere in Hoyle's does it mention the option to "hold". Yet you hold your cards every time you play and of course everyone knows exactly what's meant and it rhymes so fine. Unlike "...I need you more than want you and I want you for all time / and the Wichita lineman is still on the line" which is is a rhyme crime but a great line man. "Texas Holdem" came from "Hold Me" which came from "Hold Me Darling" A link to the "Life" article about that... http://books.google.com/books?id=Sj8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&as_brr=1&ei=LVr6S7StIpyikwSDocjiCQ&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=falseNiceLittleMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890197838754161009.post-58476142005411027832012-04-21T07:41:43.049-07:002012-04-21T07:41:43.049-07:00true blue Gildiner style.....love it and want more...true blue Gildiner style.....love it and want more moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890197838754161009.post-64366726285263283302012-04-18T19:54:55.502-07:002012-04-18T19:54:55.502-07:00Ha! Yes indeedy. I use a similar tactic when my hu...Ha! Yes indeedy. I use a similar tactic when my husband chides me for having "too many shoes." You know ... "What do you need all those shoes for? I only have two pair" and "Your shoes take up the whole damn closet" and so on. I don't bother pointing out that I also wear clothing of more than blue (as in the blue jeans he wears daily) and I like my shoes to match; he wouldn't get it. <br />Instead -- and this has shut him right up -- I say "Women like to have a variety of shoes to match their clothing. If you can't handle this, get yourself a man." <br />Not that there aren't men who don't like to have matching shoes, but ... my husband doesn't know any. <br /><br />I know whereof you speak when it comes to male assumptions that women will do the cooking and cleaning, period. The old ways are still there.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890197838754161009.post-73433377768761537082012-04-18T11:50:09.548-07:002012-04-18T11:50:09.548-07:00Great article! I am a single mom and when my kids ...Great article! I am a single mom and when my kids were at home I would use what I referred to as the Imperial 'We'. That meant the Queen has spoken and 'We' means you!librarymonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416403652627124030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890197838754161009.post-5896329677072522672012-04-18T11:33:44.404-07:002012-04-18T11:33:44.404-07:00Very true to life Cathy. I'm relieved to hear ...Very true to life Cathy. I'm relieved to hear that other wives with sons share my experience (misery loves company).The Naghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978145047787798267noreply@blogger.com