On a Much Lighter Note...
As a kid growing up, my sister Cathy and I would watch cartoons every Saturday morning with a bowl of Fruity Pebbles or any bowl of sugar we could get our hands on. The bulk of our entertainment was Looney Tunes. We sat there the entire time laughing – we couldn’t watch enough of it. SJ posted a video up on his blog that reminded me of a question that I've had for years: how the heck did we ever understand these cartoons? For instance, take a look at this video or just scan through some of it. It was totally inappropriate for kids however we still watched it. I remember Bugs Bunny saying, “What a maroon!” I laughed at this, not really understanding what it meant, but by the inflection of his voice, I knew it meant something bad – like “a stupid person” or possibly a bad version of “moron”. For instance, some of his lines included these: "Eh, watch me paste this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch." (I’m not sure what pachyd...