So, even though Ellen's stepdad may be, well, a bit of a yankee-fied redneck, it certainly doesn't mean the rest of the family is now, does it? I mean, we can't possibly equate the gun-totin', tobacco-chewin', hound-lovin', truck-drivin' culture that I grew up in with the sophisticated, cosmopolitan, refined, civilized culture in which Ellen was raised, can we? Certainly other people who help administer this website would agree!
If it pleases the court the prosecution will introduce two new pieces of evidence, to be labled A and B. These being photographs of the solution one Suzanne Carozza Hichak, grandmother of Olivia Rachel Johnson and mother of Ellen Carozza Johnson, created when it was discovered the younger Ms. Johnson's bottom tended to slide out of the newly purchased, highly attractive, deeply discounted, but definitely not purpose-built high chair provided for dinnertime participation:
I mean, just how much more Foxworthy does it have to be?
"If you have to strap your grandaughter into her highchair with the belt from your own pants..."
Her bottom was secure and did not fall out and it worked in a pinch.
Posted by: Queen Mother on December 1, 2003 10:15 AMI MUST be a redneck at heart... I think it was an inventive and perfectly plausible solution!
BTW: If you get a chance to see Foxworthy's Blue Collar Tour The Movie.... you WILL laugh your ass off.
Posted by: Jim S on December 2, 2003 12:14 PMI saw Foxworthy live in concert and still laugh when I think about it. He is a very funny man.
Posted by: Pat on December 2, 2003 01:43 PM