my mother

[plumerai]

My mother sent me a magazine clipping about enemas, with the following passage circled:

...the Mayan Indians used enemas for a completely different purpose-introducing hallucinogenic drugs and medicines into the body. Those intoxicating enemas are believed to have been ritualistic, taken during religious celebrations to enhance or alter

Comments

[asetwoman]

what what
in the butt

clunky, but i try

[plumerai]

Sierra Madre pass
In my ass

[plumerai]

Warms your cockles, don't it?

[siobhan_genie]

My mom sends me similarly weird things. She once sent me an email, at work, with a powerpoint slide show. The only slide was a picture of Mickey Mouse, giving me the finger. I'm still not sure why she sent it.

[plumerai]

For the record, laughing out loud at that was the first vocal sound I made all day.

[plumerai]

Feel free to pass on her tidbits to your daughters. We can create a bicoastal legacy.

[melograna]

Is it intended as a recommendation (a la Little Pink: "avoid unsightly track marks")? An admission? An admonition?

[fuzzilla]

"Avoid unsightly track marks"..?

[melograna]

I'm imagining a fashion magazine for budding young drug users that offers advice about how to look cute while hiding one's habit...

[plumerai]

I like it best as an admission. You know how "they" used to say you should leave magazines open to advertisements of diamond rings and leave them around the house if you wanted to get a proposal? Sort of like that.