I don't know why I found Cloris Leachman saying the phrase "skanky 'ho" last night so amusing, but I did. I laughed for a full five minutes, and then I called my mother, told her what Cloris said, and laughed some more. Surprisingly enough, my mother didn't laugh. I guess you had to be there to think it was funny or not be watching John and Kate Plus Eight. I guess you also had to consider the woman's age to find it funny. Cloris is only a couple of years older than my own grandmother, who is 77. I can't even imagine my grandmother dancing, let alone saying "skanky 'ho."First of all, to dance my grandmother would have to put down a cigarette for five minutes. I don't think she has done that in decades if the nicotine stains on her fingers and the Mount Rushmore-sized mound of ashes in the ashtray are any indication. Secondly, she would have to know what a skanky 'ho was. I doubt that she does. She doesn't even know the difference between a bitch and a bastard. When I was younger, my mom called me the former name (trust me when I say I deserved it at the time), and my grandmother, the dumb blonde that she is, told my mother, "Don't call her that. She has a father." Yeah, my grandmother is not the brightest bulb. I'm sure that she would think a skanky ho' was some sort of garden tool, and I would end up having to explain to her that a skanky 'ho was anything but.
Anyway, I have a feeling that Cloris will go home tonight. She may not be the best dancer on Dancing with the Stars, but she definitely makes me laugh every week, and I haven't done that since Jerry Springer was on the show.
