...ahem... far, oh so very far, be it for me to be prudish, but... "rubbers" are equvalent to "galoshes" (I might be the only one
(my age (whatever that is)) left on this side of the pond to wear them)
I want my word back!!!This jogged a memory of 11th grade, lo these many years ago. The English text had a sentence in it as follows: "Why do boys detest wearing rubbers more than girls? With their superior strength, boys should be able to jerk rubbers on and off more expertly than girls. The real test, however, is putting rubbers on a squirming three-year-old. Girls are better at this than boys." Since the slang term for condoms had become "rubbers" by then (1961) we teenagers howled with laughter at this archaic bit of drivel. The following year the texts had been recalled, and "rubbers" rendered "overshoes."
Why do I remember this passage verbatim from forty years ago when I can't even remember to comb my hair? Oh, that's right - I don't have any hair. Bad example. Oh, the mind does play tricks.
