When they landed on moon the old Cajuns were beside themselves . Stopped at an old country store were Boorie games were played( Cajun card game) and bought a pop with foam on top and listened to the conversation . One old Cajun was talking about how screwed up the world was. He said the world was F***ed up before the moon landing and I"ll tell you why We used to cook inside and shit outside, now they cook outside and shit inside. That's not right
Completely OT but Ole Cajun made me think of my grandfather with his post. So the old man is of course old-school, hard as nails, and all that. He was one heck of a carpenter. And there wasn't much to buy. And he didn't have much money. So each year my grandmother would bring him the Sears or whichever catalog and point to a piece of furniture or some-such. And he would make it. With his hands. Exactly the same. Even better. And this was how it was for them, and for many.
So one Christmas season she asks for a bathroom in the house - you know, a real, modern bathroom. And he grudgingly builds her a bathroom with all the stuff one would expect: tile, tub, shower, sink, towel racks, plumbed it all, etc. Well here's the story - to the day he died he never did use that bathroom. He would go out to the outhouse in the heat of summer or the dead of winter. Because he thought it was disgusting to go to the bathroom inside one's own house.......