Leavings From the Roast
The Well-behaved Lakewood Rotary Bulletin
John “Ole” Magnuson
The Lakewood Key
The nog in eggnog refers to the feeling of high tide in one’s noggin after having three eggnogs at the Presidential Roast. In the olden days, Lakewood Rotarians routinely over imbibed it at this annual celebration. “What changed?” you may ask. A simple answer would be” Women.” But that could be just about anything where females have changed society. It is hard to point to any aspect in life where females have not exacted change in the past 40 years. Embedded in that answer is behavioral correctness by menfolk Rotarians. They, we, used to misbehave. There were aspects of such bacchanalia that were offensive. Mostly offensive to women, small dogs, and clergy. As soon as women joined Rotary, male members became more well-mannered and polite. Language lost vulgarity, table manners surfaced, and gross stuff simply vanished.
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