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In reply to the discussion: Santorum: Mainline Protestant Churches Are in the Grip of Satan [View all]whathehell
(29,065 posts)29. Oh hell -- The Founding Fathers were "unwashed"
I grew up in Philadelphia and did tours of the historical sections as an adult..I remember hearing how Constitution Hall must have stunk to high heaven in the summer.
People of the the 18th century and later -- class be damned -- were dirty and flea-bitten, although it's true that the "upper classes" could employ "nitpickers"* to take the bugs out of their hair.
Yes, that's where the term comes from.
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Well, in fairness, the Catholics were pretty badly treated when they arrived in the Americas.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2012
#20
Thank you...It's true and has about as much to do with "washing" as it did in 16th century England
whathehell
Feb 2012
#30
But they are not "real Christians", dontcha know...They're a "cult" say the Evangelicals.
whathehell
Feb 2012
#28
Thanks. I went through twelve years of Catholic School and can honestly say the same.
whathehell
Feb 2012
#50
I wonder if an election can end in a negative number? He is making enemies faster than we can
jwirr
Feb 2012
#18
Correct...He's VERY odd, and a decided "loser" in any general election, so there's no need
whathehell
Feb 2012
#31
can we PLEASE keep these stories quiet until AFTER he secures the GOP nomination?
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#40
The grip of Satan, or the grip of blue-haired ladies carrying plates of lemon bars?
WestElk
Feb 2012
#42
Ohy Boy ..... Ring Kissing Competition among the Ass Kissers....canardly wait
opihimoimoi
Feb 2012
#46