Secret Secret I've Got A Secret

Shhhhhhhh, It's a secret

By nature Greek girls like myself are not very good secret keepers because we like to talk too much.  I never really mastered the art of not revealing a secret. My mom would warn me to "keep my trap shut." That would only last about 10 minutes. Then out of the blue my trap would fly open and I would blurt out what ever I wasn't suppose to blab about.

So imagine now when I have a big fat Greek secret that I don't want others to know about, I have a hard time trusting others because I know how hard it is for me to keep my own trap shut. Most of the times I can't even tell my sisters my secrets because they are Greek and I might as well just rent a billboard and let the whole world know about my secret. Keep in mind my sisters aren't bad girls, they are just Greek girls.

When my manager Mr. Bricks called me last night and asked me what my blog was going to be about today it turned into total muckery:

Mr. Bricks:  So what is the topic of your blog tomorrow?

Me: It's a secret

Mr. Bricks: Why can't you tell me?

Me: Why can't I tell you what?

Mr. Bricks: What your blog is about tomorrow

Me: I just told you Mr. Bricks

Mr. Bricks: No, you said it was a secret

Me: That's right. It's a secret

Mr. Bricks: So you won't tell tell me?

Me:  I just did.

Mr. Bricks: No, you keep telling me it's a secret

Me:  Yes, that's because my blog topic is a secret

Mr. Bricks:  What don't you trust me? I'm not Greek. I'll keep my trap shut

Me: Mr. Bricks I told you it's a secret

Mr. Bricks: That's messed up Ava. You should just tell me

Me: (Frustrated) So Mr. Bricks, what do you think my Blog is about today?

Mr. Bricks: I don't know it's a secret

Me: That's what I have been trying to tell you

Mr. Bricks: Huh? What?  Oh never mind, I will never understand you Greek girl

Me: Shut your pie hole Mr. Bricks

Well my secret is still safe for now!

Blessings,

Ava

xox

Shut Your Pie Hole

Contestants compete during the Virgin Mobile pie eating competition at Harry's Cafe de Wheels in Sydney, Australia. (July 23, 2008 - Photo by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images Entertainment)

One of my most favorite sayings is, "Shut Your Pie Hole"

Have you ever wondered where that saying comes from? I did. I found that it is a British term. "The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang" by Tony Thorne, originally published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 1990 says the origin is from the phrase  "cakehole", noun. British meaning "Mouth." It's a slang term which was extremely widespread and considered by many to be vulgar in the 1950s and 1960s. It survives in the inner circles of younger adults, school children and Greek blonde girls. It is also a  common expression by my favorite cartoon character, Cartman on South Park. I laugh out loud just thinking of him saying it. Here is an example:

Stan: Ready? 1, 2, 3, 4!
(Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny start playing the flutes and drum as they march. Cartman starts beating the drum.)
Cartman: Yeah! Do you like to rock?! I like to rock! Hello, Baltimore!
Kyle: Cartman, what the hell are you doing?!
Cartman: I'm playing the drum!(He continues to beat the drum.)
Kyle: You're not supposed to beat the drum, you hit it!
Cartman: You don't hit a drum! You gotta beat the (bleep) out of it! (He starts to beat the drum again.) Shut your pie-hole!

Too funny.

Sometimes I have to alter the phrase to make it appropriate. For instance, I often tell my manager Mr. Bricks, to "shut his Mc Rib hole" because he is always eating the McDonald's McRibs. But, by the size of his expanding waistline, I am sure Bricks also eats his fair share of pies - just sayin'.

I should say that whenever I mention in one of my blogs or on Facebook or Twitter that I like South Park it seems like I always get a few pieces of negative fan mail basically telling me I am going to go to Hell for liking the animated series.  It doesn't matter how many disclaimers I put that it is just a cartoon and it is only entertainment for me and that I don't live my life by it there are always some goodie-two-shoes people who still love to rant about what a bad person I am for being a fan of South Park.

To those people I say, shut your pie hole!

Blessings,

Ava

xox

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