Odd Phrases

Ever heard a phrase and thought it was odd? For instance: “It’s colder than Hell out here!”

What?

Colder than where?

Hell?

Oh, that’s odd, cause I thought Hell was a place of burning fire? You know, as it flames…heat…fire? The opposite of cold?

Anyway.

Here’s another one that I heard used that has always puzzled me: “Friends with benefits”

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s often used to mean that you have a friend whom you have sex with. A friend with sexual benefits.

I get where they are coming from, but…

…isn’t the definition of friendship supposed to be people connected for unselfish reasons? Okay, I supposed you could see mutual sex between consensual adults as being unselfish, but I don’t. See, I was raised that sex was something that was done between two people who loved each other.

In fact, the term my mom used to describe it was : making love.

And, if sex (making love) is a “benefit” to a friendship, and that phrase supposes that you can do this with more people who are your friends, then can it really be sex?

I guess what I’m getting at is that it just seems like a selfish thing, and selfishness has no place in a friendship.

What did my mom call sex outside of a relationship then?

Fucking.

And she said, “Toby, dogs fuck. Men make love, and men do this with the woman they love, in a relationship with that woman.”

Okay, I see the cold look in your eye…

…burr, you’re making me cold.

It’s colder than hell in here now!