Why do doctor’s always slap newborn babies right after they are born?
To knock the penis’s off the smart ones!
I’m a 54 year old American male. I guess I’m not one of the smart ones because my penis stayed firmly attached. But, regardless of my intellect, or lack thereof, I’ve never had a problem deciding on which bathroom to use. And, I’m pretty sure that somewhere around 99.7% of the people in America are just like me. I’m a guy so I go in the bathrooms that say something like Men, Gents, Dudes, No Chicks Allowed, or the one with the stick figure NOT wearing a skirt. It never crossed my mind about what bathroom should people use until about 15 years ago when a customer came in my store needing some repair work done.
It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, it was early spring, and it was about 10 minutes to closing when he…I mean she…no, I mean he…no she…walked into my store. This person was very stylish, nice hair, nice shoes, a nice pantsuit, she was very businesslike, and built like an NFL linebacker…with an adam’s apple. Now I’m a very ‘Live and let Live’ kind of person, so I didn’t really care about this person’s lifestyle choices. After we concluded our business, she (she introduced herself as a woman so that’s good enough for me) said thank you and left. As she was walking out, I thought to myself; “I wonder what bathroom she uses?”
She was obviously born a big, strapping, male whose penis stayed intact during the slapping ritual at birth, but started living as a woman at the age of 40. She worked for the government and used the bathrooms at the state office building, and I’m pretty certain she stands when she pees. But like I said, I’m a live and let live kind of guy so I just didn’t give it any more thought, until about a month ago.
Something is a brewing in North Carolina and Mississippi that is called the bathroom bill. And to be quite honest, I don’t know what it’s about, but it has something to do with people like my customer choosing to use a bathroom that matches their lifestyle, not their birthstyle. I can’t take a side on the issue because I don’t know enough to speak intelligently on the subject. In order to do that, I’d have to care enough to research it, and I don’t care enough to do that.
Just like when the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed a few decades ago, it didn’t affect 99.7% of the US population, but their struggle was real. They fought hard for their rights. Even though they were a very small percentage of the population, they needed their voice heard and they fought for decades to get that law enacted. And, you want to know what? The 99.7% of Americans that weren’t affected still aren’t. We now have wider doors, ramps AND stairs, and automatic doors that are just as much a part of our modern landscape as the Starbucks on the corner, and the Starbucks on that other corner over there, and the Starbucks in the Target, and the Starbucks in the shopping center that the Target is in.
So, what’s going to happen with all of this? Beats the hell out of me, I use the Men’s room so it’s just not on my radar screen. But, I’m keeping popcorn handy because it’s going to be a lively show while it runs its course.
Like I said, the struggle is real; it’s just not my struggle.
© Copyright Chuck Koehler/Koehler’s Khronicles 2016
To knock the penis’s off the smart ones!
I’m a 54 year old American male. I guess I’m not one of the smart ones because my penis stayed firmly attached. But, regardless of my intellect, or lack thereof, I’ve never had a problem deciding on which bathroom to use. And, I’m pretty sure that somewhere around 99.7% of the people in America are just like me. I’m a guy so I go in the bathrooms that say something like Men, Gents, Dudes, No Chicks Allowed, or the one with the stick figure NOT wearing a skirt. It never crossed my mind about what bathroom should people use until about 15 years ago when a customer came in my store needing some repair work done.
It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, it was early spring, and it was about 10 minutes to closing when he…I mean she…no, I mean he…no she…walked into my store. This person was very stylish, nice hair, nice shoes, a nice pantsuit, she was very businesslike, and built like an NFL linebacker…with an adam’s apple. Now I’m a very ‘Live and let Live’ kind of person, so I didn’t really care about this person’s lifestyle choices. After we concluded our business, she (she introduced herself as a woman so that’s good enough for me) said thank you and left. As she was walking out, I thought to myself; “I wonder what bathroom she uses?”
She was obviously born a big, strapping, male whose penis stayed intact during the slapping ritual at birth, but started living as a woman at the age of 40. She worked for the government and used the bathrooms at the state office building, and I’m pretty certain she stands when she pees. But like I said, I’m a live and let live kind of guy so I just didn’t give it any more thought, until about a month ago.
Something is a brewing in North Carolina and Mississippi that is called the bathroom bill. And to be quite honest, I don’t know what it’s about, but it has something to do with people like my customer choosing to use a bathroom that matches their lifestyle, not their birthstyle. I can’t take a side on the issue because I don’t know enough to speak intelligently on the subject. In order to do that, I’d have to care enough to research it, and I don’t care enough to do that.
Just like when the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed a few decades ago, it didn’t affect 99.7% of the US population, but their struggle was real. They fought hard for their rights. Even though they were a very small percentage of the population, they needed their voice heard and they fought for decades to get that law enacted. And, you want to know what? The 99.7% of Americans that weren’t affected still aren’t. We now have wider doors, ramps AND stairs, and automatic doors that are just as much a part of our modern landscape as the Starbucks on the corner, and the Starbucks on that other corner over there, and the Starbucks in the Target, and the Starbucks in the shopping center that the Target is in.
So, what’s going to happen with all of this? Beats the hell out of me, I use the Men’s room so it’s just not on my radar screen. But, I’m keeping popcorn handy because it’s going to be a lively show while it runs its course.
Like I said, the struggle is real; it’s just not my struggle.
© Copyright Chuck Koehler/Koehler’s Khronicles 2016
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